Dyet Yarns: reuse, recycle, reinvent!

I’ve been experimenting with different types of fiber, different preparations, and using worsted and woolen spinning techniques. One great way I’ve found to try out these many different fiber options is to play with combining samples or to swap things I have plenty of (hand-dyed yarn) for things I don’t (batts!). Of course, there is [...]

Tags: batts, fiber, lessons, merino, phatfiber, roving, spinning, top, yarn

This year I attended Rhinebeck with a couple of lovely ladies from a Rav swap group I participate in. We had a great time checking out the fibery goodness, meeting up with other Ravelers, and seeing the animals. Yes, I am poor. However, I got a job this semester and I am making enough money [...]

Tags: dyeing, hoarding, Ravelry, Rhinebeck, selfish, spinning, stash, wool, yarn

This month’s Phat Fiber box has a Steampunk theme, and the pictures I have seen so far are awesome! You should definitely give it a try this month if you can get a box. I’ve sent in three different colors (on 4 different yarns) for the boxes. These, and a few others, will be going [...]

Tags: cashmere, dyeing, Etsy, Laputa, merino, phatfiber, silk, steampunk, superwash, thrift, wool, yarn

School is back on, and classes are great so far. This year I’m going to be keeping up with my dyeing; it’s a great creative outlet that doesn’t give me wrist injuries! I can intersperse it with my knitting. Speaking of which, I’m working on a Seaside Shawlette with some of my own recycled, hand-dyed [...]

Tags: dyeing, Etsy, fiber, pattern, phat fiber, polwarth, sampler, shawl, stash, sweater, thrift, top, wool, yarn

Thank you, everyone who commented! Especially for the compliments on the yarn. I hope to be able to do more lovely color combinations, and might be overdyeing some of the current store colorways in the future. I would love to hear what you look for in a sock yarn colorway if you care to share! [...]

Tags: giveaway, roses, sock, yarn

Knitting with one hand is hard. Over the course of the Tour de Fleece, a spinning personal challenge that runs parallel to the Tour de France, I seem to have injured my left rotator cuff with overzealous spindling. This whole cycle of obsession and injury is alarmingly common in my life, and it really needs [...]

Tags: gimp, injury, lace, projects, socks, toe up, yarn

For some unknown reason, I’ve been bitten by the spinning bug. Maybe I am particularly delicious. I don’t know, but whatever the reason, my fingers have been itchy for fiber lately. I was ordering yarn bases for dyeing anyway, so I threw some blue faced leicester top into the order and started playing away. The [...]

Tags: dyeing, fiber, handspun, hats, spinning, wool, yarn

Hello World! I resurface from the depths of the murky pool that is the first year of law school and immediately wonder where I can get some undyed yarn within my shoestring budget to start production again. I won’t have the facilities I need to efficiently clean unraveled yarn up here in NY (all the [...]

Tags: bare, blank, budget, dyeing, equipment, pots, sources, yarn

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

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