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Home » Blue Moon Blog » Welcome to the Blue Moon Blog!!
posted by tina July 13, 2008
Yay! It’s done!! Actually, it was done a couple weeks ago. I was just too afraid to add one more thing to the madness that reigns supreme in my life these days.
I also had all of these panic thoughts like, what if no one reads it? Then, the other side of the coin, what if everyone reads it? Yikes! Truly a canNOT win situation that stops you dead in your tracks.
So I am just leaping off the edge and whatever happens . . . happens!
I have several goals that I would like to achieve with this blog. The first is to have a place where we can keep you updated on changes and news here in an easy and friendly manner.
This would be the General News category. It involves announcements like “We are going to add in colorways on this date” or “Oops, we’re late on getting this pattern to the printer, so please bear with us for another week.
The second goal is to share a bit of what goes on at Blue Moon practically and also what comes into play on the creative, inspirational end for me. All of that will be in the depraved dyer category.
Third, we have had such a great time with contests and games in the Rockin’ Sock Club that I want all of our customers to be able to join the fun. So this blog gives us a place to have contests, games and KAL’s. Which brings us to the Contest and KAL categories.
The categories are really just here to make searching easier. We will be adding in new features as we progress and learn what works and what does not.
Last, and certainly not least, the blog is intended to expand on and celebrate the community that we are lucky enough to be a part of.
And . . . there is a huge header for photography. I take a lot of pictures and use them to document what I am working on. I also do a quite a bit of the Blue Moon photography. Adding this feature to the blog is a great way to share my initial inspiration visually and track progress. It also makes the blog pretty.
The photo there now is a tide pool rock on the Oregon coast. I’ve been spending a lot of time there during the past few months, rejuvenating and writing. It has proved to be quite a restful and fertile time and place for me. So much color and texture and just astounding combinations of both. I often come back so full I feel as if I am going to burst. (I scared the barn girls the first time I came back. I pulled right up to the barn jumped out and went straight to the dyes and yarn! No hello lovelies or anything, just straight to the color.)
I think I have taken more than 3,000 photos since I started this process and filled several notebooks. All of the pictures are like the one you see here—just loaded with oceany goodness. I think one of my favorite things about the plants and creatures that inhabit this part of the ocean is that while they are certainly fascinating and yes, beautiful, they are also a wee bit gross. One day, there was a nine-year-old boy watching me take photos who was just a delightful companion. When he was done with me,he ran off to his dad. I heard him say that the ocean was so cool and way gross. So funny! I laughed so hard almost fell off my rocky perch. He is right, way cool and gross.
I am using the current blog photo as a screen saver. My initial thought in putting it on my desktop was that it would visually stimulate the deep recesses of my brain and then new colors would magically seep out. But, honestly, I just love looking at it. This doesn’t help with that whole getting work done thing, but lucky for me, it is my work!
So I was thinking it would inspire new colorways. Right? Makes sense. Well, the more I look at it, the more I see colorways that I have already created. I still see new ones, but it has been really cool to see some of my good color friends here. Such as . . . oh no, it would be too easy to just tell you. I smell a contest! A brand new blog celebratory contest. Let’s try this.
I see ten colorways in the photo. Most of them are on the website now, but some are not. The first ten knitters to guess at least five of these will receive a skein of STR in the Rare Gems Colorway. The deadline is July 25th. Please email your guesses to
Ready, set, guess!
Congrats on your new blog. The picture is beautiful. Love all the pinks and browns.
It is great to have an insight into your thought process. Thanks for sharing with us.
posted by Disco Jul 16, 2008
Hurray! Your blog is up! I wanted to be the first one to comment, but was too late for that. However, I am your first bloglines subscriber. Way to go.
posted by Tan Jul 16, 2008
LOVE that pic! And my first reaction was that it reminded me of a certain colorway you created for us! AWESOME! You have such and eye, Lady! Reading your blog is icing on the cake-like extending Dyers Notes and having a visit with you at the same time! ME HEARTS YOU, TINA!!!
posted by Leslie Jul 16, 2008
Yay for the blog!
It’s really neat to see a pic of a different tide pool/coastal system than the one I grew up with. What a fun contest!
posted by Celia/Nartian Jul 16, 2008
Yay oh Yay!!! The blog has arrived! Wonderful first post!!!
Congratulations and welcome to the blogosphere!!
xo, g.
posted by Gail/Neuroknitter Jul 16, 2008
Yay! Welcome to the blogging world. I look forward to seeing more of your photography.
posted by turtlegirl76 Jul 16, 2008
Congrats on your blog! I love it. I can’t wait to see the colors coming soon. I am hoping for Bleeding Hearts! Hint! Hint! I live in a sub tropic climate and can’t stop knitting with your yarn. People down here think I am batty
posted by Belinda Giliberti Jul 16, 2008
I swear I can SMELL the coolness and the grossness! Mmmmmm..... rock on!
posted by Janet Jul 16, 2008
Caw! Caw! Caw! A three-caw cheer for your new blog! Love the raven logo! Looking forward to reading more of your insights into color!
posted by L-B Jul 16, 2008
Yay! A Blue Moon Blog! And what a gorgeous shot--now I want to go hit the beach myself. Welcome to Blogland!
posted by AlisonH Jul 16, 2008
Yay! Love the new blog! I subscribed to the feed in Bloglines, but I’ll have to come over here to see the gorgeous banner photos, too.
posted by deknits Jul 16, 2008
Hooray! How wonderful to get this glimpse into your world. Thank you for letting us in.
posted by Clara Jul 16, 2008
Yea Tina...now I’ll be able to keep up with all taht is going on with you. Hey I just took a pic of a stone wall that I’m going to send to you in the next few days- see I’m thinking of you ven if I don’t write all the time. congrats on the blog
posted by fiona Jul 16, 2008
congratulations, miss tina! it will be fun “delving” into the mind of the “depraved dyer.” this could get scary, huh? i can’t wait for more!!!!
posted by adrienne Jul 16, 2008
Yippee- Of course we will read- but I have to say if that was my screen saver I would cry!
posted by Carla Jul 16, 2008
Yippee! Now we can all share the craziness that is BMFA!!!!
posted by cockeyed Jul 16, 2008
looks like my screen saver! wink! oh and you know haw i love a study of color! thanks Tina for sharing! It’s your adventure, we are along for the ride!
posted by marcy Jul 16, 2008
Right now, I’m getting an email error from the BMFA server (I tried twice), so I can’t send an entry, boo hoo!
“|exec /home/parser/bin/parser†(reason: Internal error) (expanded from: )
posted by Kristi Jul 16, 2008
Love the blog, I have been checking frequently to see if it was up yet. I am looking forward to reading many more blog posts.
posted by Monica Jul 17, 2008
Congratulations and yes you may have a nap now. But visions of sugarplums may start dancing on your head and you’ll be headed back to the barn to dye your dreams. Hugs, Alice
posted by Alice in the Heartland Jul 17, 2008
Yay!! Congrats!! Welcome to the blogging world baby!!! So looking forward to this!
posted by Irishgirlieknits Jul 17, 2008
Congrats! I have many tidepool photos similar to that from visiting my parents in the Seattle area… so beautiful!
posted by Lauren Jul 17, 2008
Wow Tina, you and I are on the same wavelength, I just started my blog too! I also cast on my first STR from one of the beautiful yarns Carrie brought me. I don’t even know the color, still a silly STR virgin! I am looking forward to reading what you have to say. Your are a brilliant photographer! Well done.
posted by Christy/hearthead Jul 17, 2008
Way to go Tina!
posted by Nancy Jul 17, 2008
Congrats on the blog! I find a hundred things a day that I want to include in my blog, but then when I sit down at the computer, POOF! they’re all gone!
(You know what this means, don’t you? It means you can join the PDX Knit Bloggers group! Want me to send you an invite?)
posted by Bobbie Jul 17, 2008
Welcome to the blogosphere! I look forward to reading about this dyer depravity phenomenon.
posted by sharon Jul 18, 2008
Welcome to the blog world! I love it already.
posted by Andrea Jul 18, 2008
Tina!
I’m so glad you have a blog. I don’t get enough chances to run in to you, so this is the next best thing. I hope you use this as a forum to think out loud, vent, create and putter. It’s all fascinating. Miss you!
posted by Sheryl Jul 18, 2008
Was wondering if you ever do self-striping colorways? thanks.
posted by Bonnie Jul 22, 2008
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