Wovenflame

A fiber-crafts fanatic who lives to create. I'm also "Wovenflame" on Ravelry, Flickr, ETSY, DoA and yahoogroups.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Play Clothes to Dye In

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All decked out and ready to play! Except now I don't play with mud pies. Today I am making poison soup. The kind that produces little gr...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Thieves!

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Well that explains why we are going through the bird seed so quickly! The photo is a little blurry because I took it through the kitchen win...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Felted Entrelac Bag

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The entrelac bag is finally felted. I was finished the knitting quite some time ago but had to make a trip to my daughter 's to use her...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Knitting Needles......

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......not just for knitting anymore. My husband borrowed this one to hold a light fixture out, away from wet paint. (It wasn't much of a...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Handspun Lace Rib Socks

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These socks, with their handspun wool/mohair yarn and lacey rib pattern, were involved enough to hold my interest right through to the end. ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Where's the Glue?

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I love wallpaper.....or at least I used to. Remember back in the "Good Ol' Days" (70's and 80's) when wallpaper had so...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Unraveling Brussel Sprouts

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Here we have another edition of the Saga of the Dyeing Experiments. In this crockpot full I was going for a darker green while also testing ...
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Monday, February 06, 2006

Grass Green

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The comb-blended nests I blogged about earlier spun up far more grass like than I expected. Please excuse the newbie attempt at Navaho 3-ply...
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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Dyeing Experiment

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My guild had a Down breed fleece that no one wanted (it's old, dirty, and has a fair bit of VM). I took it home to use in dyeing experim...
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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Entrelac Bag

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Entrelac has never really appealed to me, but after receiving a request to teach a class on the subject, I set to work to learn something ne...
Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Wool Combs

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Whoo, Hooo! My new wool combs arrived today! I borrowed a set of these wool combs in December and loved them so much that no others would do...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Mighty Fine

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Here is a little peek at why I love to spin as fine a thread as I can. If I spin a fine thread, I can knit a fine thread. These are to beco...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Blue/Green Merino Top

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A quick peek at what I've been spinning lately. This is merino top (color "blue/green") being spun up as a 2 ply fingering wei...
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Friday, January 27, 2006

New Bag

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I was at Value Village the other day, on the prowl for cheap craft supplies, when I came across this little bargain: I've been wanting ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Socks

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I have had this pair of socks on the needles since my trip to Yarn Harlot's book signing . Done two at once on one circular needle, they...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Group Weaving

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In preparation for the guild's next group project, I was asked to thread the heddles and sley the reed of this little table loom. The wa...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Slow Progress

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It's time consuming, but I am making progress on my son-in-law's Christmas Stocking. I've also been doing quite a bit of spinnin...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

No Hurry

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And now for something completely different. 'Tis neither knitting nor spinning, 'tis not crochet nor weaving either. This my friends...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Gnashing Of Teeth

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Grrrrr. While I await a yarn and pattern shipment I decided to cast on something quick and easy......something that didn't require any...
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Monday, January 09, 2006

Source for Tencel

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For those who might be interested, the yarn I used in my Feather and Fan Shawl is 8/2 tencel, handpainted by Margaret Pittman in the colorwa...
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