Monarch Socks in Wild Colorway

Karen Price sent me this picture of some socks that she knitted from my Monarch yarn in the Wild color way. Didn't they turn out great?!

Thank you Karen. I love seeing things knit from my yarns that I dye.

Elizabeth's Yarn

Well, it doesn't look like Elizabeth is going to help with my blog, so I'd better start writing myself!

Liz has been having too much fun dyeing yarn.

Here's a sample of the Merino/Tencel she's been handpainting. We've named the yarn Nymph.

She only paints 5 skeins at a time and does it in 1 - 2 " strips.

This yarn is fantastic looking. It has such a wonderful shine to it!

I'm working on getting a page together for it on my website to sell them. Hopefully it will be finished soon.

I've been dyeing a new yarn that is 70% angora/30% polyamide. We've named that one Flutterby. All the yarns that we handpaint are named after or about butterflies.

At the end of this month we'll be at the NW Needlemarket. If you go, be sure to stop by and say "hi"!

Lynx Yarn!

I'm really excited about this yarn! I've been working on it for quite some time now.

I call it my Lynx yarn because of the special way that it's made.

It comes in different fiber combinations, but this latest is in Australian wool and nylon.

Here's a picture of the socks that I made with it on my sock machine.

I was extremely pleased with how beautifully it fluffed up (fulled) after I threw it in the washer and dryer!

OK, I am finally starting a blog!

I've been thinking about starting a blog for some time now, but have never actually gone through with it. Maybe Elizabeth will want to keep this up and going? :)

One thing I do know is that I am excited about being able to do the blog in black!
I've always wanted to do a website with a black background but have read in several places that it isn't a good background to choose. So I've never done any of my websites with it.
But I really think it will show off colors well. I guess I'll see.

I hope to be able to keep everyone notified of our dyeing, new colors, events, etc. in this blog.
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Oh! Lauri Paulsen just sent me pics of the shawl that she knit with my Lacewing sock yarn in the color Raspberry Latte.

I met her at Madrona a few weeks ago. She's great! She's from Aberdeen and has been purchasing my yarn from Sherry at the Yarn Corner in Aberdeen.

The pattern was the Old Shale Shawl by Evelyn Clark in Piecework, 2005.

(Jan/Feb?). She said she only used one skein and still had some left over.

It's beautiful! :) Thank you, Lauri for the pictures.