The Year of Seeing Red

I am back to dyeing but I'm realizing that the switch to Lanaset dyes meant going back to square one. The Lanaset line consists of a very...

I have very few words about this. Coming on top of the passing of RBG, it's been a really rough couple of days. Six weeks until November ...

This was one of my major successes in the garden this year. Okra is ornamental enough that it's going in the front yard next year. This v...

Thanks to everyone who is following my blog! There have been a lot of subscribers recently and I just wanted to make a post about why you...

An elusive color for me. I'm trying to recreate something in my head, a 'faded', or toned down peach color. Peach is a color I use a lot ...

I have no words. Well, maybe a couple: FOOL. HYPOCRITE. NARCISSIST. Black Lives Matter.

...but here's a gradient set I dyed this week. I used three dyes: dark purple, reddish brown and coal black. None of the skeins use a pur...

Organization of swatches can be a serious issue. I have a huge number of them, hundreds maybe, and some that I can't match up to charts w...

This project (and design) went pretty quickly. Available on my Pocket Meadow Farm website and Ravelry. The yarn is mercerized cotton from...

Handmade, reversible. Made from hand dyed batik and salt dyed cottons. More info here.

I've just published a new pattern. It's called April Distraction, and it's available on Ravelry. It's designed for intermediate knitters w...

These are two swatches that I made this week, playing around with some stitch patterns for a new design. I'm thinking something on the bi...

Cerise. It's a deep ruby with blue undertones. Shown on 2 ply 2/60 wool yarn.

Sometimes the colors just speak to you. I love these together and they have a look that goes well with this Anatolian-inspired chart I've...

This is Lanaset 704 Red G on a Briggs and Little Sport, and New Zealand 2ply wool weaving/rug yarn base.

I've only seen this color once in a yarn (Lang Seta Tweed). I started a project with it, my Five by Six shawl design, but it wasn't a goo...

These are samples I did a few years ago using acid dyes on a number of fibers and yarns. The dyes can take differently on fibers such as ...

Just look at these gorgeous tomatoes; I can see trying to replicate the darker ones in a handpainted yarn. For now I'm doing full immersi...

Red Velvet Cake — in wool!

It's pretty. And yet — not quite there. I'm going to add more to the bottom edge. This is a full size shawl and I powered through it in t...