depraved dyer

Time for a change

If all goes according to plan. Ouch typing that sentence gave me a spasm. We’re ignoring it. Yes we are. Just because life keeps throwing curve balls your way doesn’t mean you come to expect them. Nope it just means you learn to duck maybe a little quicker.
Ok back to the plan. The plan is to have a colour change next week and to add new colours fresh out of the box I call a brain. Its been interesting in the barn. I seem to be fluctuating between a deep dark brooding and maybe a little twisted tonal range and a bright in your face, “ yes, I am just all that” one. Dye work is usually good therapy for me but this seems more like some sort of intensive where the two dominant emotional themes in my life at this time are working themselves out on yarn. Hmmm… this could get ugly. Might need another apron and a new pair of gloves.
Anyway if you have any favorites you would like to see back please let us know.
We’ll do our best to make your colour dreams come true.
Time to go rustle teenage girls out of bed for school. An aprons so not going to cut it for this job. Maybe a shield?
Ok I’m a strong woman I can do this.

List of colours taking a little break to make room for the newbies and “others”.

Apple Valley Rd	Backstabber	Bejeweled
Citrine	Cobalt Bloom	Emerald Isle
Fairgrounds	Crazylace Agate	Foo Foo
Gail’s Autumn Joy	Harlotty	Ilanaaq
Mermaid	Mr.Green Jeans	Milestone
My Little Colour Brain	Mystic Kelp	Peacock
Rabia	Sedona	Siren Song
Spaun of Braun	Spot Rock 1	Storytime
Thistle	Lapis	Peaseblossom

posted by tina

June 4, 2010

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A new fibery skill

Last Saturday was my birthday and I was trying to find a way to celebrate that helped me out of the funk I have found myself in lately. My friends Suzanne and Lisa suggested that maybe it would be a good time to learn how to use the wolf pup loom I bought from Morgaine at Oregon Flock and Fiber this past fall. I really liked this idea a whole lot. So these lovely women packed themselves up and headed my way loaded with goodies and all their warp and weft knowledge.
I’ve wanted to learn to weave for quite awhile. I bought a loom at a yarn sale when my kids were young with the intention of teaching myself. However my son Narayan then about 8 yrs old had other plans for it. His plans did not include anyone being able to weave on it once he was done with it. It did add quite a flair to his fort.
Anyway so here we are now almost 16 yrs later (he turns 24 this weekend) and I’m finally learning to weave. Narayan no longer lives here so my loom is safe.
I have to tell you I was thoroughly unprepared for how much I love this whole process. I feel like I got hit by fiber cupids arrow. I have it pretty bad for this whole process.
From winding the warp

to putting it on the loom

and then throwing that shuttle back and forth and weaving.

Off loom unfinished. Warp is Seduction in ST1 (with a silk boucle’ thrown here and there in Gail’s Autumn Joy) Weft is Silkie Socks that Rock in Gertrude Skein.

So much fun and a whole new way to play with colour which I don’t even have words to express how excited I am about that. I think my favorite part is when I ‘m sitting there I feel like I feel when I’m spinning. I feel threaded through time to all the web of weavers. I am a thread in the tapestry, a ply in the yarn, a stitch through time. The connectedness of fiber work is so nourishing and uplifting. Learning to weave this past weekend a really good idea.
Lisa and Suzanne thank you, thank you and thank you !

We also took break for cake ( a yummy one baked by Sophie) and a small party and beer/cider and barn trips and giggles and knitting and hooping and knitting while hooping (beer required).

And of course a moment to stop and smell the yarn.

All in all a grand fibery time and a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday.

posted by tina

June 3, 2010

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Poncho days…

We’re doing some much needed, long over due spring cleaning. Yesterday we pulled out all the samples we’ve ever had, like ever had. Since blue moon was just a twinkle of a dream. As we progressed in this project and uncovered more and more samples I kind felt a little sick. And for very brief moment I was seized with panic, a big fat fear that maybe I was cleverly disguising a hoarding problem in the guise of running a fiber business. Noo… I don’t think so. You need samples to sell yarn and you need yarn to sell yarn and you need .... Nope just running a textile business, that’s what I thought.

That’s right.

We are cleaning out after all.

This is what happens where you have no time right?
That’s what I thought. Phew. Was a bit worried for a minute there.

It’s been great fun to go through all of this. A little knit trip down memory lane. We found some really cool knits that we’ll save and resurrect. We found some knits that I can’t even believe I had the nerve to knit much less sell and they did sell well. So I’m blaming you.
We found every incarnation of scarf imaginable. Crazy amount of scarves, shawls and ponchos. We must have knit samples in every yarn I had at the time.
Remember the ponchos? All those ponchos.

Come on admit it. You know you knit them. They’re probably buried in you closet somewhere.
Time for a rummage through the closet?
Maybe we need to have a poncho day. Can you see it?
We certainly have a knit dress up bin. ohhh a new camp activity.

I also found this piece of loveliness. My first dye,spin,knit job. It’s a seriously soft,cozy angora blend I did from my bunny Willa and I am going to find the perfect button and wear it all next winter around my neck.

posted by tina

May 25, 2010

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Blue Moon Blog

Time for a change

A new fibery skill

Poncho days…