WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012

Had a dyeing day!

When dyeing your own fabric make sure you have the correct gloves....hehe did not notice that there was a hole in my glove.
New pair, who knew??

 But I did like the results.  Very experimental and thoroughly enjoyable.  I used Red, Blue and Yellow food colouring.
Mix of water and vinegar with a tsp of salt.

RESULTS:

Spinning today with wool dyed with Landscape Coastal kit

Love the way they have spun together.

 Knitted Cowl

Busy Bee

I realise I have not posted to my blog in ages but I have been busy with felting, pewter, markets and knitting a lot of scarves and cowls.  A hat in between and spinning new wools.  To add to the above list I have also acquired a new loom - a LeClerc Mira which is been put to good use making hand towels out of cotton and will soon be moving onto bigger cloths for Baby Carriers (baby Wraps) which are wonderful items to carry your baby close to you when either out or at home.  I remember having something similar when my babies were small and absolutely loved it.  Especially for those mums still feeding little ones it is extremely handy when you are out as baby is already in position.

Below are pics of what I have been busy with:

Old Loom - Glimakra Table Loom

New Loom Leclerc Mira - What a pleasure :)

Market day in Amsterdam

Cowl from Market day

Jersey knitted in between with felted flowers and odd buttons for colour

Started Felting

Hand Towels on Mira Loom

Hand Towels

Spinning wools for a specific scarf in mind

Pewter for centre of handbag which is felted

Bag coming together.  Still have to put on base and do handles.

Microwave dyeing

Dyed wools

FairIsle hat in between again....

New warp....Bright and Neon (shine in the dark LOL)

Spin-off Magazine - We got mentioned:::

YarnsbySally and Patty Poot Designs got into the Spin-Off magazine this issue.  We were rather excited to see our Lap'tUp's in print.

Interviewed on Northern TV Station - The Summer Weavers Market in Hoorn 17th July 2013 (De Zomertoer vanuit Hoorn)

Watch this YouTube link.

Patty Poot had an interview over her yarns and I was interviewed about the LAP'TUP which was designed by Yarns by Sally and Patty Poot Designs.

Also excellent news is that our LAP'TUP will be in the next issue of SPIN-OFF magazine.

SHORT FIBRE WOOL

I have finished spinning some very short fibre wool that I had.  This is not a fibre I would like to knit with sooooo with that in mind and my new toy - my Loom - I am planning a small rug or pillow.  I thought a nice sort of cream string type yarn for warping and then using this wool as the weft I could make a very pretty little rug out of it.  That is in the planning :)  Just need to wash and hang it and see what happens.

FREE GIVEAWAY ON MY FACEBOOK YARNS BY SALLY

GIVEAWAY WAS A SUCCESS.   31 ENTRIES AND THE WINNER IS IN UTAH.  CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY.




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Dying to Dye......

Oh, woke up this morning with the sunshine and decided time to take out the pots and pans and do some dyeing.

Maybe spring is in the air...with some wonderful squishy balls of lovely bright colours.

Oh, this is definitely a piece of mouthwatering watermelon.....yummy. This should spin up really pretty when dry.

Bright spring colours...oh, the possibilities

Watch this space for the KONINGINENDAG GIVEAWAY!!!! Red Blue White and Orange.....More to come on that.

Candy Store Purchases

Being at the Breidag yesterday was just like candy to a child.  There were so many stores to purchase amazing yarns and accessories it was difficult to know which way to turn.  But, I did make a few pleasing decisions to add to my stock for spinning into some gorgeous yarns.  The will soon be all spun up and in the shop ready for your perusal.

Breidag in Nieuwegein 29 & 30th March.

Babe Production Wheel (Sold) but Patty Poot is a Babe Dealer.

Saori Loom also from Patty Poot

Suzie Brown (Wool Wench) and Patty Poot (Patty Poot Designs)