Cascadia

Have you heard!?
The ladies at Knit Social have put out a book! 
They started releasing the patterns this week, and !!!! they're amazing!!!
Check it out!!

Here is a sweater by Jane Richmond!

The Overview

Knit City.
It was amazing!

I met Jane Richmond, Nook, Luvinthemommyhood, three amazing ladies from Vancouver Island. I got two of the sweetest striped coffee sleeves from Nook... and the pattern for the Oatmeal Pullover from Jane Richmond!

Sweet Georgia dyed a Knit Social colourway in both yarns and a Polworth Silk fibre braid! (I went away with a braid of fibre!!

I got a bunch of fibres from Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts, as well as Blackcomb Fibre Farms.

I got two skeins of yarn from http://alexaludeman.com/ as well as her pattern North Shore!

A skein of Little Red Bicycle came home with me!

I met Liz! The woman who wrote The Traveling Woman Shawl!!!

I also came away with two of the sweetest hair bows from Pip N Pin!

Everyone was so happy, and there were SO MANY people that I got to meet in real life that i've known from Ravelry and blogs! So rad!!

!! Today! Knit City!!

Dude.

DUUUUDE!

Today was so many things!! 
I'm very exhausted, but SO happy. I got to meet what feels like a million people, and hang out at Knit City all day in my booth!

Too tired to post more... photos to come tomorrow!
lovelovelove.

...PS. The Knit Social ladies (Amanda and Fiona) Put SO MUCH work into Knit City, and it paid off. It looked amazing!

Tomorrow!

Knit City!! Are you excited!?

KNIT CITY!

!! The set-up AND the kick off party are today!!

!!!!

Now to wash... What to do with your Knit Social jars....

So there was a yarn retreat put on by the women of Knit Social. They are super-amazing people that put on exciting events! (psssst.... they're putting one on called Knit City in October... here in Vancouver!)

At the yarn retreat last month they had Felicia Lo of Sweet Georgia there. IF you haven't used her yarn or fibre... you're missing out on one of the best things in life!! I just signed up for her fibre of the month club! DUUUUDE! That means that October/November/December I get fun new fibre!! WIN!!

But I digress....

So I gave swag for it.... Small jars to be put in windows to let them cook. They had Logwood and Lac colours in them, and they had alum as a mordant.

I LOVE solar dyeing!

So here are the instructions for what tehy (The people with the jars) need to do to make their yarn washed!! (Sorry for the lack of photos... i'm not at home right now... i'm out on an adventure with my darling one. It is our six year wedding anniversary!! YA!!!)

SO here come the instructions!!

1. Put on dish gloves... or some sort of rubber gloves. The dye WILL stain your hands. For real. Trust me.

2. Open Jar

3. Dump the contents of the jar into your sink... (Metal sink is best... easier clean-up!)

4. Rinse the yarn out... just like you would rinse hair dye out! SO add a little liquid soap to the yarn, and gently agitate the yarn. Be mindful that it is 100% wool... and will felt if you have it in super-hot water.

5. Hold the yarn in your hands, and allow the water to run over it until the water runs clear.

6. Hang the yarn to dry somewhere.... like over a railing... or on a dish towel.

Please note... this yarn is the Briggs and Little Softspun. I love this yarn. A lot.

I will post photos of me rinsing my yarn. And when you rinse yours... want to send them to me?

Love love love

Knit Social Yarn Retreat

I put together solar dye jars for everyone on the Knit Social retreat happening next weekend.

Each jar has logwood, lac, and alum. The yarn is the Briggs & Little soft spun.

Each jar is to be left in a sunny window (or on a balcony) for a month. At the end of the month, you rinse it... And you have a sample o naturally dyed yarn!

RETREAT!!

There is a most amazing retreat happening in June.

The Knit Social ladies are hosting a YARN RETREAT!!

It is June the 15-17th, and I am terribly jealous of those that get to attend!
Felicia of Sweet Georgia is teaching a workshop, and she is by far... all out... my favorite indie dyer. Ever. If you've never seen her colours, you will be in for a super treat! Everything she makes is great!

So if you're in the area... go to this. And then come back and share all of your stories with me!

KNIT CITY!!!

Let us all in the Vancouver- Coast Salish Territories- Cascadia region get excited.

Why?

http://knitsocial.ca/knit-city/

Knit City.

Longo intervallo

Terrible to think how long it has been since I have written on here... or posted photos.

Things that happened since i've been gone.
-I saw Bon Iver in concert. Oh love!
-Two dear ones (deer ones?) left to go overseas... one is Australia, and one to England. Miss them lots.
-I got to hang out with the Knit Social peeps at the Indie Yarn Swap. ( www.knitsocial.ca )
-I dyed much yarn... and now I have a strong hankering to over-dye some lovely things... oh love!!
-I got to hang out this weekend with a dear one. She was in town for the Maiwa Symposium. (The biggest most lovely fiber symposium on Vancouver.) And she had the most lovely time. And learned so many useful things... that she taught me!! I'm terribly excited to know these things!!... Check out her blog!! ( www.annaheywoodjones.com )

And now a photo...

I took these photos, and my darling one made them look lovely.
Taken at my birth celebration this year.

Bibere venenum in auro

Yesterday was busy...

Set to dry... and then to be chosen at http://www.knitsocial.ca/knitsocial/Yarn_Swaps_%26_Sales.html