Sample Yarns | Natural Plant Dye

Back in September I mixed up a batch of dried pomegranate rind dye and experimented with it; here are the results!

Natural plant dyed yarns

These are all basic kitchen cotton yarn (Peaches & Creme 100% cotton). From left to right: dried pomegranate rind and lemongrass (yellow), dried pomegranate rind (yellow), fresh mint (leaves and stems) with iron mordant (gray), and fresh mint, dried pomegranate, lemongrass with iron mordant (brown). 

Wool yarn dyed with dried pomegranate rinds

This sock weight wool yarn was dyed with dried pomegranate rinds. I then overdyed it with either dried kukui leaf dye or dried bamboo leaf dye - I'm not sure which. Either way, it didn't change the color much, if at all. 

Vintage Knitting Needles | Shoplocket

Trying out Shoplocket for a physical item - this was easy to set up, as I already had photos and a written description.

Trying out Shoplocket

I just signed up for Shoplocket and I'm using this blog post to test out how easy it is to use; I'll likely be embedding this same listing in my Tumblr and Facebook. 

Small Victories

Sometimes, it's the little things. 

In this case, the oddball of yarn I used was just the right amount for the heel.

Pattern: Sock Recipe: A Good, Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl Mc-Phee, in the book Knitting Rules.

Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in colorways Turner (leg and foot) and Playa (heel and toe).

Link to Ravelry project: A Good, Plain Sock

And So It Begins | NaNoWriMo 2012

I've joined NaNoWriMo (you can find me there as mkcarroll), with the intention of writing something that is well-researched and really terrible at the same time.