ThePaintedTiger | January 30, 2009
I loved how Winter’s Day turned out so much that I held one back for me. I need a project to finish in the car today, so yesterday I did some swatching. On the left is a circular sample, and on the right a flat sample. Same # of stitches, same machine settings, etc. I [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 28, 2009
The busiest part of scarf season for me is finally over, and in the meantime I had quite a few requests for rainbows on worsted weight…..so here are the newest ones: Rainbow Blue Faced Leicester (There’s two of these 1lb skeins, generally the same, but there’s more blue in one.) What happens when you ripen [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 27, 2009
My Fiber Barista friends are passing around a game today….you ask for a letter, then post about 10 things that you like that start with said letter. Natalie from The Yarn Yard dubbed me with the letter ‘S’. 1. Stripes. Might as well get it out of the way! I like self-striping yarn, I knit about [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 22, 2009
Well, it seems that I’ve skipped the yarn update and went straight to the break to get my year end stuff caught up!! Last week was the amazingly cold weather, so no school Wed-Friday, not to mention too dreary to take pictures. I’ve also still been quite busy with scarves! Here are a couple of them….. I’m happy [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 8, 2009
Those of you who follow my blog may have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet, and haven’t been posting yummy yarn pictures. I’m here to explain all that! Starting on ‘Black Friday’ after Thanksgiving, the scarf orders start rolling in, and generally go until the shipping deadline for Christmas. With the economy the way it [...]
ThePaintedTiger | January 1, 2009
I have a great group of friends who are also indie dyers. We’ve been having a great time together online, and decided to put our talents together. We call ourselves the Fiber Baristas, and 9 of us are presenting this first club. In Postcards from Home, each month you will receive a sock yarn that [...]
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