Lately I’ve been doing a bit of dyeing, something I’ve wanted to try out for quite a while. I bought a set of three little jars each of mixing primaries of Procion MX dyes to use on cotton fabric and acid dyes to use on my handspun yarn. I started out dyeing some Kona...
Escape Velocity
I started this piece well over a year ago, shortly before I broke my wrist. It started out as a tiny doodle in a notepad. I constructed a big honking spiral, transferred it to the back piece of an old army shirt (it doesn’t fit me anymore, might as well recycle it, right?) and...
Wherein I Actually Do Some Spinning and Knitting
It’s been, erm, a while since I posted. I owe a few people comment replies, and I was having this weird social anxiety argh talking to people is hard moment — okay, that’s me all the time and not just a moment, but anyway. I wasn’t posting because I was having non-replying-rude-blogger guilt, and...
Just a quickie – Hexagon pincushion FO
I had a little bit longer post in mind, but I went to the library book sale at lunch instead. (Yay books for a dollar!) I need to get back to work, but I’m just going to put this here first. Hexy pincushion! I started out looking at the skinny pincushion tutorial from Green...