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okay... not having fun with this... playing with patterns right now and they're not giving me the crisp edges that I want ( Read more... )

mostly putzing and getting the little things that I've been putting off done...

tidied the craft cupboard of doom, took the boa off of vanagnessayem's fabulous Landschneckt hat...

finally hung the thread rack in the closet... have to laugh that it's the only thing that's actually level in there...


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so here is the color I ended up with... and the picture does not really capture the snot-green tinge of the dead-yellow color that is this yarn now... the little string is cotton that I used to tie the skeins together...
which kinda just pisses me off even more...

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=(

I don't like modern dyes.

I've since ordered some of the wool I can't freaking find at Michales anymore online... I'm hoping it gets here in time. I ordered six damn balls of the stuff... I'm hoping I don't have to use the stuff I just dyed.

now I'm grumpy and I'm going to bed.

piccies behind the cut...

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yeah, I should be weaving instead of posting about it... but my shoulders need a break.

didn't have enough of one color of gold/yellow yard to do this project and Michaels didn't have anything suitable in wool... a metric crap tonne of stuff in acrylic though *hurks*

so I picked up a ball of white...

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on today's episode of "what's on my stove top?"

I don't have enough gold yarn to warp up the bag strap for Aretemisia... but I do have enough white to dye. Tonight I'll take it out of the dye bath and hang it to dry... tomorrow will be winding it into a ball and warping the cards. This weekend will be a whole lot of movies and weaving =D

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so this was a mess... like a 'splodey on my stove mess ( Read more... )