Aug 16, 20192 minTour de Fleece 2019It had been three years since I participated in the annual spin-along, Tour de Fleece. For this year's Tour my goal was to just get back
Jul 20, 20161 minTour de Fleece 2016: No Rest for the WickedThis year’s Tour, like any other, has the customary two rest days in the schedule. If I can’t spin, I can still play with fiber in some...
Jul 6, 20161 minDye-a-bolicalI went to a knitting retreat in April, and took a dyeing workshop there. We used reactive dyes, Kool-Aid, water, and vinegar. These two...
Jun 17, 20162 minK-K-K-KOMBO SPINI got kind of addicted with welfordpurls’ spinning podcast on YouTube. She talked about combo spinning in one of the early episodes, and...
Oct 22, 20141 minJust Another Dye DayResults from this summer’s second fiber dyeing session. This time the theme was purples and greens. A bump of humbug Jacob became a...
Aug 3, 20141 minTour de Fleece 2014 Wrap-UpTour de Fleece is over is this is what I accomplished: one finished skein of two-ply (but it’s big!) and one project started. On Ravelry:...
Jul 2, 20141 minWIP Wednesday: The Spinning EditionIt’s become a tradition to get together with my bestest knitting friends each summer and dye some wool. Last year’s theme was blues and...
Aug 16, 20131 minFiber DyeingA couple of weeks ago me and three friends of mine got together to knit, chat, eat chocolate mud cake and — most importantly — to dye...
Mar 22, 20131 minGround PaprikaFebruary 2013 shipment of the Villavyyhti fiber club. 100% Shetland from Hopeasäie in the color Ground Paprika. Very accurately named!...