Cook Can Spin Dye » wool http://www.cookcanspindye.com time-honored hobbies Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:13:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dune-Inspired Merino Yarn http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/164 http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/164#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:53:39 +0000 admin http://www.cookcanspindye.com/?p=164 With school being as hectic as it has been, I confess that I have been neglecting both this blog and my yarn business.  But, I did manage today to get my Dune-Inspired Yarn listed.  I hand-dyed the merino wool fiber and then hand-spun it.  Isn’t it wonderful??  In case you are wondering, that is “dune” as [...]]]> With school being as hectic as it has been, I confess that I have been neglecting both this blog and my yarn business.  But, I did manage today to get my Dune-Inspired Yarn listed.  I hand-dyed the merino wool fiber and then hand-spun it.  Isn’t it wonderful??  In case you are wondering, that is “dune” as in Indiana Dunes where I was married at last September.  Well, technically I was married on the National Lakeshore right next to it, but it is pretty much all of the same stretch.

There are 250 yards of this bad-ass yarn.  You can find it for sale in my Etsy shop.

]]> http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/164/feed 0 Pretty Dyed Fiber – Spring is coming! http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/147 http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/147#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:41:00 +0000 admin http://www.cookcanspindye.com/?p=147 So, in a more concentrated effort to get my Fancy Arbor business off the ground, I hand-dyed four sets of merino top fiber this last weekend.  If you aren’t sure what these exactly are, they are fibers dyed to use for spinning yarn.  They could also be used for felting, though this particular brand of superwash [...]]]> So, in a more concentrated effort to get my Fancy Arbor business off the ground, I hand-dyed four sets of merino top fiber this last weekend.  If you aren’t sure what these exactly are, they are fibers dyed to use for spinning yarn.  They could also be used for felting, though this particular brand of superwash Merino is better for spinning.  They turned out so pretty!!  I like to name my yarns and fiber off of favorite anime shows and movies, so that is why they have unique titles.

Tears to Tiara Fiber

Le Chevalier D’Eon Fiber

Noein Fiber

These colors remind me of the beginning of Spring, when there is still a lot of snow and mud, but there are also buds and peeking early Spring flowers.

If you would like more details on the fiber, please click on their titles.  Each has a link to the item in my Etsy shop.  Enjoy!

]]> http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/147/feed 0 My Fruits Basket pink, brown, and cream yarn! http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/134 http://www.cookcanspindye.com/posts/134#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:25:50 +0000 admin http://www.cookcanspindye.com/?p=134 So one of my earliest posts was about spinning on my spinning wheel that I had just received as a gift.  Well, that yarn that was discussing is now officially done and for sale on Etsy!  Woo hoo!  This yarn is 204 yards and handspun and handdyed by myself.  It went from this:

To this:

With the finished product looking [...]]]> So one of my earliest posts was about spinning on my spinning wheel that I had just received as a gift.  Well, that yarn that was discussing is now officially done and for sale on Etsy!  Woo hoo!  This yarn is 204 yards and handspun and handdyed by myself.  It went from this:

To this:

With the finished product looking like this:

I am very happy with how it turned out!  If you want to buy it, please check out my Etsy shop. Thanks!

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