The month of April has been a whirlwind. After being sick as a dog with my diverticulitis, I rebounded just in time for back-to-back shows. I had a marvelous time — even though right now I feel like I will never NOT be tired again. First up was VK Live: Pasadena. It’s been about 25 years since my last visit…
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VK Live is Five! (Come see us in Booth 705)
I have been honored to be a part of VK Live: New York from its very inception five years ago. And I’m super-excited to be heading out to NYC again, to be a part of the fifth anniversary show. I’m teaching and vending, and I hope you will stop by and check out Booth 705 because we’ve got some amazing…
Holy moly!
Whenever I get back from a show I feel like I will never not be tired again. And this was was no exception. However, I simply could not love Chicago more. It is the home of dear friends, like Franklin and Kristen and Michelle (who brought her adorable daughter to see me!) It is a city full of excellent, enthusiastic…
Heads up: Bartram in the hizzy!*
I just this moment returned from dropping off a freshly-dyed batch of yarns at Loop. There are some skeins of handdyed Francesca and Hannah and close to twenty skeins of Bartram, the beautiful, softly-spun merino single that I am dyeing exclusively for Loop! Look at some of the lovely colors I created. In fact, you might want to pop on…
A new yarn (and free shipping this weekend)
A while back, I had a fingering-weight yarn in my Black Bunny Fibers shop that was a marl — different-colored plies twisted around each other. Each ply took the dye in a slightly different shade of the same color, giving a funky barbershop-style effect. Not everyone likes the marled look, but it’s fun to play with and I got some…
Knitting with my own yarn
It sounds strange, but I don’t often knit with Black Bunny Fibers yarns. I’ve knit myself a few pairs of socks, and a hat or two, but between using sample knitters and being hired to knit in other people’s yarns, the vast majority of what I work on is not BBF-dyed. I’m hoping that will change. I’ve cast on some…
Branching out
It’s hard to believe I’ve been dyeing yarn for something like six years. Even though I mix the dyeing up with other endeavors, like designing and writing, it’s still easy to get into a rut. After being away from the dyepots for a few weeks to do other things, I realized I had next to no inventory. And I realized…