No, not really. I could actually keep knitting.
Yesterday I hosted a Yarntasting party in Overlook Park.
At least over twenty people showed up from the invitee list. It was such great fun!!!! Surprisingly, it was a bit chilly and windy early when we started but the sun eventually came out. Many people brought food and drink [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Colors’
July 20, 2009
I’m full. I can’t possibly knit anymore
January 18, 2009
Experiment #3: Planning a colorway
Dyeing cotton fibers is such a pain. Not only do I want to make sure that the pain is worth it, I want to make sure I get it right the first time. Not to mention, I’ll be using my precious Artfibers cotton (Rush), and I really don’t want to over-dye any of this stuff.
I’ve [...]
January 16, 2009
Dyeing in History
This is one of my favorite shows… The Worst Jobs in History with Tony Robinson aka. I-have-a-cunning-plan S. Baldrick from the Blackadder series. I’m sharing the few bits from this show that describe old and ancient dyeing techniques.
Purple makers using rotten shellfish to make ‘royal purple.’
Dyeing blue with Wode
Part I (Part [...]
January 13, 2009
Needed some color to brighten up my winter
Hopefully we’ve seen the last of the snow for now. Hopefully.
I meant to post more photos from the dye work I did in December. I finally got around to snapping pictures of the more of the skeins of yarn I dyed. Here they are for your viewing pleasure.
Note, I’ve discovered the fine art of squeezing [...]
August 18, 2008
Escaping the Heat
As I write this, the day after our beach trip, storm clouds are forming above us. So my pleas for relief have been heard. There’s something completely unnatural about living in a hot climate. But I suppose someone who grew up in the Arizona desert might beg to differ. The overly moisturized environment of the [...]
August 5, 2007
Dr. Who Scarf Colors
As promised here are the colors I am using for the Season 15 Dr. Who Scarf made famous by Tom Baker. I used Elann’s Peruvian Highland Wool because of the rich range of colors and the cost. It’s got to be the best price for the range of colors in a [...]
July 31, 2007
Dragon Scales
Sorry about the dim quality of the first photo. I’m still messing with this digital camera to figure out how to get the best photos.
I actually finished this a few weeks ago, but I really had a hard time looking at it after it was finished. I was cleaning off my craft table the other [...]
July 9, 2007
Interdisciplinary knitter
All this talk of robots and robotics has gotten me into this kick about understanding the science and mathematics of knitting. Quite a while back on my other blog I posted a set of links I found on “mathematical knitting.”
Home of Mathematical Knitting (I found the links below on this site – This page has [...]
July 1, 2007
Sock Trauma and Harry Potter Vogue Personality Quiz
The Baby Blanket is on hold. I’m already sick of stockinette and seed stitch.
I made a pair of socks about ten years ago, before I was on the internet and knew anything about free patterns. I found a Dr. Seuss green that I just had to knit. So I paid $5.00 for a sock pattern [...]
June 29, 2007
Nerd Alert
I knit a version of the Dr. Who scarf a few years ago for my then fiance. I didn’t have the appropriate camel colored yarn so I had to use Red-Heart. I absolutely hated it. Though E. says he liked it because it gave the scarf a sort of klunky look.
I still hate it.
So I [...]
