I had a very pale, dove grey in mind for a particular lace project...but even though they have an incredible selection at my LYS I resisted temptation and came home with some undyed (white) Fyberspates scrumptious lace yarn. Mordanted with alum and cream of tartar and given really a very brief (15 minute) dip in a cool iron and logwood solution and I got this lovely pale silvery lilac.I remember getting a similar colour during one of my earliest dye experiments (red cabbage juice, no surprise … [Continue reading...]
Steampunk
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Why do some pieces of clothing have a certain vibe? Is it the texture, the colour, the cut...? It's hard to put my finger on it. For some reason, my shawl for April (Of the Moon by Caitlin Ffrench) can't help being steampunk. The first shawl I've made from yarn I dyed and spun myself. Pretty pleased with it - the stitches are pretty even, the colour is interesting and shimmery, and it's very soft and drapey. And now back to finishing those socks... Posted using BlogPress from my iPad … [Continue reading...]
Halfway there…
May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
One sock… One gauntlet… One Smitten… I seem to have a case of second sock syndrome when it comes to starting pairs of things and only making the first one…although I have actually done about a third of the second sock… My first adventure in knitting with a Crazy Zauberball, which means the finished socks [...]
Sea mist
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I’m lucky to live in a beautiful part of the world. This last weekend was a long weekend in the UK, and we drove over to Weymouth to take the children to the Sea Life Adventure Park. As is often the case, we had blue skies to our left, but sea mist was [...]
Photoshoot!
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I had so much fun on this photoshoot! It’s harder than you’d think to get really good quality photos, so I got some help from my brother James, who is a far more technical photographer than I am, and his lovely wife Emi who does a great job of modeling. (She is also a [...]
Snowdrop mittens
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Look at these gorgeous mittens! Well admittedly I’ve not actually made them yet, but the kit is on its way from Leena from Finland who has a lovely blog (in Finnish and English) about her dyeing adventures, Riihivilla. “The flowers are white, naturally, and leaves are blueish green dyed with Japanese indigo and [...]
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