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Jelly – February 2018 Tiger Club
Some months, I just know what I want for colors, but still need to tie it together with a name and an ‘inspiration’ picture…..and this month I was stumped. I wanted to play with vivid colors of Violet, Magenta, and … Continue reading
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Fiber Friday Shop Update!
First off today, I have a few batches of lovely Polwarth fiber. You can see some of our fiber in the Winter Spin Off (and Interweave Blog), the article by Devin Helmen about Spindle Spun Socks! The color used was … Continue reading
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Shards – January 2018 Tiger Club
January this year was one of the coldest in recent years, and when I saw this picture of mineral crystals, I thought it a fitting theme for Tiger Club. The pale blue is positively icy, and the accents of two … Continue reading
Projects……
Although I’ve been pretty busy with life in general, I have been working on a couple of projects. The latest is when I took this Tiger Club fiber and took it for a spin on my Flat Iron. I made … Continue reading
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Happy Golden Days of Yore – December 2017 Tiger Club
December, a time of getting together with family and friends; enjoying and making memories. I wanted to give a nod to the season without using the stereotypical colors, and I think this picture fit the bill nicely. I didn’t want … Continue reading
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Sleeping Beauty – November 2017 Tiger Club
I really had a lot of fun with Tiger Club this month. Some of my dyeing made it into Spin Off magazine (Winter 2017, article by Devin Helman), and the wool happened to be Polwarth. I love the wool, but … Continue reading
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Shop Update – New England Grey Carded Sliver
Long draw fans, do I have a treat for you…..this domestic wool from small farms in New England, scoured, carded, and pulled into sliver. So fun to spin into bouncy lofty yarn, and the natural oatmeal color adds a great … Continue reading
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Purple Mountain Majesty – October 2017 Tiger Club
America the Beautiful, from sea to shining sea there is a lot of beauty here. October’s Tiger Club is a fantasy on the song, I made a rich purple mountain majesty color, and some amber waves of grain, and mixed … Continue reading
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Spinning with Fine Grey New England Sliver
For September’s Tiger Club, I used a new fiber, Fine Grey New England Sliver. This is a different type of preparation than I usually dye, so I thought I would take a bit to write about it. Commonly available to … Continue reading
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Red Meets CMY – September 2017 Tiger Club
No inspiration photo for this one, just an idea I had to combine an old fun color of CMY Party (where I put Cyan (blue), Magenta, and Yellow next to each other and let them Party), with the deep reds … Continue reading
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