Way last year Libby showed me a picture of a bird, and the result was the Amethyst and Emerald colorway:
it was dyed roughly half-and-half on the hank. Natalie ordered some of these and just sent me pictures of her latest weaving project with these. I love how the half-and-half dyed skeins weave up into a sort of accidental plaid all by itself! I’m not sure if she manipulated the warp like that, but it still looks amazing.
Isn’t that beautiful!
I’ve been busy with this and that and other stuff, but I wanted to post part of what I’ve done this week. I can’t believe it is already Friday, but here it is. 🙂 On Monday I showed a collection … Continue reading →
My otherwise mundane afternoon got a fun visit! My daughter-in-law, my oldest granddaughter, and both of my great-grandchildren came to explore tie-dyeing. Everyone arrives fresh and ready to dye…Granddaughter Angel, great-grand Micheal, great-grand Amarra, and daughter-in-law Leanne. 🙂 This … Continue reading →
On Saturday I received a small shipment of some interesting laceweight yarn: 45% ultra-fine Merino, 35% Cashmere, 20% Nylon. Practically a cobweb, it is supposed to be 1500 yards per 100grams. I don’t like to run up more … Continue reading →
UPDATE 14Aug16: All of yarns unclaimed from the blog have now been posted to the Blog Reader Specials page.
Yesterday over on Facebook someone posted this picture of the Southern Cassowary.
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According to Wikipedia, the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary ortwo-wattled cassowary,[2] is a large flightless black bird. It is a ratite and therefore related to emu, ostrich, and theRhea and Kiwi genera.
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Of course, had I done my research before dyeing anything, I would have seen there is much more to this bird than just the grays and blues I saw on the face; there is the mostly black body, the red wattle, the brilliant blue throat/neck, and the large casque on top of the head. Nevertheless, I dyed what I saw in the first image. Or at least what I thought I saw. And there is always another opportunity to do a different version, right? 🙂
My attempt at capturing the colors I saw are shown on the Lovely Sock (#522 & 523) and the Primo Lace (#534 & 535), shown below.
Altogether there are 6 Lovely Sock and 8 Primo Lace; fiber content, yardage, and price as indicated on the photo. All the Primo Lace were dyed as Twinsets, but you are free to claim just one of a set. On the Lovely Sock, #522 & 523, and #524 & 525 are a Twinset. The other two are Singles. Twinset pairs are skewed to show the full range of colors within each Twinset.
To claim the one(s) you want, send me an email with the item numbers you’d like. Be sure to check the Blog Reader Specials page to see if you’d like any there as well. These new yarns will be ready to ship on Monday.
All the one unclaimed from the rack are now posted on the Blog Reader Specials page. Click there to see which yarns remain available.
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