Perks to dyeing yarn in this weather: when I leave the dye shed, the outside feels cool. A 100°C oven in a small shed gets HOT. So sweaty.
Also hey. I forgot I had this account 😅
We're on the home straight to East Anglia Yarn Festival and I'm so excited 🙌
I've finished all the fun bits of market prep. Now it's the tedious jobs that take forever 🙃 #smallbusinesslife
New cast on and new read. Is there a better combination?
(Flax Sock by TinCanKnits in Schöppel Zauberball Crazy 'Wolke 8')
I don't know if I want to start learning iOS 😂😂 it might be time though
People who edit videos for YouTube on a laptop - what laptop are you using?
I use a desktop right now and I think I want something more portable. Thanks!
#videoediting
I don't know what it is about me that makes it so hard to sustain friendships, but most close friends I make inevitably drift away. It sucks.
A knitted Awesomer Gossamer swatch with small rows of colour making up a perfect infinite rainbow sits in the middle of the photo, surrounded by eight twisted skeins of Mohair from the bundle used to create the swatch. The ecru linen everything is sitting on has a couple of big creases horizontally because I don't like ironing. It's rustic, okay?
A knitted Awesomer Gossamer WIP with small rows of colour making up a perfect infinite rainbow sits to the right of the photo, surrounded on the left by eight twisted skeins of Mohair from the bundle used to create the shawl. The ecru linen everything is sitting on has a couple of big creases horizontally because I don't like ironing. It's rustic, okay?
The new Mohair Bundle is now available on my website 🌈🧶
If you'd like a bundle, the dyed to order lead time isn't actually going to be too long 🌈 My website states 2-4 weeks for DTO, but it's more like 1-2 weeks at the mo 💪
www.traceymustard.com/products/moh...
#knitting #indiedyer #handdyedyarn
Two raspberries made of seed beads with dark olive green leaves.
Oh she's still got it memorised!! Hoping the people still love the beaded berries because I have missed making them. These will become stitch markers for knitting and crochet, once I add the findings.
Beaded berry pattern by Simple Bead Patterns on Etsy.
A strip of a crochet blanket, made out of linen stitch. An orange-pink colour, followed by a stripe of cream, then a purple-grey.
Today was unexpectedly very difficult so I treated myself to an evening of simple crochet ❤️ I love how mindless this pattern is. The only thought is picking colours.
Pattern: Little Squares Blanket
Yarn: 2023 advent from @loftyloopsyarns.com and some undyed Merino Sock as contrast.
I have so much yarn to dye and yet I just keep doom-scrolling 🙃
I think having a night of multiple wakeups is worse when you've had a few nights of only a couple. I am tired today.
Oh wow! This is so pretty 😍
Omg yes!! Does it run well?
A large knitted swatch sits on a white windowsill. The yarn used is hand dyed neon mohair, worked in a gradient.
Might need to go have a lie down for a couple of weeks to get over this swatch… ☠️🌈🤯🥹
Coming soon my beans! 🧶 Mohair Neon Rainbow Bundle, suitable for the Awesomer Gossamer shawl by Westknits.
#handdyedyarn #knitting #indiedyer #westknits
I'm loving filming studio vlogs now I'm back to work ❤️ youtu.be/Nt7uFVPiz4c
I've been out of the yarn dyeing game for too long (because baby) and now I don't know what colourways to bring to East Anglia Yarn Festival in March. No idea what sells any more!
Lemons! Also I need to buy a new bead mat quite desperately.
(I use a cuticle cutter to cut my beading thread. I find I can cut it much closer than with scissors.)
We'd just got back from a walk and got the Tiny One out of her warm suit... Kimchi was straight in 😂
Chai Latte Patreon tier mini skeins are all bagged up and ready to be packaged and shipped tomorrow 🥰
Managed to edit some of this week's video while the Tiny One played. I'll have to finish it tomorrow while she's napping. I've embraced contact naps today ❤️
I've just gone on Pinterest for the first time in a while, to gather inspo for a future collection. The number of sponsored posts popping up are making it unusable!
Made a chunk of stitch markers today. I forgot how tiring concentrating for long periods of time is!
New levels of procrastination reached; I tidied my office. It looks like a whole new room.
Guess who just ordered 3 spools of beading thread without checking the drawer first... it was me. That's a lot of Nymo. #BeadWeaving
If you're looking for something to watch, I posted a new podcast episode yesterday ❤️ youtu.be/cHjcLsBoNPo
My baby has a knack of timing her first wakeup of the night just as I settle down and shut my eyes. Doesn't matter if I stay awake longer either. It's an impressive skill tbh.
Oh I bet that involved some difficult decisions!
I'm having way too much fun bead weaving these 3D doughnut stitch markers. Good job too, because I think they'll be popular... #BeadWeaving
