Dyet Yarns: reuse, recycle, reinvent!

I’ve been doing a whole lot of dyeing lately; I am moving on July 4, and I have to get rid of my washing machine and dryer before the move. That means I won’t have them in my new apartment, which doesn’t have a hook-up for them. This will make my dyeing a little more [...]

Tags: cashmere, dyeing, Etsy, moving, recycle, selfish, wool, yarn

I have two things to report on before I go off on a wild convention run this weekend. The first is that I successfully dyed four (FOUR!) batches of recycled yarn that I think will work great for socks. I used two different kinds of base yarns (two sweaters). The first is the one I [...]

Tags: angora, dyeing, FO, handmade, lessons, new, recycle, selfish, socks, 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

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

I really want to experiment with different techniques for knitting socks, but summer convention season is coming up. Since I also sell geekery-related items at anime/sci-fi cons, I have to put aside my obsessive knitting for a bit and focus on making stock for the other business. I have a little less than 2 months [...]

Tags: conventions, diet, dyeing, Etsy, geek, handmade, hoarding, selfish, socks, stash, wool, yarn

I finished a project! The crochet baby blanket I was making for Michelle is finally done. There’s some weirdness going on there with the hood and the (incomplete) edging, but I decided I’m done with it, so I’m done. You know what that means…according to my Diet, I get to start another project now! This [...]

Tags: diet, dyeing, KnitPicks, mistakes, selfish, socks, wool, yarn

This weekend I finished reading Knitting: a novel by Anne Bartlett. The novel captivated me at the very beginning with its tactile descriptions of knitting. It made me want to try knitting lace (which I have) and to knit for myself. The book is a great story, and a fairly short read. I picked up [...]

Tags: book, mistakes, new knitters, rant, selfish