Eggplant..

My version of eggplant parmesan..

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..Hydrangea..

hydrangeas

pale blue in the rain

blue in the moonlight

~Masaoka Shiki

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hand dyed Falkland | hand spun sample

Yarn Along..

Hats..

I haven't had much luck with them in the past.

After talking with a friend at the guild, she was kind enough to loan me this book..

Elizabeth Zimmerman.

Need I say more?

It's like she is talking to me...

Some first hats.

The brown and pink is a hand dyed chunky hand spun.

Thanks Linda for making hats fun!

Do you have a favorite hat pattern?

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Joining Ginny..

Personality..

The thing about natural dyeing is you never know what is going to come out of the dye pot.

Each skein has its own personality...

The smokey lavender of Logwood.

Cheerful salmon that reminds me of summer begonias

which was a result of dyeing with marigolds from the garden and 

some cochineal.  If you look closely there are these

lovely tangerine undertones.

Buttery marigold from the summer garden.  

I froze all the blooms I could stuff into the freezer.

So hard to let them go..

Hoping to get some summer cheer this winter

from the frozen blooms.

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These skeins have been listed in the Etsy Shop

if you care to enjoy some colors of nature.

World with Octobers

..today I woke to yarn that matches my view..

Bits of green on the woodland floor with 

yellow and orange minigling.

Naturally dyed with:

Madder

Indigo

Goldenrod

Cochineal

and 

Marigolds from the garden

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"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables