A Good Day to Dye...

Getting ready for the festival, we dedicated yesterday to dyeing for some twill shawls that we will be making. I tried a different technique because I was "feeling" some variegation in blues and purples. Leaving the skeins in the twist we kettle dyed and the string comes out looking sort-of like tie-dye. CJ's iffy on it, but I think I like it. With a white warp and another blue over dye at the end they might turn out great. It's really hard to tell what will happen with yarn, but that's all part of what I love. I'll have the new stuff on DA around the very end of the week.

I don't get to weave today so I'm feeling a little gloomy. Its such a beautiful day to weave (cool and rainy) and I'm stuck doing something I don't want to in a windowless room. I keep thinking that very very soon I'll get to mess with yarn and fibers people every single day; that gets me through it all. It wont be long.

I'll tell all about my weaving class after the second one Monday. They'll be pictures so I hope you look forward to it.

Be good and be careful.

Visit to the Woolery

Yesterday we were finally able to get out to the Woolery to do a little shopping for equipment. We have been so very busy doing weaving for Flaggy Meadow that we have had little time to sleep and eat let-alone shop. In addition to a new reed for the rigid heddle and a tensioned lazy kate, I was able to get that skein winder that I had been wanting. Beautiful, well built, and soooo useful; now I don't remember what I did with out it!. So far I've only used it to wind balls (which I still do the old fashion way) and I'm assuming that the time saved using it has also saved my hands because they didn't hurt half as much as before. So if I was asked "was it worth it" I would say a resounding, "yes!"

Now we have to worry about the Woodland Art Fair coming up. We have so much to make since our inventory is low. Now we have added the Surino line to it all that list has gotten much longer. Good news is that as I look at it, I come to my senses and it slowly is getting to a reasonable size.

Yesterday, I developed the first of our receiving blanket line. Its a minty green made with the Surino and, oh, so light and soft, and that's not to mention the absolute cute simplicity of the blanket. I have planning for striped and plaid in pink, green, and blue. So adorable.

Victorian Garden Scarflet

Yesterday we had an awesome meeting with Flaggy Meadows Fiber Works and it looks like the partnership is a "go." In addition to our weaving they will be using a knitting pattern I designed for their Surino line of yarn. It will be advailable as a kit and as the individual pattern. It isn't on sale yet, but I will post a link when it does. To the left is an image of the sample I knitted for them. It turned out well and the yarn is so soft and warm (but by no means hot) that everything works perfectly. Hope everyone enjoys it!