Twins!

Well, it turns out that this week I did a bit of dyeing in pairs. Even double pairs!

These two rainbow skeins were custom hand dyed by request on Worsted Weight Peruvian Wool Yarn, 4.5-5 stitches per inch on #6-9 needles, 220 yards, 100g4 ply. I bought 10 skeins each of the worsted and bulky weights of this yarn, so expect to see them show up over the coming weeks.

To further add to my offerings of hand painted yarn in weights other than sock, I made some Tutti Fruity skeins in both Lace Weight Merino (880 yards), and Worsted Superwash Merino (270 yards). I have two of each.

And finally, remember that last time I didn't want to give up my Forest Glade Yarn? These turned out a bit more intense, but no less lovely! I give you Forest on my ever popular Superwash Merino & Nylon Sock Yarn, and on a Lopi Style Bulky Single Ply. Again, I have two skeins of each.

Thanks for stopping by, and hope the weather is nicer in your neck of the woods. We're up to here in snow and freezing fog, with thunderstorms all at the same time. Very strange. And more snow later this week!

Fiber Friday!

Tutti Fruity ......................................... Spring Crocus

Emerald Isle .................................... Triple Berry Frost

Rooster Tail ..................................... Forest Glade

Koi Pond

Here are the results of my dyeing for this week. These will start appearing on Etsy on Monday, or you can contact me if you want them sooner. They are all on my 80% Superwash Merino Wool 20% Nylon sock yarn. Rooster Tail, Emerald Isle, and Triple Berry Frost are all Chaos dyed for varied patterning, and the rest are regularly variegated.

You might have to pry the Forest Glade out of my hands though. I'm rather fond of it. :)

The Long and the Skinny of it

It is frighteningly cold here, but fortunately I've had scarves to knit and keep me warm. Here are two custom numbers. One is a Big Black and Grey with 3 extra stripes, and the Black and White on top is a 3" x 80". I'm glad to oblige with such custom requests, since I only make the scarves once they are ordered anyway.

Most people have been finding me through search engines for the scarves, so I am seriously thinking of opening up a true web storefront. I will let you know how that whole process goes.

Hand Dyed Sock and Lace yarns

My dyepot has been busy, since I didn't dye much in December while I was knitting scarves like crazy. My yarn is going to be part of a new online shop that will carry unique indie dyed yarns. It will be called Yarny-Goodness, and I'll give you the link once it is launched later this month.

Since my own dyed yarn coffers were nearing empty, I made most of the yarns you see in this post in twos. One twin will be listed in my shop, ThePaintedTiger, and the other twin will be at Yarny-Goodness. A few yarns here will only appear in one shop or the other.

Elements Series

My elements series was a big hit last year, so I've done 'em again! Water, Earth, Fire, and Wind are done 'Chaos' style, which means the variation is going to vary throughout your project. The yarn base is Superwash Merino & Nylon (80/20%) three ply sock yarn, with a suggested gauge of 6.75-8 stitches per inch on #1-3 needles. There are 420 yards per each 100g skein, plenty for an adult pair of socks.

100% Merino Lace Yarns

Romance, Cheerful, Attitude Pink, Chocolate Raspberry, and I Like Coffee, I Like Tea are all hand painted on 100% Merino wool two ply lace yarn. There are 880 yards per 100g skein.

Other Sock Yarns

Here are a few more colorways on the Superwash Merino Nylon base yarn. Cheerful is only available in my shop, and Lime! will only be available at Yarny Goodness. (Sophisicated will be there, also, but I didn't get a good picture of it.) Gentle and Black-n-Blue will be in both shops.

Contest Yarn

Finally, is a yarn I dyed especially for Yarny-Goodness. She wants a signature yarn for her shop, and has challenged all the dyers to create an Earth themed yarn. The winner will be the signature dyer, and the other yarns will be featured and sold. My creation is called A Slice of Heaven and Earth. The yarn is split in two for a toe up pattern, as this yarn never repeats a stripe. It starts at the firey center of the earth, travels through the earthy layers, through the ocean, samples the lovely greens on land, up into purple mountains, a stunning sunset, and through the ever darkening blues of the sky to inky night with stars. It was fun figuring out how to create it, and I hope it is well received. I may do some more of these no repeat yarns, but perhaps a bit less complicated! :)

Hope you enjoyed my tour of recent yarns, and please come back next week for another update. I have a pile of yarns drying, including a fabulous Irish yarn, a triple berry frost, and even a yarn that is black with the hidden colors you see in shiny black bird feathers.

More fun with Yarn Mosaics

1. Romance, 2. Pine & Burgundy, 3. Springy, 4. Elements: Fire, 5. Wisteria Lace, 6. Set of Jewels yarns, 7. Attitude Pink, 8. Elements: Water, 9. Worsted Rainbow, 10. Stars and Stripes Forever Striping Superwash Sock Yarn, 11. Spring Snail, 12. Green with Envy, and Violet too., 13. Cheerful

Yep, I'm playing with Flickr toys again, and so you can enjoy a lovely mosaic of some of my favorite current and past yarn colors. The links take you to the larger Flickr Picture. Hand dyed yarn is so yummy, if I do say so myself!

Welcome to 2008!

Hello, yarn fans! After an amazing finish to 2007, I've still been hopping with scarf orders! I'm also busy dyeing up a batch of yarn for a new online shop that plans to carry my yarn....more details as she gets her site running! Fortunately, I've been getting my own dyeing done, too, so feast your eyes and hide your pocketbooks from these:

Confetti (Sold already) ....................... Rainbow Worsted Superwash Merino Yarn

Chocolate Cherry Sundae ............................ Spring Snail

Eye of the Tiger ........................ Bed of Roses

And finally, my tribute to our favorite PodCasters, called Citron & Lilac

More to come, so stay tuned!!!

Merry Christmas!

Thank you, all who have purchased yarn or scarves from me in the past year. Together, we have created many amazing things! Have a Happy Holiday, and I hope to meet up with you again in 2008!

Whew!

I made it! Scarf season is officially over, and I took my listings down for a week so there won't be any confusion about availability for Christmas. I shipped the last 6 scarves this morning, for a total of 54 scarves I've knit in 2007, most of them in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thank you all who purchased, and I appreciate your kind comments !

Over the weekend, I was featured on the homepage of Etsy for my Tropical Rainbow yarn, and I sold two skeins of that, plus 3 other skeins from my shop. I was glad, as I haven't been promoting my yarn much lately, what with scarves and choir practice taking up much of my time. (Our cantata went fabulously, and no one threw their fruitcake back at us!)

I'm planning to curl up with my favorite Christmas short story book tonight, and take a long deserved break. Hope you are doing some of your favorite things, too!

Traffic and Ice!!

I opened my e-mail from Site Meter, expecting my usual 20 or so visitors in a week. Nope 280 visitors this week. I was sure it was a typo, but no....I managed to sell some things to other bloggers, who blogged about me! Gotta love networking.

So.....here's a post about a pair of socks knit with the yarn below: http://danglingthreads.blogspot.com/2007/12/socks-on-my-feet.html

It's called Turkey Time.

And here's one about a scarf I knit: http://caoine.org/2007/12/05/etsy-home-of-awesome/

This picture is actually of a second one I knit, because the person saw it here on my blog! (Which I really appreciate....I mean, how fun is it to blog when no one is looking at it!)

I've also had a fair amount of traffic from Ravelry. I love that place!!

Otherwise, I am buried both in scarf orders AND the ice storm that is going on today. Here's to hoping we keep our power!!

Finished stockings!

I finally finished the stocking for my friend. I took out the large snowman, and went with some smaller ones for a more vintage look. She was very pleased! I hope to have these up for production next Christmas, with a variety of designs.

This little ornament stocking I knit for the ornament exchange our Mom's group has. It gets rather heated with stealing and such (we do it White Elephant style). This is modified from a full sized stocking idea in the Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts edition. It also was well received, but alas, it was opened last so no one got to fight over it. (But I'm still glad one of my friends has it.) Next year I must use more enticing wrapping!!