Author Archives: ThePaintedTiger

Tiger Club Reveal – June

Posted on July 6, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

For June, I originally went looking for pictures of English cottage gardens…..you know, the lovely jumble of blooms against tan or grey of the building.  It turned out that the pictures were too jumbled….and too similar to a few colors … Continue reading →

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Grand Old Flag is here!!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

I’ve been working hard at making my popular Stars and Stripes, Forever yarn even better…..and I’d like to introduce my new version with wider stripes…. Grand Old Flag! I’ve also had various requests for rainbows, so here are some new … Continue reading →

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May 2012 Tiger Club Reveal

Posted on June 6, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

I’ve been on a big gradient kick lately, so I went looking for sunset pictures for our May Fiber and Sock Yarn Club.  This one won: So I did quite a bit of sampling and came up with gradient of … Continue reading →

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Gradients!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

This week the dyepot has seen a lot of gradients. They are fun to make, although my methods to do so are still evolving. This first batch is on Falkland, a beautiful wool that is virtually chemical free. It is … Continue reading →

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Silk. Mmmmmmm, Silk!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

Today’s update is all about silk. First up are mawata silk hankie sets. And a new product for The Painted Tiger, luscious shiny 20/2 100% Spun Silk lace yarn. It is suitable for weaving (you can see my current project … Continue reading →

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Falling Down a Rabbit Hole

Posted on May 6, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

Last weekend I attended Stringtopia, where the lovely Sara Lamb was teaching all about silk. I took her Saturday class, which was about weaving with silk. If you’ve followed Sara at all, you know that she has a closet full … Continue reading →

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April Tiger Club Reveal – Water Lilies

Posted on May 2, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

Just like March was about playing colors off the natural cream of fiber and yarn, April was about playing the colors off natural white.  I chose as my inspiration a painting inspired by the water lily paintings of Claude Monet.  … Continue reading →

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Fiber Friday – Rainbows and more

Posted on April 20, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

The shelves in the shop needed some color….so time to make some rainbows! I have four different ones for you, they can be found in the shop in the Rainbow section. First up, some superwash merino wool hand dyed in … Continue reading →

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Tiger Club – March 2012

Posted on April 17, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

With all the excitement of spring and Easter and April Fool’s, I managed to forget to reveal the March Tiger Club…..and here I am dyeing for April! March’s color is one I had made accidentally in the past, and really … Continue reading →

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April Fool’s Sale!

Posted on April 1, 2012 by ThePaintedTiger

Stop by the shop and load up for Ravelymics and Tour de Fleece (or whatever SAL/KAL/CAL you have going on)!  Use code FOOL for 15% off of everything…..PLUS I discounted many items for really cRaZy saving!  Sale ends at noon … Continue reading →

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