Category: Dying Yarn
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These are the last of the new colour ways that I will be featuring in this Friday’s Etsy shop update (starting at 11am EST, no worries if the store looks empty right now, that will change ;)). I was going to split these up over the next two days, but I couldn’t wait to share!…
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The Terra Cotta Reserve is a pretty significant place to us; we were hiking in the reserve when I first thought that it would be great to use actual leaves and flowers in jewelry, we’ve done tons of great photography there, and Tito and I will even be doing our wedding photos there. Terra Cotta…
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Our home is filling up with yarn for Friday’s Etsy update =D Here is a sneak peek of a few more of the colours I’ve prepared! This time I wanted to do a few shots that were all centred around a roadtrip that Tito and I took through North Ontario a few years ago. We…
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Last week, I was in Calgary doing a rooftop shoot for a client when (for me) the internet exploded. Earlier in the day I had posted this shot of my ‘Highway 11’ yarn being worked into my Sencilla Cowl. The photo was reposted by the amazing folks at All Free Knitting. See that number at…
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Thank you everyone for the positive response to my ‘yarn based on photos’ project. I am happy to announce that I may have found a good yarn supplier, and if I like the base then I’ll be aiming to have some short runs for sale soon! In the meantime, I’ve selected some photos for my…
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The Blue Brick has a Ravelry group! Check it out here, and join for access to pattern sneak peeks, KALs, the latest news and, of course, a fiber’y little Blue Brick community :) Over the weekend I had the opportunity to work on more of my ‘yarn inspired by photos’ project. I’m really delighted with the…
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The Blue Brick has a Ravelry group! Check it out here, and join for access to pattern sneak peeks, KALs, the latest news and, of course, a fiber’y little Blue Brick community :) When I announced to my friends that I was going to start dyeing yarn, most of them weren’t surprised. To me, dyeing…
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The mega project that left me with sore wrists continues to plague me, so I’ve switched my sights to dyeing for a while ;) Last night I started experimenting with some new acid dyes, and I’m quite pleased with the results! Both of these are 500 yard skeins of 100% super wash merino lace. I…
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Sorry for the radio silence, I have been hit with a crazy bad flu – sickest I’ve been in years. I think I’m finally on the mend though, but alas there is very little to show for the time I was sick except for one dyeing experiment and the progress I’ve made on the lace…
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