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Monthly Archives: December 2016

Dyeing Samples Tutorial, Day 2: Liquid Food Color Dyeing

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Dyeing, Yarn

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If you have any questions during this tutorial, about something I didn’t cover or explain. Please leave the question in the comment section below. I will compile the questions and answer them all on Friday in a special Q & A post.

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Dyeing Samples Tutorial, Day 1: Powdered Drink Dyeing

12 Monday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Dyeing, Knitting, Yarn

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If you have any questions during this tutorial, about something I didn’t cover or explain. Please leave the question in the comment section below. I will compile the questions and answer them all on Friday in a special Q & A post.

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Sample Dyeing

12 Monday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Dyeing, Yarn

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This is not the Kool Aid dyeing post. That will be the next post. So for all of you waiting to dye along with me – go soak your yarn!

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Stay tuned, Dye fans!

08 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Knitting, Yarn

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I’ve decided to do dye tutorials next week, using sample sizes of yarn.

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It’s TUNA SOUP time!

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Stuff

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This is Shadow. He’s a Bombay.

He’s my kitten. (I consider ALL cats to be kittens, unless they are trying to eat your face… or other vital body parts. Same with dogs.)

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The agony of waiting.

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Knitting

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I’m waiting for my mill order to arrive.

 

To keep myself occupied while I wait- I’m calculating dye percentages.  See- I want to make a dye color chart with yarn, so instead of winging it (as I have been doing)- I know exactly what the red does at 30% strength, and what it does at 60% strength.  It’s going to be a bit weird, though, as I have two different blues, and two different yellows.  So some will have minute differences, but at least I will know what yellows are interchangeable, etc.  Also, if I do the math now- I won’t have to do it later.

 

I also have dyes coming… and they should arrive on Saturday, but I can do my testing with the dyes I have on hand. Since I’m doing the dye chart on a 1/10th scale (10 yards of yarn per sample) – I only need 1/10th of the dye.

 

So… really I’m just waiting for yarn.

 

 

Update:  It’s HERE!!!! *rolls around in yarn*

A Book Check-In

05 Monday Dec 2016

Posted by Talya in Books

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What I just finished reading:

Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower # 4) by Stephen King

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