Have spent the past two days dyeing non-stop. Seventy plus hanks of yarn dyed. Yes, seventy. Seven-zero, 70. If you count the past four days, the total is just over 90.
Really and truly, that is a lot of yarn. And a lot of work. And a lot of dye.
Exhaustion aside, I’ve loved every minute of [...]
Wow, it’s been a while! I’ve really missed writing here, but each time I sit down to write, I realize I don’t have much in the way of pictures of new yarns ready to share or photos of knitting progress! And the day to day stuff of running a business probably isn’t all THAT interesting. [...]
These two, Embersteel on top and Burnt Orchid on bottom, were ‘mistake batches’ from working on the wholesale order the past few months. Embersteel was much too dark and Burnt Orchid much too pink-pastel, in comparison to the final and wanted results. And neither was shimmery copper enough. But mistakes or not, I do [...]
Today was mix everything up for the next week day. I only had tiny amounts of stock solutions left in three colors – red, green, ivory. Seeing as how Christmas was over a week ago… hehe. Time to mix all them dyes again!
So down come the dyes, out come the dye solution containers and measuring [...]
Corriedale wool felts faster than Blue Faced Leicester wool. You know, just in case you were curious. Just, please, don’t ask me how I found out. My desk can’t take my head hitting it much more.
Otherwise, all is well here. Winding up all of the new, dry yarn into pretty little hanks and [...]