Dyet Yarns: reuse, recycle, reinvent!

There is new yarn in the store since my last post; some sock yarns and some felting yarns. Gorgeous, bright colors! They are double-dip kettle-dyed, which essentially means they were put through 2 dye baths. All of my new sock yarns so far are named after food. I wonder if I was hungry when I [...]

Tags: alpaca, cashmere, dyeing, hoarding, mistakes, moving, rant, socks, sweater, wool, yarn

…in announcing why I have been absent for two weeks!
I am moving from North Carolina to New York this year so that I can attend law school. Yes, they have law schools in North Carolina, but not the one I wanted to go to. So I am moving. Moving 12 hours away from your current [...]

Tags: conventions, geek, job, moving, Organization

Going through some nooks and crannies, I found this free-form scarflett-ish-thingy with outrageous fringe that I never figured out what to do with. I guess I can put some buttons on it and make it into a neck wrap! By buttons, of course, I mean large beads. Once I sew these puppies in with some [...]

Tags: creativity, diet, handmade, mystery, stash, UFO, wool, wtf, yarn

So, I’m doing the thing that everyone says you shouldn’t do. I’m making a sweater out of Alpaca. See the thing is that I love soft, bulky yarn. Alpaca is wonderfully soft. Not terribly elastic, so not great for a sweater with elaborate designs, but this one is plain stockinette with stripes. Of course that [...]

Tags: alpaca, clapotis, diet, geek, lessons, needles, new knitters, Organization, pattern, selfish, stash, sweater, yarn

Today I photographed all of the additional yarn I have gotten since my last adventure with my Ravelry stash. (I’m CandyCornStudios on Ravelry, in case you were wondering.) WOW. Most of this is stuff I picked up from my mother. Much of it is unlabeled, which is kind of a pain. However, I’m putting in [...]

Tags: diet, labels, mystery, Organization, Ravelry, stash, yarn