Tag: tanis fiber arts
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Everyone who knows me knows that turquoise, browns and blues are my colours. Every time I walk into a yarn store I am lamentably predictable. But then… then I picked up this lovely thing. This is Iris, one of the new colours from Tanis Fiber Arts. I picked up a skein in her blue label…
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Sometimes you just need instant gratification. Like, instant. Calorimetry. Does the trick. Believe it or not, this is also my first knitty pattern. It’s a great stash buster – used a tiny amount of yarn, in this case some TFA Green label in ‘grape’ that I had left over from this. Only mod: I cast…
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To Kris; if you’re reading my blog this morning, this one’s for you :) Black Puddin is created for my dear childhood friend Kris, who does not wear colour. Kris can be seen in black, off-black, grey-black, brown-black and very occasionally dark burgundy-black. This is Kris’s way of introducing variety into her wardrobe ;) So,…
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My TFA Colour KAL project is finally finished, off the needles and I love it. I love it so much I’ve already cast on another one. The Pink Grapefruit turned out to be just the thing. Ravelry project page here: This is the Colour Affection shawl all done! Thank you to the lovely Jeanette for modelling…
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Just a little update for what’s on the needles – The Colour Affection shawl is coming along nicely, despite the fact that every row feels like an eternity now. We went to the Purple Purl on the weekend to pick up the final colour. So far it’s chocolate and mint. I thought, Mallard? Deep Sea?…
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These are my purchases from Saturday. They make me so stupidly happy that I had to share them. Incidentally, this photo contains my favourite colour range (ocean, earth) and my 2 favourite yarn artists – Tanis Fiber Arts and Viola Viola. Viola Viola, alas, is not dying any more yarn for the time being. She’s…
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I wanted something simple to show off a skein of TFA Olive that I picked up – I wanted something for my neck, with just enough pattern to look interesting but little enough that the beautiful colour in the yarn could really shine. I chose the Age of Brass and Steam – a free pattern…
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The Lisa Shawl is a free crochet pattern by yours truly – a fun, quick crochet project with beads to spice it up. The shawl is named after my gorgeous and colourful friend Lisa who was the first person to love this design :) The shawl is worked up using 2 skeins of sock weight…
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My latest knitted goodie – the caplet from the cover of this issue of Vogue Knitting. Knit all in TFA Green Label Charcoal It’s my first Vogue pattern and my first time knitting from a chart. Ravelry project page here: I learned a lot knitting this one; for example I learned that if you’re knitting from a…
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Though the Knitters Frolic is almost a month gone I’ve finally had a chance to post about the goodies I bought! It’s so delicious looking that I can’t bear to keep it all in the stash; it’s all on display on my desk at the moment =o) How beautiful is this? 3 skeins of Dye-Version…
The Blue Brick 