Herbs, Gardening, Knitting, & life in the Pacific Northwest
Posted in Natural Dyes on Jan 4th, 2008
This week I had fun experimenting with dyeing some superwash yarn. I wanted to try out a few things with dyeing the yarn with red cabbage. I have read in several places that red cabbage is not a dye but a stain like beets. But then other places I read do not mention it being [...]
Posted in Acorns, Knitting Sites to Visit, Natural Dyes on Nov 18th, 2007
The other day I finished knitting a pair of socks for my husband. I made them out of the yarn I dyed with acorns back in September. I think they turned out really nice. I love the little flecks of white. The acorns gave the yarn such a nice brown coffee with cream color which [...]
