ThePaintedTiger | May 5, 2010
This project was shared recently in our group on Ravelry. She started with 8 ounces of yummy BFL wool top hand dyed in Lacey Maple. She then spun it up into delicious singles…… And then knit this Saroyan lacy scarf/shawlette with a leaf motif. It’s always inspiring to me to see what people do with [...]
Category: Customer Projects |
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Tags: bfl, hand spun, knitting, scarf, shawl
ThePaintedTiger | January 4, 2010
Here we go, with a fresh shiny new year! Wonder what it will bring? So far, wildlife in the back yard. What is under the trampoline? This is some smart deer. Why melt a spot in the snow and get snowed on top of when you can bed down under a trampoline? This is the [...]
Category: Weaving, Wildlife |
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Tags: deer, hand spun, Weaving
ThePaintedTiger | September 11, 2008
Last weekend, we attended the Quad Cities Symphony’s Pops Concert. The program was mostly the music of John Williams (so, of course, utterly fabulous). This year the concert was held in the baseball stadium, since the floods earlier this season tore up LeClaire Park, where it usually is held. This concert is quite the event. [...]
Category: Knitting Projects, Life |
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Tags: hand spun, knitting, music
ThePaintedTiger | April 18, 2008
I got in a new brand of dyes this week, so I don’t have bunches to show you, but I hope you’ll enjoy them none-the-less!! This is April Showers, which is a thick and thin art yarn I hand spun from roving I dyed in a gentle blue grey with bits of pink and purple. [...]
Category: Etsy, Fresh From the Dyepot, spinning |
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Tags: art yarn, fiber friday, hand dyed, hand spun, spinning, yarn pr0n
ThePaintedTiger | April 7, 2008
Yes, I know….you already hate me for my first yarn. What can I say….I have a crafty thumb! (Or maybe Lizzie learned well from her first owner, and is giving me hints along the way!!) This project started out as a big tangled mess of top that I got from Carol at the Sheep Shed [...]
Category: Fresh From the Dyepot, spinning |
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Tags: hand dyed, hand spun, roving, spinning