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So, last year I had this idea of, since I run a sock club that goes for three months and then I take a month off before beginning the next… that during the “off” months I would dye a limited edition...
View ArticleNew yarn! And a yarn sale! And I’m TWO!
Introducing Cucumber Melon, the August limited-edition colorway! Every four months I release, in small batches, a limited edition colorway in a variety of sock bases. The inspiration this time around...
View ArticleYarn Think-Tank question
Read on if you like to think about yarn! MY OVERTHINKING: LET ME SHOW YOU IT. I have a whirlwind of ideas and only a few days in which to choose from them – the reason being that Ravelry advertising...
View ArticleI’m dyeing, here!
So, this was helpful. “Imma help you dye sock club, mama!” “Help.” You keep using that word. I don’t think that word means what you think it means. More yarn ramblings ahead – thinking out loud about...
View ArticleHaldeCraft Yarn Club: Jan – March 2013
This round of yarn club runs January through March of 2013, and will be available for sale until Friday, December 28th. Please read the description carefully because I’m definitely shaking it up this...
View ArticleThe 2012 GLAM Indie Craft Show
Got plans Sunday, December 2nd? Want some? Get ready for GLAM Indie Craft Show 2012! This year, we’ll have even more local artists and crafters than ever to satisfy your holiday shopping needs. That’s...
View ArticleSpeaking of making things easier
I’d like to introduce you to my new electric skein-winder. Yes, all this time I’ve been hand-winding…. my productivity is about to go up, time spent will be less, and my chiropractor will be sad that...
View ArticleA question for those what likes to play with language
I am looking for a word, that will help describe some changes I’m thinking of making to my yarn club. I am looking for a word like “kit” or “set,” but a fancy word that describes getting something that...
View ArticleFuture Poncho
We’re doing a HaldeCraft Knit/Crochet-a-long (“HaldeAlong”) over on Ravelry, and here’s what I’m starting with – I’m using the basic instructions from Barbara Walker’s Knitting from the Top Down book,...
View ArticleSneak peek
So, I took on a wholesale order. I KNOW. I always said I’d never do that (horror stories from other indie dyers who have wholesaled sort of put me off, even though we never treated people we bought...
View ArticleI have dyed ALL THE YARN
OK, not really, but close. And as much as I hate it when people say “hey, I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging!”… I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging! Dye weeks really take it out of me; I have to start the...
View ArticleOrchard Bee Yarn Kit
My friend Caitlin and I are over-achievers. At the height of a three-week period in July when we were both busy as fuck all get out, we also worked on this together…. Bonnie and Clyde. Sid and Nancy....
View ArticleI have dyed ALL THE YARN
Seriously, y’all. ALL OF IT. ALL THE YARN, EVER. Except for the 25 pounds of undyed yarn that showed up on my door the day before yesterday, but other than that? ALL THE YARN. Because I am completely...
View ArticleHere’s one for the yarnies – 12 in ’14
Are you a yarn lover? A HaldeCraft yarn lover? Are you on Ravelry? If you answered yes to all three questions…. I have an -along for you. This is loosely inspired by -alongs like the “Self Imposed Sock...
View Article12 in ’14 – January
I mentioned earlier the contest I’m running this year on Ravelry, 12 in ’14. Here’s my first FO! Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Andre in Cinnamon Sugar Test Pattern: Maeva by Stefanie Bold Started: 01/03/14...
View ArticleI am not easily distrac– OH LOOK A CHICKEN
Since Monday of last week (not yesterday Monday, but the Monday before that) my daily schedule has been the following: Wake up. Start the coffee. Start the dye pots that I set up the night before. Pour...
View ArticleSpeaking of making things easier
I’d like to introduce you to my new electric skein-winder. Yes, all this time I’ve been hand-winding…. my productivity is about to go up, time spent will be less, and my chiropractor will be sad that...
View ArticleA question for those what likes to play with language
I am looking for a word, that will help describe some changes I’m thinking of making to my yarn club. I am looking for a word like “kit” or “set,” but a fancy word that describes getting something that...
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