Or rather April and May roundup (somehow the time got away from me). Much of my energy during early May went towards re-painting part of the kitchen, which was both very necessary (it had all faded to a muddled sadness gray) and very satisfying. I really love our house, even the bits that were sadness gray, and after years of putting my heart into making other people's boats beautiful it felt really good to put that energy towards our own living space. Next up - painting my dye shop!
And many yarnish goals were also achieved - but event news first: the yarn and I will be heading up to Wing & a Prayer Farm on Saturday, June 2 for the Taproot Makers Market!
I will be bringing new dye lots of several favorites, along with my new 3-Ply DK weight Gotland yarns, and maybe even some gansey yarn.
In related news, Ingeborg Slipper Kits are back in stock!
***Please note, the kits contains yarn only. You can purchase the pattern by Kristin Drysdale on Ravelry.com here. ***
Once again I have fallen in love with a pattern and put together a yarn kit. This time for Kristin Drysdale's wonderfully cute (and warm) Ingeborg Slippers. I fell in love with the pattern the first time they appeared on my Instagram feed, and it turns out they are a relatively quick but very engaging knit.
Kit features Upton Yarns DK weight Bluefaced Leicester from the happy sheep of Two Sisters Farm, Warren, Maine, in three colorways: 50 yards each of light blue Glacier Bay and dark blue Delft (both dyed with natural indigo) and 20 yards of contrasting Tiger Lily (dyed with madder, lac, and weld) for the crochet edge, and arrives packaged in one of my hand printed project bags.
If you are unfamiliar with the foibles of yarn dyed with natural indigo, please check out the About Indigo page here.
Happy knitting!
And, fresh from the dyepot, I have a very limited run (six skeins!) of DK Weight BFL in this lovely green (New Leaf? Cress? color name tbd).
A very limited run of six skeins - though only four may be currently available. I love this color and will hopefully be making more in the future, but as with any color I produce, I may never be able to replicate it exactly. This yarn was dyed with natural indigo over weld. If you haven’t worked with natural indigo dyed yarn before, please check out my note about indigo.
April is a month for farm visits, resulting in lovely days of catching up with shepherds and gorgeous piles of fleece carefully boxed and sent off to the mill. I am looking forward to LOTS of yarn back from the mill sometime this fall, but in the meantime I am enjoying my moments in the dyespace.