silhouettes against blue
in the pond
reflected.
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wings of the swan
swans fly
silhouettes against blue
in the pond
reflected.
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colors
The past few weeks have really cleaned out my yarn for sale page. I’ve been trying to get stuff restocked and new colors up. Last week I dyed reds. I dyed a color I call ‘Quince’ and another called ‘Bonfire’. I dyed some pure silk as well as my merino / silk. This week, everything is in the green family. I have no explanation for this, it just happens. I went out to the barn thinkning I’d do blues, and by the time I got to the dyeing part, I was mixing up greens. Today, I figured I’d skein them up, take the pictures and post them. Matching colors in photos is harder than dyeing, believe me. I’ve got four colors up and I’m exhausted. Tomorrow is another day. I just can’t get the turquoise right. Silk, because of the shine, always challenges me. It often looks to bright, or too light. Here they are, as close as I can get them.
Francis Williams
Mosaic
BonfireThat’s it for now. I swear, the sun just came out. I am out of here. Don’t want to miss this event.
9 responses to “colors”
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Hey, I have some laceweight silk coming this weekend that I will be dying…. do you have any tips on dying silk? Or what kind of dye to use?
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Lovely. I’m rather fond of the Francis Williams hosta colorway.
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Enjoy the sun! It’s raining here.
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Coming out of lurkitude to say that I do the same thing! And I must say that it is sort of a relief to read that I’m not the only one who ends up with everything green or everything red from week to week.
And, if you have a chance to do some of the daffodil in a silk/merino blend in a DK weight, can I have dibs on it? I have been longing for it for quite a while. -
Gorgeous.
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Love the colors. For some reason this year I am happily spinning the natural wools. Last year everything was dyed. I wonder what next year will bring.
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Wow, I love mosaic! Nice work.
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Hey, Judy!
Nice job on all those colorways, but Francus Williams is the fave. You really captured the colors of one of my favorite hostas.
The countdown for Scotland has begun, I leave Wednesday night. Let me know if there’s anything particular you would like me to bring back for you. (I.e. natural or hand-dyed North Ronaldsay laceweight???)
Cheers!
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Mmm….that Frances Williams yarn is MY kind of green! YUM
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Kingdom Couture
After yesterday’s deluge, and now the very wet extended forecast, it has become obvious to me that I if the sock and I are to trek, if I am to dye outdoors, pick berries, weed the garden, or do almost any activity outside of the house; I must add to my wardrobe. A new raincoat, you might ask…
noooooo…
This is the newest addition to what I call my Kingdom Couture.
Protects against flying,
crawling, biting insects. Full cut pullover top with hood is made of
100% nylon no-see-um netting with adjustable elastic and cord-locks at
wrists, hood, and waist. Bug repellent may be applied directly to the
suit before wearing. Comes with no-see-um netting storage bag.Nice, huh? It should match my very demure net helmet perfectly. Let no one say I’m not commited.. careful, 😉
4 responses to “Kingdom Couture”
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I’m good with it. It’s like those see-through rain boots. You could wear something absolutely smashing under it and it would still be able to be seen. (Smashing not involving any dead bugs, mind you.)
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So the No-see-ums have been brutal out your way too eh?!
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Great! Here’s hoping you having matching pants!
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I have one of those! We call it the Bug Shirt. I swear by it. You have to keep moving at times, because the mesh can lie against your arms, and the little suckers can bite you. But if you keep moving, they haven’t got the chance. I don’t use the pants, just use jeans, or somesuch.
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13 responses to “wings of the swan”
I love the way the colors are pooling in a diamond pattern. Very pretty.
I can’t tell you what a treat it was to see your shawl this morning. The shading worked together beautifully.
A real poem! I’m impressed.
Ooh, nice pattern, and nice helix overlay with the colors.
That is so beautiful! Been thinking about you and moonstones this week.
That looks JUST like ripples across the surface of the water on a hot summer day. I don’t know how you do it, but you have quite a knack for making variegated yarn do incredible things.
perfect color
for water and birds
time to knit one
for me
Gorgeous, Gorgeous wings! That gets a Wow, and the poem too fo course…
A truly Amazing Lace ; )
Looks beautiful!
simply lovely!
I may be late to this party, but what a party – that is stunning. Wear it in good health.
Judy, it’s lovely! What a beautiful shawl to wrap up in!