Dyet Yarns: reuse, recycle, reinvent!

From time to time I have little leftovers from my shop, or I find a bargain that’s just too good to pass up. Since everyone is being thrifty these days (and as a shameless way to get feedback), I’m going to offer some of these goodies to you guys! Here’s how the Giveaways will work: [...]

There are a multitude of sock yarn bases out there; which ones are the best? I’ve been playing around with some new bases over the past few weeks. Here are my sock yarn conclusions! It really depends on what you want. I’ve become enamored of three new bases in particular. They’re all available in the [...]

In honor of summer vacation, everything in the Store has FREE US SHIPPING until August 4! I will be updating frequently for the next two weeks, starting with the listing of my new “Why Shyamalan, Why?” colorways. Yeah, I love Avatar: The Last Airbender. I would have liked it to not be treated that way. [...]

Yesterday was a very slow day at work, so I got quite a bit of knitting done between that and waiting for my MMA class to begin. In fact, I stayed up late turning the heel on my second sock because I wanted to get through to the straight part of the leg. Naturally, I [...]

Tags: cotton, dyeing, frog, handmade, heel, injury, lessons, mistakes, recycle, silk, socks, stash, thrift, UFO, wool, yarn

One sock down, one to go. I made significant modifications to the pattern, considering the gauge difference between yarn and pattern and the way my foot is shaped. I have pretty small feet, but my ankle and heel are fairly large. I took notes on the pattern changes, so I guess we’ll see if I [...]

Tags: angora, cashmere, Etsy, lace, lessons, pattern, rare yarn, recycle, socks, wool

…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 [...]

Tags: conventions, geek, job, moving, Organization

It’s fairly rare to discover a sweater that has the correct (in my opinion) fiber content and weight for sock yarn. Up until now, I have been of the opinion that sock yarn is the only yarn I am likely to buy new rather than recycle. I have been debating offering new skeins of hand-dyed [...]

Tags: angora, dyeing, Etsy, labels, lessons, mystery, recycle, socks, sweater, thrift, wool, yarn

The Fire In The Sky colorway is officially launched! I love the way these colors mix. This colorway has long runs of blue and orange separated by brief spurts of purple. I’m not usually a huge fan of the blue/orange combination, but I think this time it came out perfect! My original inspiration for this [...]

Tags: blue, disaster, dyeing, Etsy, fire, merino, new, orange, purple, recycle, thrift, wool, yarn

Here’s a picture of the yarn I dyed last week all wrapped up! This is actually the 4 skeins that I dyed all together, so it’s a pretty huge wad of yarn. It’ll be divided up individually, wrapped up prettily, and listed in the store very soon. I love this colorway bunches! It’s going to [...]

Tags: dyeing, Etsy, fire, handmade, new, recycle, wool, yarn

Every now and again I get a craving to dye fiber, and I just don’t feel right until I do it. Lately with all the “disasters” and whatnot going on, the craving starting coming on again. I KNOW I’m supposed to be working on making shirts and jewelry to sell at cons, but it got [...]

Tags: dyeing, Etsy, labels, recycle, selfish, thrift, wool, yarn