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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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Tagged hand dyed, rainbow, tiger club
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Juniper – November 2024 Tiger Club
Living in the upper Mid-West, we do appreciate our evergreens for providing some color throughout winters that are either very brown or very white! I’ve always been fond of the scaled needles and bright blue berries of Junipers. Our yarn … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, cashmere, green, Superfine Merino, tiger club
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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
Striped Shore Crab – July 2024 Tiger Club
To round up our summer of beach themed colorways, I pulled this brightly colored specimen. Near as I can tell, this guy is a Striped Shore Crab, native to the tidal waters of California. I love the bold bright colors, … 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
Classic Fall – November 2023 Tiger Club
As I was dyeing November Club, there was snow rather than morning mist toning the splendor of fall. I’m not quite ready to give it up for the chill of winter, so here’s our last hurrah! Classic Fall works into … Continue reading
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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