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Tag Archives: hand dyed
Lilac- Breasted Roller – June 2025 Tiger Club
This very pretty bird of many colors is native to Southern and Eastern Africa, and in African culture considered the bird of peace. This particular angle and palette selection focuses in on the blues, pinks, and purples of this fine … Continue reading
Black Forest – January 2025 Tiger Club
What’s better than rich creamy chocolate and tangy cherries? Yum. Although I’m afraid this particular image I found on Pinterest is possibly an AI image of ‘Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake’ (or at least augmented with the little cherry bits), no recipe … Continue reading
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Taraxacum Gradient – December 2024 Tiger Club
While the dandelion (Taraxacum) with shimmery water droplets did inspire the fiber, the colors themselves are loosely inspired by the bokeh color background of these little seed heads (cypsela). I decided to intensify the colors to make them a little … Continue reading
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Concord – October 2024 Tiger Club
The sun bursting through this bunch of grapes was so eye catching I just had to make it! Concord has the burst of sunny gold, rich sagey green, and three very different shades of purple. The fiber is Rambouillet, also … Continue reading
Beach Umbrella – June 2024 Tiger Club
For the second installment of our Beach themed summer, I absolutely could not pass up this image of a striped beach umbrella. I focused on the umbrella itself and pulled my own colors, trading in the orange for green, and … Continue reading
Retiring Radiance – April 2024 Tiger Club
April’s Tiger Club was inspired by a lovely Midwestern style sunset, full of pinks and purples. To stay in keeping with the mixed colors in the photo, I chose methods of dyeing that would also lend a blendy and random … Continue reading
Demoiselle Damselfly – March 2024 Tiger Club
Since I was a child, I’ve been fascinated by insects, and I couldn’t resist dyeing up this male Demoiselle Damselfly (Calopteryx virgo), typically found in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. I picked up the lighter colors of the iridescence, … Continue reading
Sea Nettles – January 2024 Tiger Club
Sea Nettles brings some needed warmth and color to this time of year! This isn’t the first time I’ve dyed a jellyfish themed club offering (see Jelly from February 2018), but there are so many fun pictures of these transparent … Continue reading
Iridescence – October 2023 Tiger Club
I was browsing through my inspiration photographs, and this one stood out as I realized I had Zebra Sock in the queue to dye. I had also just watched a few dyeing videos (there’s always more to learn) and wanted … Continue reading
Sunkissed Lavender and Cecropia Moth – August and September 2023 Tiger Clubs
August Tiger Club pulled hard at the wish for fall, with rich warm colors before the light starts fading. Sunkissed Lavender explores warm sunny yellow to orangy gold, and pink-purples from pale to deep. Titanium Tiger Twist shows of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Falkland, hand dyed, merino, Rambouillet, sock yarn, spinning, tiger club, wool
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