I know that you call the last hot days of Summer and Indian Summer. But what do you call the first hot days of Spring? We had a few of those a few weeks ago. I was able to wear a t-shirt and jeans and walk barefoot. I dyed “Barefoot” with a warm breeze blowing …
I was curious to see if my Wishbone Solo base and my Wishbone Flax Flower base marry well together in a garment. So I cast on a Ninilchik Swoncho by Caitlin Hunter, something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time…. After all, these bases come from the same mill and they are the same weight …
After much rumination and research, I have finally dyed up some black yarn. Black yarn is associated with a big problem – something known as “crocking” – when pigment rubs off on your fingers as you knit. (The same thing happens with new indigo-dyed jeans that rub off on your skin when you wear them) …
Traditionally, a mudlark was someone who scavenged in river mud for items of value – a term used especially for those who scavenged this way in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Mudlarks would search the muddy shores of the River Thames at low tide for anything that could be sold – and …