Author: Sarah
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Sweater in Variegated Yarn
Here’s the final result of the sweater knitting project I’ve been telling you about in recent posts. You can see it’s got the same outlines as Cecily’s original Breakwater pattern, but I’ve completely changed the texture of the material, and the sleeves are shorter what with only two skeins of yarn to work with. I’m…
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New Summer Knitting Yarn
New knitting yarn is up in the shop! It’s been a while in coming, but here are colors to keep you cool at the pool and warm at the campfire. Available in both Sock and Cashmere Sock, these yarns make marvelous light sweaters and shawls as well as socks!
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When Variegated Yarn Calls #2
Variegated yarn driven projects cry out for some thought in the post-purchase, pre-cast on phase. In the last WVYC post, I wrote about looking at a skein of variegated yarn and thinking about the implications of it’s design. (I don’t know about you, but the ooohing, the aaahing, and the purchasing don’t necessarily involve thinking.)…
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When Variegated Yarn Calls
For me, a knitting project often begins with a skein of yarn. You probably know that feeling. In my house, that skein is almost always a variegated yarn. This little gem resulted from a one-off lot of Sock. Every couple weeks I survey my little studio and discover that all my dye-mixing bottles have little…
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Variegated Yarn Variations
A week ago I took Shirley Paden’s Knitwear Design class. Pre-class homework involved swatching for the garment we were going to design. I’ve had a pound of merino DK weight yarn, dyed in a range of greys, black, and bits of lavender in the stash for some time, and with this class approaching, it started…
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Knit Dye Blog
This is a test post. It’s actually my very first blog post. Anywhere. I’ve been knitting since before the fall of Rome. I’ve been dyeing yarn and spinning fiber (and occasionally myself) for more than ten years. I’ve now been blogging for about 30 seconds. Check back later. I’ll try to become more interesting.