I looked at the Handpaintedyarn.com web page today, daydreaming i guess. Anyway, I noticed that there were a few changes. I just looked again, and there are even more changes. Looks like they are recategorizing all of the types of yarn in the links on the left side of the …
If it seems like I have been busy finishing crafty projects, let me show you what I haven’t been doing….. I present a gallery of barely UNfinished objects on the couch of shame. To begin, at the top left, the drop stitch cardigan from the Fall 2005 Interweave knits. The …
I believe it was because of Tina over at Purls Gone Wild that I first heard of Handpaintedyarn.com . It was love at first visit. I love the kettle-dyed colors (variegated yarn is my favorite), and the prices seemed pretty reasonable. i bought enough merino for a top-down raglan (which, …
I used some handpaintedyarn,com Ejido 160 to start an Incredible Custom Raglan . Unfortunately i followed the directions a little too closely, and made a snug measurement around my neck. Of course, this resulted in the neck hole being the exact size of my neck…. And smaller than my head. …
But it turns out I just recreated one that already exists…. I used some of my handspun leftovers to knit a cadbury egg cozy. Mine looks a little ashamed…. like he just found out he’s not an original after all.
I’m cheating on all of my other knitting projects with this: It’s a little bit of handpainted Colonia that I bought just to see if i liked the color. I love it…. Look how it is making a double helix in the color pattern. Man, variegated yarns hypnotize me. It …
I have progressed far enough on my Rogue that is a wearable object, though not complete.Here she is, curly bottom and all…. I have also made significant progress on the sleeves. I am doing two at once and I am about half finished with them. As a treat to myself …
I need to knit a bunch of sweaters. I am getting focused… I have a bunch of fleece and yarn. i need sweaters, therefore I will be trying to knit mostly sweaters. it wasn’t that long ago that I was trying to talk myself out of knitting sweaters, but I …