My Plucky Fluff

I am loving the pluckyfluff.com book. Here's my latest creation based on her techniques. Merino handpainted by my friend Hillary of dashingdachs.com It has beehives, dreadlocks & beads, plus it's super soft. I love it. Even had the two chicas rubbing the skein against their faces. It's 3oz dead on.
it's all my bobbin will hold. I probably have 1-1.5 oz single on another bobbin.

I've been busy knitting it into an "art scarf" for the past couple of days as the kids will allow. I had about 1/2 a bobbin of leftover singles that I wound into a center pull ball and plied into a very heavy worsted or a lightweight bulky yarn. Double the thickness of the yarn in the pictures. I didn't do anything facy with it - just plied it so that the scarf will have some anchors. Knitting the thicker stuff into both ends and the middle of the scarf. That should give it some stability as the scarf itself is very open and cobwebby. It's knit on size 10 and 15 needles.

Yep, I'm finally posting!

I've been busy though. Dyeing & handspinning.

Check out what I've been up to. Lots and lots and lots of dyeing and colorway creation.

This is River Fall. One of my favorite colorways. The picture doesn't do it justice. I made a One Skein Wonder from this skein. I'll have to take pics and post too. Painted on Peace Fleece.(www.peacefleece.com)

Pretty in Pink. A gradient dye in bright pink for my friend Tif.

This is 3/4 of a pound of Fairy Lights. It's been selling like wildfire. Over 4 pounds in the past three weeks. Small potatoes if you're a full time or commercial dyer, but for me it's a lot of a single colorway. Very pretty for babies. Pale shades that aren't boring.

This is Gnomes in the Forest. Currently up for sale at KnittedsandFitteds.com. If it doesn't sell soon, I'm going to ebay it, fairly cheaply. 2 skeins of Peace Fleece and one merino Licorice Twist from Henry's Attic. Very yummy.

Twin Pants with pretty embroidery!

I've been busy knitting.... Here are my latest creations. Soon they will be on their way to England to grace the home of two lovely twin girls. (It's a good thing that they are a bit taller than my twin girls or there's no chance these ever would have left my house!)

They are both knit from hand-dyed Targhee wool. The variegated is Rose Garden from Hillary at www.dashingdachs.com. The Blush and Burgundy pants were hand-dyed by me.

Rose Garden Pants
Full Front:

Full Back:

Waist Details:


Cuffs:

Leg Motif:


Blush and Burgundy Pants
Full View:

Waist Detail:

Leg Detail:

Cuffs:

Kat's Dark Earthy Rainbow Soaker

Here it is! It's going out to you this afternoon!

Bungalow Buns Soaker Pattern Pictures

For those of you who have been wondering what the fit is like on a babe. Here are some pictures. They're a little hazy because my digital camera doesn't have a flash. I prefer the artsy explaination that they are "soft focus" & I meant it that way! lol!

All are made from different versions of my soaker pattern from www.bungalowbuns.com.

Here is a side opening soaker on Emma:
It's made from frosting dyed fisherman's.




Here is a front opening, ribbed soaker on Grace:

Here is the soaker itself. It's stretched out a bit because it hasn't been washed in a few wearings. Made from Hillary dyed Peace Fleece.


Perfection Pants on Emma:
Made from heavy 3 ply merino wool, dyed by Hillary. These are a size large and still a bit big on the girls. They still fit into mediums, but the rise is a bit short, so we've moved up a size.

Kirsten's Dragonfly Finished!

With the "magic trail":

Michele's winning Perfection Pants! Michele won these during the Fiber Arts Avengers Auctions last round. They are knit from heavy 3 ply merino dyed in a special Knit for the Cure Colorway by Hillary of www.dashingdachs.com. They have cables extending from waistline to hem on each hip, a contrasting merino waistband and a small pink ribbon embroidered on the back.

I hope you like them Michele!
Front:


Back:


Side:

Kirsten's Dragonfly

Ok, here is our second go at the embroidery.

The pictures show the dragonfly being more yellow/green than he actually is. He is pretty overdyed merino to match the greens in the soaker. The match IRL is very pretty.

Now I'm contemplating adding a little "magic trail" of stitches after him, so you can see where he's been flying. Let me know if you prefer him as is, or would like a little trail.

Kirsten's Vibrant Earthy Rainbow Soaker

The colors look faded compared to what they truly are because I took the pictures inside. However, you can still see how it came together, and the embroidery! Let me know how you'd like me to do the leg cuffs and I'll finish it up.

Front:

Back:

Embroidery:

Lisa's Embroidery

Well, I spent two days embroidering stars and then ripping them out. I didn't account for the softness of the merino fabric. I thought I was going nuts - so I tried it on a soaker made from a different wool with much better results. So instead of my orginal design, I changed gears a bit and came up with a small embroidery that matched the merino fabric much better. Here are the pictures, I hope you like how it turned out!


Close Up:


The whole front:
(sorry it looks lumpy here - I took this while holding a crabby 1 year old)