Indie Dyers Appreciation Day

Indie Dyers Appreciation Day

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Recently, y'all may bring noticed QueerJoe spider web log entries bring been coming out almost Mondays, Wednesdays in addition to Fridays...but this by Fri I was likewise busy.

I Don't Know How They Do It

Local neighbor, knitter in addition to friend Michael, has been focusing lately on quilting in addition to dyeing cotton wool fabrics...in fact he's doing a lot of pre-work for 1 of his dyeing workshops that seems similar an insane amount of work...but he's incredibly talented at it.

It turns out he had a lot of his mixed dyes left over from about of his exercises, in addition to then he invited me over to dye yarn the concluding brace of days.

Sounded similar a lot of fun, in addition to then I gathered upwards a bunch of my natural handspun...wound it all into hanks in addition to tied it off to produce it for dye baths, in addition to went to locomote inward Michael's workshop.

The results of my locomote are straightaway hanging to dry.

One of my favorites is a stuff "blank" I made amongst my handspun.

I can't expect to unknit it in addition to reknit it to run across how the colors stripe and/or pool.  I also loved a hank of Optim Merino I had from Commonwealth of Australia which I spun upwards dorsum inward 2011.

Don't larn me wrong...I'll never locomote a Suzanne Nelson, or I'll never locomote asked to locomote at Indigo Dragonfly, in addition to truth locomote told, I don't intend I would e'er locomote difficult working plenty to desire to locomote for either...but it was an incredibly educational in addition to fun experiment.

What Makes A Retreat Successful?

What Makes A Retreat Successful?

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This was my 11th twelvemonth producing the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat as well as I'm nonetheless pretty for certain I don't know why they are then successful.

Components of a Retreat

We outset off alongside a vino as well as hors d'oeuvres reception for the guys.  We started this terminal twelvemonth for out tenth anniversary as well as it was then popular, nosotros decided to buy the farm on it.

We likewise accept workshops volunteer-led yesteryear the participants.

We accept proficient nutrient as well as a beautiful place as well as nosotros unremarkably accept a route trip to a local farm or fiber producers.

There is a tag sale tabular array as well as projection bags alongside roughly fiber-related give-aways.

I could become on...but honestly, the amount of it all doesn't add together upwards to the whole of it.

So hither are roughly photos of the initial reception.  You say me if you lot encounter anything extraordinary that I've missed inward my inventory.

Current Knitting

I went dorsum to The Brethren Sock projection I had started earlier the retreat.

This projection required means to a greater extent than attending than I could accept allotted at the retreat, although a distich of guys had this every bit i of the projects they worked on whilst there.  And to endure honest, the human foot department of the sock is a LOT easier to maintain rails of.

Modern 24-Hour Interval Alchemy

Modern 24-Hour Interval Alchemy

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And that is the almost succinct description of the Men's Knitting Retreats that I tin come upward up with.

These 2 photos were taken during the weekend of the retreat.  The exceed i was a grouping of guys that visited Carole Foster's Sheep Farm/Yarn Store (see Carole center) to either accept a workshop inwards indigo dyeing or to supplement their stash.  They all look happy regardless of the argue for the visit.

The 2nd photograph is the sum grouping of guys (with i guy missing...I mean value the i woman mortal sheep inwards the photograph may stimulate got had something to produce alongside his absence).

From the real outset twenty-four sixty minutes stream at the retreat, only about foreign as well as wonderful things happened, as well as it reminded me that I stimulate got real trivial to produce alongside the concoction of guys, yarn-enthusiasm as well as natural beauty of Easton Mountain.  When I focus on making certain the infinite as well as all the logistics are handled, the guys look to handgrip the rest.

I'm blessed to stimulate got only about pocket-sized purpose inwards it as well as the mightiness to participate alongside an awesome grouping of men.

If you're a guy who knits who has never experienced i of the Men's Knitting Retreats, yous should definitely essay the experience.

Current Knitting

The final 2 days stimulate got been real busy alongside trivial fourth dimension to focus on my knitting project...so...

Only 1/2 a row of hearts added to the blanket (did that actually involve 2 progress photos?).