Elements

Super soft Merino wool and Silk blend sock yarn, dyed in the colors suggested by the four elements. Clockwise from top left: Wind is a tornadic blend of greys, blacks, purples, and flashes of fushia and yellow. Fire contains yellow, red, fushia, and orange hues. Earth explores the brown tones. Water is a beautiful swimming cove of clear blues. Each is 440 yards, 100g. Plenty for socks, scarf, mittens, whatever!

Speaking of elements, I'd like to say that the wind took this tree limb down, but it really was due to all the cherries on it. (It's a black cherry).

It is hard to see in the picture, but that is completely blocking our neighbor's drive. Our tree, though, so we had to chop it up in nearly 90 degree weather. Air conditioning never felt so good.

Earlier that morning, here's the same view:

These twin fawns were born on our property in June, and are getting quite large now. Their mother likes to gnaw on my green beans through the fence. Although not tame, the deer are not terribly afraid. I was maybe 20 feet away when I snapped this picture, and had to walk a fair ways first.

Here are some additional pictures of the hand dyed yarns I sent to WoolGirl recently!

Rainbow Brite Self-Striping................... Stars & Stripes Forever


Graduated Rainbow

Here's a sample of what I dyed up for WoolGirl. More pics in a couple days. Have a safe and happy 4th!

It's been busy here at ThePaintedTiger! Here are some of my new yarns:

Blush............................................... Singing the Blues

Dreamsicle ........................................Key Lime Pie


Bomb Pop

These are either listed already, or will be listed this week in my Etsy shop, ThePaintedTiger . I've also had an overwhelming response to my Stars and Stripes Forever yarn . I'm still taking orders on it, so if you would like some, get your name in the waiting list by convo-ing me, or leaving a comment here!! I've ordered a new batch of Superwash, and it'll be ready as soon as I can manage!

Neapolitan Ice Cream, Flags, and Rainbow.....yarns for summer!

Here's a preview of some of the yarns I'll be listing in my Etsy Shop next week.

Yup....Strawberry, Vanilla, and Chocolate.....YUM!!

This Patriotic number is striping...red, white, red, white, red, then a thick blue stripe with stars.

And a graduated rainbow...divided into two skeins. Start with red and end with purple (or the other way round) on each sock (or mitten, or whatever!) We've certainly had enough rain today to expect a rainbow!

Checkin' in!

Things have been busy in the real life of ThePaintedTiger, what with a new (to us) home to landscape and save from erosion (we're on a hill). So I have been sadly neglecting my dyeing and knitting. Do not despair...I have just put in a large order for Merino and Superwash sock yarn, and the lure of blank canvas will ensure that I will quickly have it dyed and up on Etsy lickity split (where IS that box of yarn already????) And yes, I will do several skeins of the rainbow striping yarn...be sure to watch my shop, or let me know that you are interested, since they always go fast.

I am also ordering a small batch of 100% bamboo yarn. I understand that is it naturally antibacterial, so I'm interested to try it for myself, and see if anyone else wants some too!

In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy your Memorial weekend....the weather is supposed to be absolutely beautiful here in Eastern Iowa, and I intend to be outside for most of it!

Lace weight yarn, just for you!

Here's my dye pot results, 4 colorways of Merino lace yarn. I am listing them one per day on Etsy starting today, so check back often or RSS my shop to get first crack at them!

Yarn, Yarn Yarn! Some recent sales! Going to dye again soon, so if you have a great idea for a colorway, please leave me a comment!

Remember the big pile of yarn I posted awhile back? Well, now it is for sale at www.WoolGirl.com ! Please visit and help get this new business off the ground!

I'm also joining the KnitList vendor webring, and need to get the photo on here. I also joined EtsyFiberArtsStreetTeam (FAST) awhile ago. Our website is http://www.etsyfast.com .

Here's my entry for the Beads4You Winter Challenge on Etsy. All entrants purchased the same set of beads and made something fabulous with it. I made this hat with beaded hat pin-like picks. I knitted a superlong ribbed 1 inch strip on my knitting machine (yes, quite tedious), then stitched it around into a large hat, that I fulled down to human size. It is quite thick and warm, and will probably end up as a gift for my mother, although your comments could inspire me to make one for sale.