ALOHA!
Aloha all and Happy December! Just an FYI – the shoppe will be closed on December 9th, re-opening later in the month.
Here are the colors and projects for weeks 46-49. These first 3 colorways all were inspired by photos I took during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday season 🙂
MR. BUTTERFLY in superwash merino lace yarn and superwash merino roving. I took this photo at a butterfly farm in St. Maarten, French West Indies during a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean.
SUNSET OVER FüRIGEN in Falkland roving and superwash merino/nylon fingering yarn. I took this photo while visiting our godson and family in beautiful Fürigen, Switzerland over Christmas 2010.
HONOLULU FIREWORKS in 50/50 silk/merino fingering yarn, superwash merino/tencel roving, sparkle lace yarn and mixed BFL/silk/firestar painted batt. This photo was taken at Waikiki, just before New Years’.
I had great fun dyeing this new OVERLAY SERIES, inspired by the 2D animation technique of ‘overlaying’ a cel on top of another to bring an object to the foreground. For these skeins, a base color was applied, then a top color was ‘overlayed’ for a multi-color effect.
BLUEBERRY, OLIVE & PEACH-RASPBERRY
and LANIKAI, MOSS & BLACK-PURPLE
I carded this fun batt of hand-dyed purples & black in superwash merino/nylon wool.
JOKER in handspun, hand-dyed corriedale yarn
And some socks!
These are CHUTES & LADDERS SOCKS in olive tweed.
BLOCKED SOCKS in green & red-multi
ROMAN FORUM SOCKS in green/purple-multi
I was excited to learn this week that my Roman Forum Socks pattern was approved and published into Knitpicks.com’s Independent Designer Program! This is my 7th submission into the program with my colorwork sock patterns and can be found here.
I also posted a set of rolags in hot pink and black. I must admit these are quite bright and fun!
This past week we had a fun gift exchange in our knitting group and we were to make either fingerless gloves or a pair of potholders. I made a pair of smocked fingerless gloves, but fearing I may have made them too small, I also crocheted a potholder using hand-dyed mercerized cotton yarn. I also added a small skein of undyed wool yarn with some kool-aide and dye-your-own-yarn instructions. 🙂
This is me opening my exchange gift – a pair of fingerless gloves is sparkly black and red made by Diana! They are super comfy and I just love the bling!
I also finished a pair of cabled fingering gloves for myself using a beautiful yarn my friend Debra gave me. The wool is merino and silk and the length is about 17″ so they are above the elbow (opera length, I think?).
Lastly, I am trying to finish spinning 5oz of beautifully dyed Rambouillet roving from CorgiHillFarm. I’ve never spun Rambouillet (a fine merino wool) and it’s wonderful to work with. I am thinking about plying the single with silk thread for a lace weight yarn.
Happy Holidays!
AlohaBlu 