Wild Thang!!

Here is one of our newest residents...there are three of these little guys (plus big mama), and they are such fun to watch as they play tag in the trees behind our home at dusk. (We keep the garbage tightly away from them!!)

Also in their natural untamed state are my newly dyed yarns. I'm toying around with semi-solids this week....how'd I do? (You can click on any of the pictures to see them REALLY big!!)

These will be appearing in my Etsy shop, http://www.thepaintedtiger.com/ next week. Hey, ya gotta give me time to tame them. No telling what influence wild yarn would have in your domesticated stash!!

New Yarns for August 24! Black & Blue is at the top, inpired by one of my favorite sweaters. The middle one is "Sunset in a Blender" that I created for EtsyFAST's August Challenge. The bottom one is yet unnamed, thought I would experiment with some thick and thin stripes. All of these will be available in my shop, http://www.thepaintedtiger.com/ , over the next few days.

The fawn twins are back, here's a pic of each. They were on our patio...about 5 feet away from me.

I made it!

Etsy recently held a Treasury style poster contest, and my yarn made it onto this winning entry. The picture will be blown up into a poster and given away at festivals. I also had yarn on a Rainbow honorable mention entry, and apparently I was included in 5 total entries. Not bad for a shop that usually has only 35 items!!

My ball winder arrived!!

I totally caved and purchase a really nice ball winder from Nancy's Knit Knacks. It looks neat, and winds these super cool balls! Trust me, it was worth every penny, and now I can wind the yarn into center pull balls for you! Shown above are a sampling of single color ombres I made to be listed in my Etsy Shop.... http://thepaintedtiger.etsy.com/ .

Above are some other colors I've been working on. The first is Gobble, Gobble (remember making those construction paper turkeys as a kid....same colors!). The bottom two are the exact same rainbow dyebath. On the left is a Superwash Merino/Nylon blend, and the one on the right is laceweight Merino wool. Amazing how the superwash treatment really changes how the color takes on the yarn. These are being wound and will appear in my Etsy shop within the next week.

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!