Dyeing with avocado pits! What a fun, easy afternoon craft. Just what my quarantined heart was searching for ;). I learned how to do natural dyeing from The Wild Woven Collection (check out my Instagram highlight from the workshop I took with them last year) and I’ve been stashing avocado pits in my freezer since.…
Category: Made By Me
My First Pair of Knit Socks: BFF Socks by Cookie A
Well, I did it! I made socks. They may have taken me months to finish, and I may have been thisclose to giving up on more than one occasion, but I did it! And I’m so glad because these are the comfiest things to have ever graced my feet. Going into it I was all, “There’s…
How to Make an Embroidered Knit Pillow: My Skillshare Class!
Guess what! I just posted my very first video tutorial over on Skillshare, showing you how to make this embroidered knit pillow. Here’s a link where you can sign up for free until Sunday, July 31st (no Skillshare membership needed, no credit card on sign up). After that promo period, you’ll need a membership to access…
My Tunisian Crochet Pillow, an Update
Sigh. I’m sorry to say my fears have come true. Only a couple of months in and this pillow is pilling like nobody’s business and looks, well, Bleh. I made this Tunisian Crochet Pillow Cover about five months ago using Wool And The Gang’s Crazy Sexy Wool. From the outset I had my concerns about how the…
My Overdyed Roku Hat
Behold, the functional beanie. After the disappointment that was the Harper Hat, I found a few people recommending the Roku Hat as an easy, smartly designed, and classic beanie pattern. It didn’t disappoint. It knit up quickly and I love that it’s totally reversible. Not that I really need to be able to turn my…
Learning How to Spin on a Wheel, My First Skein
About a year ago I took that Intro to Spinning class at the Knit Cafe and learned how to spin on a drop spindle. Since then I’ve gotten on a wheel (!!) and I just finished plying my first skein (!!!). I found the transition pretty natural, from drop spindle to wheel, and have so enjoyed…
Brooklyn Tweed’s Bray Cap
This pattern is magic. Let’s just start and end there. After the Harper Hat flop, I needed something to restore my faith in hat making so I did what any sensible knitter would do, scrolled through Grainline’s Ravelry. I loved Jen’s Bray Cap but thought it looked pretty ambitious for my skillset. Her write-up was super positive though, saying how ‘surprisingly quick’ it was. I…
Over Dyeing Yarn With Acid Dye
Supplies Used: Acid dye from G&S Dye in #610 New Burgundy and #639 New Black 15gm containers $8.00 each T.N.A Soap from G&S Dye (generic Synthrapol) 120mL $3.75 White vinegar Enamel pot Tongs Plastic tablecloths from dollar store Rubber gloves Pot to mix dye solution Measuring teaspoon for dye Measuring cup for vinegar From my understanding, the pot…
A (Frogged) Harper Hat
Well, this was not a great entry into hat knitting, let’s just start there. I was looking for a simple ribbed toque using fingering weight yarn and after what felt like extensive research, this was the top pick. I wanted something really thin because I felt like my head would be less likely to overheat… is…
Learning to Weave on a Floor Loom, My First Sampler
Here’s the sampler I wove in the Weaving Course I recently took. It was my first time on a floor loom so it really is just that, a sampler, a series of experiments and mistakes and tiny victories. It will serve as a great reference guide for future project as it’s really just a quilt of swatches. …