ThePaintedTiger | August 2, 2010
We’ve just returned from vacation, and I’m busily catching up on emails and packages and scarf orders. One thing I did before we left was to send out the Tiger Club. The Fiber Club this month was 100% Bamboo Rayon Top. It is a beautiful silky fiber, and takes dye in a pretty impressionistic way. [...]
ThePaintedTiger | July 2, 2010
USPS is telling me that all the packages were delivered today, so I’m going ahead with the June reveal. Here are my inspiration pictures: Day Lily and Rose. I wanted to capture the gradient by hand dyeing from pink to coral to intense pinky-orange. Easy enough to do with the fiber, but trickier to get [...]
ThePaintedTiger | June 2, 2010
For the month of May, I didn’t have to look far for inspiration. The wooded ravine that is part of our property has filled out into a beautiful, cool, and inviting retreat. Thus I present Forest Fantasy. The fiber is Wensleydale, which I dyed with a somewhat random technique which I call ‘layering’. I was [...]
ThePaintedTiger | May 20, 2010
Just like spring strawberries, it’s the short but sweet season for striping yarn! Before it gets too hot, I’ve been walking, and walking, and walking to make up and undo huge skeins to make this striping flag yarn for you. Here are some projects done in this yarn from past years: Details on these projects [...]
ThePaintedTiger | March 29, 2010
Yup, I’m on a roll with these updates! Today is super soft Blue Faced Leicester combed top. It is fun to spin and useful for many kinds of projects, including next-to-skin. And the wool has a slight bit of shine (or luster) to it, lending the color special depth. All are available in the BFL [...]
ThePaintedTiger | March 27, 2010
Ah, the delightful comfort food of spinning….soft and versatile Corriedale Wool! I’ve hand dyed a bunch of new colors for you, and they are available in the shop. 1. Japanese Maple , 2. Grape Smash, 3. Cloud Nine, 4. Peacock , 5. Citrus Splash, 6. Crab Apple, 7. Harvest Rainbow, 8. Limey!, 9. Mimosa, 10. [...]
ThePaintedTiger | March 24, 2010
I really love BFL (Blue Faced Leicester), and since the mill that makes regular Bengal has closed, I’ve sourced a new sock yarn I like even better! I am calling it Bengal Twist, and it is 100% superwash BFL. This is a yarn born for socks. BFL is soooo soft and silky, yet the fibers [...]
ThePaintedTiger | March 17, 2010
Yup, I’ve been busy! Lots of new colors of hand dyed Panda Sock Yarn for you. Panda is a blend of 60% Superwash Merino Wool, 30% Bamboo Rayon, and 10% Nylon. It is a fantastic yarn for socks or for items you’d like a little drape in like scarves or shawls. A variety of dye [...]
ThePaintedTiger | March 11, 2010
With the Spring Mystery Shawl underway (last day to join is Saturday), I’ve been able to allocate some Zephyr lace yarn to dyeing in other colors. Here’s the latest, perfect for knitting or weaving a pretty new spring shawl! var addthis_pub = ‘ThePaintedTiger’; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 28, 2010
There be yarn in the house. To be exact, 100,800 yards of yarn! This is Zephyr Lace that I am dyeing for a Mystery Shawl KAL that I am doing with Goddess Knits. Renee is an amazing designer (her Ravelry designer page….check out Eye of the Storm!), AND she lives in Iowa, too. Here [...]
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