Tag: Dyeing

» Spinning straw into. . . brick?


When I got up this morning, I checked on the yarn drying out on the porch, and I was a little sad to notice that the yarn was very stiff and rough-feeling. The dyeing process seemed to have stripped it of the softness and loftiness that it possessed in its undyed state. I called mom [...]

Posted on: May 15, 2007 by | Tags: , | 5 comments

» Spinning silk into straw


It’s been an extraordinarily busy weekend – hanging out with one friend before he left the country for a few weeks to honeymoon, attending another friend’s graduation and meeting her parents and some other friends for dinner that evening, consoling another friend who’s going through a post-graduation life crisis… Didn’t leave me with much time [...]

Posted on: May 15, 2007 by | Tags: , , , | 2 comments

» Dyeing with the non-knitters


So I got up early this morning (and by "early," I mean 8:30) to work on some various job-searching projects, but it’s a dark, rainy, dreary morning, and I just can’t find the motivation to work on it at the moment. Plus, I was supposed to meet with this guy I used to work with [...]

Posted on: April 11, 2007 by | Tags: , | 1 comment

» Unveiling Ellie’s Ewe Hues!


I said I’d unveil the new yarn on Monday, and so here I am. Technically it’s Tuesday here, but gimme a break – I’ve been busting my ass off getting photos taken and the online store set up. And here it is! I give to you the brand new website: >>Ellie’s Ewe Hues:: The Store [...]

Posted on: April 03, 2007 by | Tags: , , , , | no comments

» Spring is in the air (and on my car, and my table, and my floor)


A few posts ago, Mary commented that she liked my reference to the “fine dusting of yellow kill-me-now powder” that was coating my car. I don’t know if it’s worse this year, or if I’ve just never noticed it before, but the pollen is freakin’ everywhere this spring. I had my my windows open to [...]

Posted on: April 01, 2007 by | Tags: , , , | 3 comments

» New Sock Yarn & Eye Candy Friday


I’m a fickle girl. With the rare exception of web design, I have never been one to pick a project and see it to the end without starting something new in the meantime. I’m fickle like that. This character flaw tendency of mine applies to all aspects of my life, for the most part – [...]

Posted on: March 31, 2007 by | Tags: , , , | 3 comments

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