I’ve being doing all my colourfast testing on the hand dyed yarns this week. It all looks good and the colours aren’t running at all. One of the yarns I dyed was a wool, soy and cashmere blend. The colours came up beautifully but unfortunately each skein had at least one knot…
Snoring Cat Not Included
Guess what I did on the weekend. Yes, he really does snore.
Sock Rule #1
If you are going to wear handknit socks to bed, it’s probably better if you don’t have flannelette sheets.
Hazel
I finished my lovely orange shawl and have been racking my brain about what to call it. I still have to type up the pattern, but it should have a name. I decided on “Hazel” because the fall of the lace pattern reminds me of catkins. It’s probably a bit hard to…
Sunday Afternoon
Yesterday (Sunday) I had to go to the supermarket to buy another hair dye to put on top of the hair dye that I used on Saturday which made me look like an apricot gonk. Now I look like a cherry red gonk which is obviously what I was going for. This…
I Just Can’t Wait to Dye!
Yes folks – you heard it. All I can think of these days is dyeing. Here’s how it started.. At the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Fair I bought some beautiful hand dyed sock yarn. One of my favourites is from Stranded in Oz. I don’t even know the name of the colourway…