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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Old Recipe - New Method

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Daughters of Darkness Yesterday I needed dark yellow and blue greens, VERY DARK. I had every available element and outlet occupied. I decid...

Insipration

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I have had several days, perhaps it's weeks now, of intensive dyeing. Two things come to mind. #1 It's damn hard to think of colours...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Dyed Nylons Today

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Wow ! I've even impressed myself, I dyed over 50 lbs of nylons today. My feet are killing me though.... One beautiful combo use the equ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

I Love Reds

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Yes I admit I love hooking with red, what a change from my 20s. When we moved into a house with a bowling alley length living room with a re...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

OHCG Annual Show Midland Ontario Canada

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Winner of Last year's Theme Award "Blossom Time " in Belleville And the Day came I wanted to let you I'm going to be in at...

Tornado Sky

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Last year I dyed an interesting sky using the following method I wrote in RHM. If the colours represented don’t suit you, being a little on...

Dyeing Reds

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Yesterday I was dyeing a bevy of beautiful reds for RHM. I was surprised to note the rising of my blood pressure and a mild anger forming. H...
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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Getting Organized

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Sometimes it takes quite a bit to get organized but once you do the steps you are on maintenance. I hired someone to keep me on top of task...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Redwood

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Today while out walking I saw a curious colour in a stream bed. This brook travels downhill and each step had a orangish glow on the edge. R...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Hints for dyeing

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Save electricity and don't fill your cup up to the top. 1 CBW ( cup of boiling water) is overkill. When dissolving your dye particles in...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Use of Yarn Sample

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Believe it or not I used the yarn shown to create strands of hair in my rug precious. Where it turned blue and light brown it looks like li...

Yarn Dyeing

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I love having hand dyed yarn on hand. Of course to hook or bind with but also to knit. I look for yarn that is not white (meaning a lighte...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Impediments

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We all have things that will keep us from what we do best. Recently I purchased a new battery for my laptop. I didn't realize how much I...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Thinking about possibilities

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This morning I was surprised to follow my monkey mind train of thoughts and realize I was thinking about what if questions. I usually don...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Pastel Version of colours used

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Here is a photo of the pastel version of the colours though this time I subbed in colonial blue ( Pro Chem ) for Navy. Wondering why ? I was...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Four Colour Revolution

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Today, being bored and not wanting to look for new colour combos every 5 minutes, I tried dyeing several things with the same 4 colours.... ...
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Dyeing All Week

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This week we had a wonderful time dyeing all week. One of our activities included making stacks ! Here is the picture of Christine's st...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Summer Polish and Caramel Corn

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OVER 1/4 yd of natural wool using Majic Carpet dyes in a dye bath until water clears SUMMER POLISH 1/128th tsp. Orange + 1/128th tsp...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Drew ! another great colour

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Drew is my daughter's fiance.... a terrific fellow indeed ! Over 1/4 yd lilac wool and 1/4 yd. natural Dyes added to dye bath simultan...

Denise - a great colour !

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I have a very wonderful friend who says there is just not enough brown and it made me excited to create something brown that is BEYOND bro...
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Wanda
Wiarton, On, Canada
I created The Welcome Mat and author the dyeing column in RHM for rug hookers to find new ways to bloom in the garden of life. Seed, bloom, withered stalk, I"ll tend them all!
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