scarf

How to deal with stress

Monday, March 30th, 2009 | FO's, blah blah blah, dye, fiber, knitting | 1 Comment

The last few weeks have been incredibly stressful around my house. One kid had bronchitis, the other an ear infection…and Daddy was home all week too with his own yucky funk. If we weren’t dealing with that it was unnecessary family drama back home in Michigan. It was all a little too crazy.

So, in order to deal with everything, I shut my brain off to it and tried my hand at dyeing fiber. I have to say it turned out much nicer than I had hoped. I used Jacquard Acid Dyes in a great big pot on the stove.

First I started with russet...

...then I tried some emerald green

These were originally mill ends roving that my friend Wendy had ordered for me from The Sheep Shed Studio. They were brown and white wool mixed with white mohair. I really thought I wouldn’t like these when they were drying, but they turned out much better than I had hoped. Next on the list of things to try is handpainting yarn. I have some white roving at home I haven’t yet pulled out of the closet.

I also have a completed object (finally). On friday night I finished my Habu Kusha Kusha scarf after having some champagne.

A little loopy, but with a completed scarf!

I did actually try and felt it a little on Saturday, but I am not sure if it did anything. It looks super cool though. Hopefully I will get a better picture of it later.

Tags: dye, FO, habu, jacquard, kettle, kusha, scarf, stress

Marching Forward…

Friday, March 20th, 2009 | UFO's, blah blah blah, fiber, knitting, spinning, yarn | 1 Comment

Ok, I am determined. I am determined to finally get my shit together and start doing what I need to do. I keep putting things off because I need to deal with real life, but real life is overrated. So I am buckling down…working on logo ideas…trying to knit and spin as much as I possibly can. Come on! I know I can do it!

So, on the agenda:

Finish the Kusha Kusha Scarf.

The lavender Stainless steel/silk and taupe wool look good together.

Finish my True Love socks…

Mmmm. Bubble Gum pink koigu

Maybe get this sweater done?

I really suck when it comes to actually working on sweaters...

Learn to dye roving and maybe a sock blank…

I have almost all the supplies I need...

Maybe start selling some things on etsy perhaps. I have only been talking about it FOREVER! Over the past week I had people ask why I am not selling my needle protectors or stitch markers online. Why am I not selling them, who knows?

In other news, I also recieved a lovely package from Stashymama on Ravelry. She sent me some batts from the fleece she bought at Stitches. All cleaned and fluffy. I can’t wait to start spinning them. Lucky me, now I can because I actually cleared my bobbins off last night! I finished spinning and navajo plying the last of my pink and brown Merino/tussah that I purchased in November from Bee Mice Elf. Go me!