tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90826684343139068302024-03-17T20:02:49.107-07:00ReCrochetionsHome of Crochet Designs by Laurinda Reddig and the Remembering Rowan ProjectLaurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-83859191364432845882020-07-24T19:55:00.000-07:002020-07-24T20:21:14.053-07:00Keeping Busy in Quarantine<br />
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Although we've all spent most of the past 4 months at home, I don't know about you but I have been keeping quite busy. I am grateful that my design work and running <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> enables me to continue working from home, with the added challenge of balancing kids and family and allowing time for myself. For the first time since before I had 2 kids I have been gardening, baking, and walking regularly! And look here I'm even Blogging again!</div>
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With 10 and 14 year olds (15 as of last weekend) they are getting more self sufficient. But we are all enjoying the slower pace of the summer now that we don't have to struggle with online school. My kids have nearly as many interests and hobbies as I do, so we are never bored around here. Between my own projects I am helping them with theirs and keeping them in supplies for whatever craft or passion intrigues them in the moment.</div>
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I spent the first couple months helping my oldest deliver PPE parts he was 3-D printing for his <a href="https://team2471.org/infinite-resource/">Robotics Team</a> to donate (they donated nearly 20,000 eye and face shields!). As that project wrapped up he was building a worm bin for his science class and melting recycled plastic into useful containers. My youngest is an avid reader, so I've been struggling to keep her supplied with books, in between drawing and other crafts.</div>
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All of this time at home has allowed me to focus on plans for future <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns kits</a>, and other projects. My business partner <a href="http://www.cjanereid.com/">C. Jane Reid</a> and I have been taking regular socially distanced walks around our neighborhood to both get exercise and plan out the stories, designs, and accessories for all of 2021!</div>
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I've even been experimenting with crafts besides crochet, which will be making their way into future kits. We always include something handmade that is part of the story that comes with the kit or useful for finishing the project. My son and I got a button maker back in March and are making buttons to go on the bags of each Kit this year. I made Leather Knot Stick Barrette/Shawl Pins for the Spring Kit and Beaded Bookmarks for the Summer Kit that just shipped out last month.</div>
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After 5 years of creating and shipping kits every 3 months, I am reinvigorated by planning to make most of the handmade goodies for the next year and a half myself! There is still time to get in on our Fall 2020 Kit Club so you can join the fun. Imagine getting your next crochet project delivered right to your door with a book to read along with it. Preorders close July 31st. <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Order yours today and join the adventure!</a></div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-47780319684864454562020-04-30T07:00:00.000-07:002020-05-05T03:42:42.695-07:00Spiral Rings - Moogly2020CAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I am excited to be a part of Moogly's year long Crochet Along again this year! Each year it is so fun to see all of the different patterns from other designers, not to mention the creative color combinations people use for their Moogly2020CAL Blankets. This is my fourth year designing a square for the CAL, and I had a lot of fun coming up with this one. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Designed by Laurinda Reddig</span><br />
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Spiral rays are worked with tall front post stitches worked into stitches 2
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Treble Crochet (fpdtr): </span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk37247431;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yo 3 times, insert hook
around post of next st from front</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, yo</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, pull up a loop, [yo, draw through 2 lps
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post of indicated st from front, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops]
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post of indicated st from front, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops]
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Stitches into Single Crochets</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/overlapping-post-stitch-pattern/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Overlapping
Post Stitch Pattern</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">PATTERN </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Refer to Diagram in Printable Version </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiral-rings" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">HERE</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ch 3 with Color A, join with
sl st in third ch from hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 1: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ch 2
(counts as first dc here and throughout), work 11 dc in ch-3 ring, join with sl
st in first dc, finish off Color A – 12 dc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 2: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color B with standing dc in <b>second</b> dc, dc in same dc, 2 dc in each dc
around, 2 dc in joining sl st, join with sl st in first dc, finish off Color B
– 24 dc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 3: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next dc, <b>fpdtr </b><i>(see
Special Stitches)</i> around beg ch of <b>Rnd 1</b>, *hdc in next 2 dc of Rnd
2, fpdtr around next unused dc of Rnd 1; Rep from * around, join with sl st in
first hdc, finish off Color A – 36 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color C with standing dc in last fpdtr of prev rnd (before join), *<b>fpdc</b> <i>(see
Special Stitches) </i>around next 2 hdc, dc in top of next fpdtr; Rep from *
around, fpdc around last 2 hdc, join with sl st in first dc, finish off Color
C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 5: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next 2 sts, fpdtr<b> </b>around
last fpdtr of Rnd 3, *hdc in next 3 sts of Rnd 4, fpdtr around next fpdtr of
Rnd 3; Rep from * around, join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color A – 48
sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 6: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color D with standing dc in last fpdtr of prev rnd, *fpdc around next 3 hdc, dc
in next fpdtr; Rep from * around, fpdc around last 3 hdc, join with sl st in first
dc, finish off Color D.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 7: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next 3 sts, fpdtr<b> </b>around
last fpdtr of Rnd 5, *hdc in next 4 sts of Rnd 6, fpdtr around next fpdtr of
Rnd 5; Rep from * around, join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color A – 60
sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 8: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color B with standing dc in last fpdtr of prev rnd, *fpdc around next 4 hdc, dc
in next fpdtr; Rep from * around, fpdc around last 4 hdc, join with sl st in
first dc, finish off Color B.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 9: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next 3 sts, fpdtr<b> </b>around
last fpdtr of Rnd 7, *hdc in next 5 sts of Rnd 8, fpdtr around <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>next fpdtr of Rnd 7; Rep from * around, hdc in
last dc, join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color A – 72 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 10: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color C with standing dc in last fpdtr of prev rnd, *fpdc around next 4 hdc, 2
fpdc around next hdc, [dc in next fpdtr, fpdc around next 5 hdc] 2 times**, dc
in next fpdtr; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, join with sl st
in first dc, finish off Color C – 76 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 11: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next 3 sts, fpdtr<b> </b>around
last fpdtr of Rnd 9, *hdc in next 2 sts of Rnd 10, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in
next 3 sts, <b>fptr </b><i>(see Special Stitches) </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>around next fpdtr of Rnd 9, hdc in next 7 sts
of Rnd 10, fpdtr around next fpdtr of Rnd 9**, hdc in next 6 sts of Rnd 10,
fpdtr around next fpdtr of Rnd 9; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to **
once, hdc in last 2 dc, join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color A – 92
sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 12: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color D with standing dc in <b>first</b> fpdtr of prev rnd, *fpdc around next
hdc, <b>fptr </b>around next hdc, 2 fptr around each of next 2 hdc, fptr around
next hdc, fpdc around next 2 hdc, dc in next fpdtr, fpdc around next 3 hdc, <b>fphdc</b>
<i>(see Special Stitches) </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>around
next 4 hdc, hdc in next fpdtr, fphdc around next 2 hdc, fpdc around next 4
hdc**, dc in next fpdtr; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, join
with sl st in first dc, finish off Color D – 100 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 13: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first dc, hdc in next 4 sts, fpdtr<b> </b>around
first fpdtr of Rnd 11, *2 hdc in next 2 fptr of Rnd 12, hdc in next 5 sts, fptr
around next fptr of Rnd 11, hdc in next 9 sts of Rnd 12, fptr around next fpdtr
of Rnd 11**, hdc in next 9 sts of Rnd 12, fpdtr around next fpdtr of Rnd 11;
Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, hdc in last 4 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color
A – 120 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 14: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color B with standing hdc in last fptr of prev rnd, *fphdc around next 4 hdc,
fpdc around next 5 hdc, tr in next fpdtr, 2 fptr around each of next 2 hdc,
fptr around next hdc, fpdc around next 5 hdc, fphdc around next hdc, hdc in
next fpdtr, fphdc around next 3 hdc, <b>fpsc</b> <i>(see Special Stitches) </i>around
next 6 hdc**, hdc in next fpdtr; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to **
once, join with sl st in first hdc, finish off Color B – 128 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 15: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color A with standing hdc in first hdc, hdc in next 2 sts, *<b>fptr-hdc-2tog </b><i>(see
Special Stitches) </i>around last fptr of Rnd 13 and next st of Rnd 14, hdc in
next 8 sts, 2 hdc in next fptr, <b>fpdtr-hdc-2tog </b><i>(see Special Stitches)
</i>around next fpdtr of Rnd 13 and next st of Rnd 14, 2 hdc in next fptr, hdc
in next 8 sts, fptr-hdc-2tog around next fpdtr of Rnd 13 and next st of Rnd 14**, hdc in next 11 sts; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep
from * to ** once, hdc in next 8 sts, join with sl st in first hdc, DO NOT
finish off Color A – 136 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 16: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ch1,
sc in first 15 sts, *ch 1, sc in same st as prev sc, sc
in next 34 sts; Rep from * 2 more times, ch 1, sc in same st as prev sc, sc
in next 19 sts, join with sl st in first sc – 140 scs. </span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Note:
If your block is not quite 12”, you can add additional rounds of sc, or replace
Rnd 7 with hdc or dc around, adding a couple additional stitches at each
corner.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Find Moogly's blog post
about the Spiral Rings Square </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">here and everything you need to know about the
Moogly2020CAL </span></b><a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/mooglycal2020/"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can find a printable PDF of this pattern on Ravelry <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiral-rings">here</a>.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Go back and find the previous squares
and check back at Moogly every week for a new Square design from a new
designer. I cannot wait to see what colors you have chosen. Have fun!</span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-78120172337065164562019-07-29T22:16:00.001-07:002019-07-30T01:54:30.369-07:00Dyer Guest Post - Erica Roberts of In The Deep Hue Sea<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For our Fall Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club, we are excited to be working with our friend and neighbor Erica. She actually lives just a few blocks away! Since we </span><a href="https://www.recrochetions.com/2016/10/dyers-in-their-studios-erica-of-in-deep.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Profiled Erica</a><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a few years ago, I invited her to share her story with you in her own words...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><i><b>A Dyers in Their Studios Update:</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m Erica, dyer at <a href="https://www.inthedeephuesea.com/" target="_blank">In The Deep Hue Sea</a>. I’ve been dyeing yarn since 2010 and dyeing full time for about 5 years now. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Only a Couple of Days Left to <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">Preorder Your Fall Kit Club</a><br />featuring delicious DK weight Yarn from In The Deep Hue Sea!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many things have changed since I started as a hobby, including growing our family. Last August we welcomed our 3rd baby, Indy, into the world. A handful of weeks after having her, as we were preparing our yarn for the Ficstiches Yarns club and Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, we noticed our sweet baby wasn’t acting like herself. </span><br />
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<i style="color: purple; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">And we are excited to be working with her again, and this yummy DK weight superwash merino single ply yarn for our Fall Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club. Preorders end Wednesday July 31st, so don't miss your chance and <b><a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">Preorder Today</a>!</b></i></div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-76966325617402961382019-04-16T17:49:00.000-07:002019-04-16T17:49:42.371-07:00Dyers In Their Studios: Kimberly of Cat Mountain Fiber Arts<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #990000;">We are excited to feature Cat Mountain Fiber Arts yarn in our upcoming 2019 Summer Kit Club for <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns</a>. Kimberly has created a custom version of her 500 yard Fusion, combining 8 different yarns, rather than the usual 5 yarns in her 500 yard Fusions. Her variety of fibers and textures all dyed together and combined into one giant "skein" (really 5, or in this case 8 mini skeins), were perfect to go with the depression era Fictional Story also included in the kit. Preorders for the Summer Kit are open this month only. <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Order yours today!</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Kimberly was only the 3rd yarn dyer to let me interview her for a Dyers In Their Studios, back in 2014. I have since interviewed nearly 2 dozen different hand-dyers, and created designs with each of their yarns. Things may have changed some over the past 6 years, but Kimberly is still creating beautiful yarn and a very unique product which I was drawn to in the first place. Keep reading to learn more about Kimberly Perkins and Cat Mountain Fiber Arts...</span></div>
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I had the pleasure of meeting Kimberly Perkins at TNNA (The National Needlearts Association) Show last January. It was her first show, and I was immediately intrigued with her yarns. They are different from any other yarns I have seen, and I immediately wanted to design something to show off their unique qualities.</div>
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Like many hand dyed yarns, Cat Mountain yarns have been dyed in a loop, so each repeat of the color changes is approximately two yards long. However, instead of her skeins being made of all one yarn, each "skein" consists of smaller hanks of 5 to 10 different fibers all dyed at the same time. All yarns in a set are approximately the same weight in thickness so the work well together in one project. Kimberly includes mohairs, boucles, and one-plies to add texture to the smoother plied yarns. You even get to choose between adding a little sparkle with stellina, or the more homespun tweed texture of bits of 'Donegal' wool for one of the smoother yarns.</div>
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<b>BACKGROUND</b><br />
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have you been dying yarn? </b><span style="color: purple;">Six years.</span></div>
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you get started dying? </b><span style="color: purple;">I wanted to try making my own
colors, and actually started by playing with Kool-Aid!</span></div>
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your background? </b><span style="color: purple;">BS in Environmental Science,
18 years employed in the environmental field.</span></div>
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have any special experience with art or science that influences your dying? </b><span style="color: purple;">I enjoy the outdoors,
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your yarn special or unique? </b><span style="color: purple;">My fusion yarn combines color
and texture with 5 to 10 different yarns all dyed together.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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something interesting about your dying process that non-dyers might not know? </b><span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="color: purple;">My process is quite labor intensive in that each skein is measured
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you choose your colors and name your yarns? </b><span style="color: purple;">Many of my colorways are
inspired by my surroundings in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others are inspired by literature and art
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colorways do you have? </b><span style="color: purple;">18, plus solids, and always
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and what types of bases do you use? </b><span style="color: purple;">20+ bases, predominantly
natural fibers: wool, mohair, alpaca, angora, silk, bamboo, tencel and blends
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we find your yarn? LYSs and online? </b><span style="color: purple;">Online at </span><a href="http://www.yarngalleryonline.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.yarngalleryonline.com</span></a><span style="color: purple;"> or Cat
Mountain Fiber Arts on Etsy; Please see the right margin
of my blog<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://catmountainfiberarts.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://catmountainfiberarts.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: purple;">
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crochet, knit, or spin? What came first? </b><span style="color: purple;">I learned to crochet as a
small child and did crochet in 4-H for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I learned to knit around age 10 and stopped for awhile after knitting a
dreaded boyfriend sweater and subsequently breaking up with said boyfriend
(Ha!) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 12 years ago I came across
the book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tudor-Roses-Alice-Starmore/dp/1606600478/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401308659&sr=8-1&keywords=tudor+roses+knitting"><span style="color: blue;">Tudor Roses</span></a></i><span style="color: blue;"> </span>by Alice Starmore and got back into knitting, and
have been an avid knitter since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also
spin (10+ years) and weave (5 years).</span></div>
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of my blog for a list of the fiber festivals and events I will be
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/spring-2019-kit-reveal/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="581" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY53bciKpLdLLljsuaEd0n3x2ntmHLTGJdAy5LiYy5FxVnEjhGk41B_1ZNRqG4H8FHPW3TRpA9ZaLFU2VF9QpIqH7LCxcIIZAVfT3MKTP0J55DZAGgVsqWmMKo-_IzpBcWzMR3Us7Z3V4/s200/PEAR3+sq.jpg" width="199" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/spring-2019-kit-reveal/" target="_blank">Speckled Skein and 5 Solid Minis<br />See what else was in our Spring Kit</a><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I have been designing with a lot of "mini" skeins lately, inspired by the "make-do" attitude of the Depression Era, the setting for the story my partner C. Jane Reid has written for our Spring and Summer Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club. Both kits feature sets of yarn we chose to emulate the scraps of different colors or textures of yarn the main character may have had to work with when she wanted to make something to donate to families less fortunate than her own.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">8 Diff. Textures from Cat Mountain<br /><b>PREORDER the Summer Kit Now!</b></a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; text-align: justify;">Although working with several smaller skeins or sections of color makes for a lot of extra ends to weave in, the results are totally worth it! This seemed like a good time to repost this <i>post from March 2013</i>, when I was just starting to get my crochet patterns published, although I had already been crocheting for nearly 30 years...</span><br />
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<strong>Laurinda's Top 5 Tips for Weaving In Ends:</strong></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Whenever you change colors or start a new ball of yarn, it is very important to leave several inches (4-6) of yarn in each color to weave in under the stitches.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">You can use a yarn needle to weave in those ends, and it is a good idea to weave them back and forth in at least 2 different directions to help them stay put.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">You may choose to work over your ends as you continue crocheting, but it is still a good idea to leave some end out to bring back in the other direction with a needle later.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Try to insert your needle horizontally along the bottom of a row of stitches, or vertically through the center of the stitches to avoid messing up the look of your stitches.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Longer ends worked in more than one direction will stay put longer and be less likely to unravel all your hard work!</li>
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While exploring my attic a few months ago, I came across the very first afghan I ever finished. When I found that pattern on the back of the band of yarn from K-Mart all those years ago, I never imagined I would end up designing crochet patterns, and even writing entire <a href="https://www.createspace.com/3959758">books of afghans</a>!</div>
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In junior high, my Campfire leader taught me to crochet granny squares during my near daily visits, on my mile long walk home from the bus stop. Sometimes I would detour to K-Mart (also on my way home) to pick up a snack, and was excited to discover they also carried yarn. Of course it was all acrylic. But I did not know anything else existed, and took pleasure in choosing several shades of my favorite blues. </div>
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Now, I am very glad I made that first afghan in a nice sturdy acrylic. Because when I pulled it out recently, I realized that every end was tied in an overhand knot, and cut to about half an inch (if that). Over 20 years later, those tiny little knots are still holding strong, but it could have been a disaster!</div>
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You have to understand that this was a pattern where you changed colors EVERY row. Row upon row of single crochet, with drop down "<a href="http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-crochet-spikes.html">Spike</a>" stitches to create a pattern. What was I thinking? This thing took forever (one reason I seldom design in sc)! And even if the afghan has spent most of it's life tucked away in a closet or attic (let's face it, single crochet and acrylic yarn doesn't make for the most cozy of blankets), I would be heart broken if it began falling apart. </div>
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So, <em>the moral of the story:</em> WEAVE IN THOSE ENDS! I have been lucky that those knots did not come out years ago. Some of my other early projects did not fair as well, including those first Granny Squares which became a tree skirt I still use at Christmas. But when those short ends come out in the center of a Granny, what a nightmare!</div>
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I realize that many of us are mostly self taught, and if no one every told you to "leave long ends to weave in", how would you know? I sure wish someone had told me back then. So I thought I would include a few tips I have shared with my crochet students over the years.</div>
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<strong>What is one thing do you wish someone had told you when you first learned to crochet?</strong><br />
<strong></strong>Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-87178916927134449352019-02-21T02:00:00.000-08:002020-04-30T02:36:29.507-07:00Pinwheel Square - Moogly2019CAL<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I am thrilled to be a part of Moogly's year long Crochet Along again this year! Each year it is so fun to see all of the different patterns from other designers, not to mention the creative color combinations people use for their Moogly2019CAL Blankets. This is my third year designing a square for the CAL, and I decided to try something a little bit different. Enjoy!</span></div>
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colorful Pinwheel blanket square. Each petal is worked out from a center ring,
then back in to opposite direction without turning to form the raised edges. The
reverse single crochet edge is worked into the front loop only, leaving the
back loop to stitch into for the next petal. This idea may have you spinning,
but follow the instructions step by step and give it a try! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Scroll to bottom for link to get printable PDF).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4
colors Worsted Weight yarn and J hook (or hook to get gauge).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Color suggestions A (darkest),
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worsted weight yarn </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in Peacock, Cornsilk, Lettuce, and Taupe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">13 Stitch Markers (recommended).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>SPECIAL STITCHES </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(find other Abbreviations used </span><a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/crochet-abbreviations/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">here</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Double crochet 2 together (dc2tog):</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> *Yo,
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Half double crochet 2 together (hdc2tog):</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Yo,
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<span
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<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>sl st - Slip Stitch
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
<span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>sp - Space<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
<span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>tr - Treble Crochet <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0in;margin-left:27.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(Also
see Special Stitches)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk536543790"></a><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Half
Treble Crochet (htr): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yo 2
times, insert hook into next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops,
yo, pull through remaining 3 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reverse Single Crochet (revsc): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Without
turning your work, working from left to right (or right to left for left-handed
crocheters), insert hook in the next stitch (under your hook), yo, pull up a
loop without twisting the hook, yo, pull through both loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Single Crochet 3 Together (sc3tog): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[Insert
hook into next st, yo, pull up a loop] 3 times, yo, pull through all 4 loops on
hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Treble
Crochet 3 Together (tr3tog): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Yo 2 times, insert hook into
next st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops] 2 times; Repeat from * 3
times, yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">TUTORIAL LINKS </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(on
<a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/">Mooglyblog.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/reverse-single-crochet-crab-stitch/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reverse
Single Crochet/Crab Stitch</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/front-loop-only-flo-and-back-loop-only-blo/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Front
Loop Only/Back Loop Only</a></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/standing-single-crochet/">Joining with a
Single Crochet/Standing Single Crochet</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">~~~~~</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>PATTERN </b>(Refer to Diagram in </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">printable PDF of this pattern </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pinwheel-square-4" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">here</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">.)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pinwheel Pattern Notes</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reverse single crochets form
the raised “crab stitch” edging of each Petal. They are worked from left to
right (or right to left for left-handed crocheters).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Recommended to place a stitch
marker in the unused back loop of the last treble crochet stitch so make it
easier to find on Rnd 1 of the Square.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Each time you change colors on
the Pinwheel, flip unused colors of yarn up under the hook, between the hook
and working yarn. This will bring the yarn up so the new color is ready to join
on the next Petal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The first sc of each Pinwheel
Petal is worked in the previous color, making it easier to find the first
stitch to work into for the next Petal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you have trouble finding
the center of the ring, or the first or last stitches on a petal or round,
place a stitch marker in the stitch when you first make it.</span></li>
</ul>
<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b><br />
<div>
<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div>
<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Pinwheel Pattern</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With Color A, ch 14. <i>(Be sure to read all of the pattern notes
before starting)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">First
Petal: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Join with sl st in 4<sup>th</sup> ch from hook to form ring
<i>(place stitch marker in center of ring)</i>,
work into remaining chs, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, 2 hdc in next ch, dc in
next ch, 2 dc in next ch, <b>htr</b> <i>(see Special Stitches)</i> in next ch, 2 htr
in next ch, tr in next ch, 2 tr in next ch, tr in last ch, place stitch marker
in back loop of last tr made; Do not turn, working back in the other direction,
<b>revsc</b> <i>(see Special Stitches)</i> in the flo <i>(front loops only)</i> of each stitch across to ring (14 revscs), sl st
in center of ring, do not turn.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Next
Petal: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Working in unused back loops (blo) of previous petal, sc in
first sc <b>changing color to B </b><i>(see Special Stitches)</i>, hdc in next hdc,
2 hdc in next hdc, dc in next hdc, 2 dc in next dc, htr in next dc, 2 htr in
next dc, tr in next htr, 2 tr in next htr, tr in next htr, leave remaining 4
sts unused; Do not turn, working back in the other direction, revsc in the flo
of each stitch across to ring <i>(last stitch
will be in prev color)</i>, sl st in ring, do not turn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Repeat “Next Petal”
instructions for 10 more Petals. Change to color C for third Petal, then
alternate colors A, B, and C around for a total of 12 petals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Joining Petals: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fold Petals so front (or right) sides of first and last petal are facing
together. Join petals together by slip stitching through both the back loop of
Last Petal and unused loops of beginning chain on First Petal, keeping slip
stitches on the back (or wrong) sides. Finish off all three colors</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Square Pattern Notes</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If loops are getting too loose
when working only into the back loop, pull up on ridge of revscs. This will
pull up the front loops they were worked into, tightening back loops so the
holes do not seem as big.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The back loop of the last
treble on each petal may be difficult to find unless you used stitch markers.
However, you can use any loop at the top of that stitch that works for you,
just be consistent.</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Square Pattern</span></b><br />
<div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With right side facing, work into back loops of the last 5 trebles that at the ends of each Petal (behind the revscs). <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Working into any of the color A Petals, join color D with a sc in blo of third
unused tr <i>(stitch before marker)</i>, *ch
2, sc in unused blo of next tr of same petal <i>(see pattern notes)</i>, sk to next Petal, tr in same back loop as last
tr worked into next Petal, [dc in blo of next tr, hdc in blo of next tr, sc in
blo of last 2 trs, sk to next Petal, dc in same back loop as last tr worked
into next Petal] 2 times, dc in blo of next tr, hdc in blo of next tr**, sc in
blo of next tr; Rep from *2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, join with sl st
in first sc – 60 sts and 4 ch-2 sps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
2: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ch
2 <i>(does not count as a st here and
throughout)</i>, dc in first sc, *(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp, dc in next 2
sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 7 sts, hdc in next 2 sts**, dc in next 2
sts; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, dc in last st, join with
sl st in first dc – 76 sts and 4 ch-1 sps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
3: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ch
2, dc in first 3 dc, *(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in ch-1 sp, dc in next 5 sts, hdc in
next 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, **, dc in next 5 sts; Rep from
* 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, dc in last 2 dc, join with sl st in
first dc. Finish off color D – 92 sts and 4 ch-1 sps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
color B with sl st <b>in second dc </b>made on Rnd 3, ch 2, dc in same dc as join, *3 tr
in next dc, <b>dc2tog</b> <i>(see Special Stitches)</i>, <b>hdc2tog</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">in next ch-sp and dc </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(see Special Stitches)</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, [dc in next st, 3 tr in next st, dc in next
st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st] 3 times**, dc in next dc;
Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, join with sl st in first dc.
Finish off color B – 120 sts.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
5: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
color C with sc in second tr of prev rnd, 2 sc in same tr, *sc in each of next
5 sts, [3 sc in next tr, sc in next 2 sts, <b>sc3tog</b>
<i>(see Special Stitches)</i>, sc in next 2
sts] 3 times**, 3 sc in next tr; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to **
once, join with sl st in first sc. Finish off color C – 128 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
6: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
color A with sc in second sc of prev rnd, *hdc in next sc, dc in next sc, (dc,
tr) in next sc, 2 tr in next sc, (tr, dc) in next sc, dc in next sc, hdc in
next sc, [sc in next sc, hdc in next sc, dc in next sc, <b>tr3tog</b> <i>(see Special Stitches)</i>,
dc in next sc, hdc in next sc] 3 times**, sc in next sc; Rep from * 2 more
times; Rep from * to ** once, join with sl st in first sc. Finish off color A –
116 sts.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd
7: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
color D with sc in first sc of prev rnd, sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next tr, ch
2, 2 sc in next tr, *sc in next 27 sts, 2 sc in next tr, ch 2, 2 sc in next tr;
Rep from * 2 more times, sc in next 22 sts, join with sl st in first sc. Finish
off color D and weave in all ends – 128 sts. <i>Note: If your block is not quite 12”, you can add additional rounds of
sc, or replace Rnd 7 with hdc or dc around, adding a couple additional stitches
at each corner.</i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> each corner.</i></div>
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Find Moogly's blog post about the Pinwheel Square <a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/cal-2019-4/">here</a> and everything you need to know about the Moogly2019CAL <a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/mooglycal2018-and-mooglycal2019/">here</a>! </span></h3>
<h3>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can find a printable PDF of this pattern with Diagram on Ravelry <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pinwheel-square-4">here</a>.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Now, go back and find the
previous three squares and check back at Moogly every week for a new Square
design from a new designer. I cannot wait to see what colors you have chosen. Have
fun!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Introducing Lori Maul of Fidalgo Artisan Yarns & Clothing. We met Lori last fall at Vogue Knitting Live in Seattle. Her booth was just down the aisle from our display in the Artist's Gallery. We meet a lot of yarn dyers at the various shows we attend each year, but some we know we want to work with right away because of their obvious enthusiasm for what we are creating with our Ficstitches Yarns Kits, combining hand-dyed yarns, historical fiction and my designs. Lori was clearly excited to work with us on a future kit, coming to our booth to learn more, and giving us sample yarn to begin dreaming up what design it would be come. We are excited to feature her Winter Silk (baby alpaca and tussah silk) yarn in our upcoming <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns Winter Kit</a>. Preorders are open this month only. Learn all about Lori and her inspiration in her own words...</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How
long have you been dyeing yarn?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I’ve learned over 30 years ago.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How did you get started dyeing?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I studied dyeing at
the University of Washington where I received my BA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My studies centered on the fiber arts,
particularly weaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students studied
all classes of dyes, including natural dyes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is your background? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I was raised in a
small town southeast of Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing
up, my mother always had a stitchery project going; she was an excellent
cross-stitcher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A friend of hers taught
me to knit and I was hooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an
exchange in West Germany in the early 1980’s, I learned to design sweaters and continental-style
knitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied textiles and fiber
arts at the University of Washington and have always had a side business
selling knitwear and/or hand-dyed yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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My professional
career was in administration, finance, human resources, and fundraising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost five years ago, I left my career to open
a small boutique featuring handmade clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I opened Fidalgo Artisan Yarn Company a little over three years
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In April, I merged the two shops
and haven’t looked back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started to do
yarns shows last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company’s new
name is Fidalgo Artisan Yarn & Clothing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you have any special experience with art
or science that influences your dyeing?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Study at the
university greatly influenced my need for top quality yarns, my careful dye
processes, and my desire to create the best hand-dyed yarn possible. I want to
be proud of each skein we sell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Formal
study of color also enhanced my color sense and my ability to mix/match
colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">YOUR YARN<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What makes your yarn special or unique?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I am an immersion
dyer and spend a great deal of time at the dye pot mixing colors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use 9 colors to create my yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remove my yarns from the dye pot, hand
manipulate them, add other colors of dye, and submerge the yarns again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may to this 7-8 times for one dye lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This process creates beautiful color transition
and blending.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dyeing is very
creative for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I generally do not dye
repeatable colors. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lastly, our luxury fibers/yarns
are of very high quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have unique
blends (baby camel and silk anyone?) and a wide variety of weights/blends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How do you choose your colors and name your
yarns?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This is always fun
and a challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Emily began
working with me, she said she had always wanted to name paint colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We will often lay yarns out on a table and ask our customers to name
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few of our customers are very
clever…so is Emily!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Where do you find inspiration?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Like many artists,
I find most of my inspiration in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My dye studio is at home and overlooks Cornet Bay on Whidbey
Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to garden and between the
two, there is no better inspiration for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lastly, I often
look at a skein and imagine how it will look when knit/crochet/woven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is important that my yarns look good in a
skein but more importantly, look good when used in a project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUST THE FACTS<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How many colorways do you have? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Unlimited<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you create seasonal or special order
colors?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Yes.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How many and what types of bases do you use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Over 25 base yarns including many luxury
fiber blends: silk, cashmere, alpaca, sea cell, baby camel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Where do your yarn bases come from? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>I have three different suppliers.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Where can we find your yarn? LYSs and
online? </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sell only our signature
yarn in our shop, located in Anacortes WA., and online at fidalgoyarns.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also bring our yarns to at least 6 shows
each year.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PERSONAL<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your favorite color?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>All the luscious shades/colors of orange.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Favorite fibers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Wool, alpaca, silk<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you crochet, knit, or spin? What came
first? </b>Knit first, spin second, crochet third (and just a little bit!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anything else you would like to share? </b>Our name, Fidalgo,
comes is the name of the island where our shop is located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People are always curious about that.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Website?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><a href="http://fidalgoyarns.com/">fidalgoyarns.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ravelry
Group?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/fidalgo-artisan-yarn-lovers">Fidalgo artisan yarn lovers</a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Facebook?
</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fidalgoyarns/">fidalgoyarns</a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Instagram?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fidalgoyarns/">fidalgoyarns</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<br />Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-23572203809594575852018-07-05T06:00:00.000-07:002018-07-07T13:17:47.522-07:00Twists & Turns Square - Moogly CAL<br />
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time ago I decided that I would never buy anything but Red Heart because I can
always match the colors…. Another thing about Red Heart is the yarn is all the
same weight, you buy another brand and it’s not quite what you were working
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Join Color C with sl st in same st as join, ch 3, dc in same st as join, [*tr in skipped dc from Rnd 2, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 3 sts, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 2, sk dc behind tr, 2 dc next dc, ch 8**, 2 dc next dc] 3 times; Rep * to ** once, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 36 sts, 4 ch-lps. Finish off Color C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 5: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Join Color B with sl st in same st as join, ch 3, dc in same st as join, [*tr in skipped dc from Rnd 3, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 2 sts, sk next dc, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next tr, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 3, sk dc behind tr, 2 dc next dc, ch 8**, 2 dc next dc] 3 times; Rep * to ** once, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 44 sts, 4 ch-lps. Finish off Color B.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 6: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Join Color A with sl st in same st as join, ch 3, dc in same st as join, [*tr in skipped dc from Rnd 4, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 2 sts, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 4, sk dc behind tr, dc next dc, tr in same dc from Rnd 4 as prev tr, sk dc behind tr, dc next 2 sts, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 4, sk dc behind tr, 2 dc next dc, ch 8**, 2 dc next dc] 3 times; Rep * to ** once, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 52 sts, 4 ch-lps. Finish off Color A.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 7: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Join Color D with sl st in same st as join, ch 3, dc in same st as join, [*tr in skipped dc from Rnd 5, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 2 sts, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 5, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 3 sts, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 5, sk dc behind tr, dc in next 2 dc, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 5, sk dc behind tr, 2 dc next dc, ch 8**, 2 dc next dc] 3 times; Rep * to ** once, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 60 sts, 4 ch-lps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">*Beginning with any ch-8 lp on Rnd 1, [twist loop once to right, pull loop from next rnd up through loop from back to front] 5 times; Rep from * on each corner. (Refer to Moogly’s video on Braiding Crochet Loops: <a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/braiding-crochet-loops/">https://www.mooglyblog.com/braiding-crochet-loops/</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 8: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Ch 3, dc in next dc, [*tr in skipped dc from Rnd 6, sk st behind tr, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next sk dc on Rnd 6, do NOT sk dc behind, sc in next 5 sts, dc in next sk dc on Rnd 6, sk dc behind tr, hdc in next 2 dc, tr in next sk dc on Rnd 6, do not sk dc, dc next 2 dc, twist next ch-8 sp, (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in twisted ch-8 sp**, dc next 2 dc] 3 times; Rep * to ** once, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 88 sts. Finish off Color D.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 9: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Sk beg ch, join Color E with sl st in next dc, ch 2 (counts as first hdc).,, *hdc in each st across to ch-1 at corner, (2 hdc, ch 1, 2 hdc) in corner ch-1 sp; Rep from * 3 more times, hdc in last 3 sts, join with sl st around beg ch, inserting hook from back to front – 104 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 10: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Ch 2 (counts as first dc here and throughout), fpdc around each of next 2 hdc, [bpdc around next 3 hdc, fpdc around next 3 hdc] 2 times, *bpdc around next 3 hdc, fpdc around next 2 hdc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next corner ch-sp, fpdc around next 2 hdc**, [bpdc around next 3 hdc, fpdc around next 3 hdc] 3 times; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, bpdc around next 3 hdc, join with sl st around beg ch, inserting hook from back to front – 112 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 11: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Ch 2, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, [bpdc around next 3 bpdc, fpdc around next 3 fpdc] 2 times, *bpdc around next 3 bpdc, fpdc around next 3 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next corner ch-sp, fpdc around next 3 sts**, [bpdc around next 3 bpdc, fpdc around next 3 fpdc] 3 times; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, bpdc around next 3 bpdc, join with sl st around beg ch, inserting hook from back to front – 120 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 12: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Ch 2, fphdc around each of next 2 fpdc, [bphdc around next 3 bpdc, fphdc around next 3 fpdc] 2 times, *bphdc around next 3 bpdc, fphdc around next 3 fpdc, hdc in top of next dc, fphdc around post of same dc, dc in next corner ch-sp, fphdc around post of next dc, hdc in top of next fpdc, fphdc around post of same fpdc, fphdc around next 2 fpdc**, [bphdc around next 3 bpdc, fphdc around next 3 fpdc] 3 times; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, bphdc around next 3 bpdc, join with sl st around beg ch, inserting hook from back to front – 128 sts. Finish off Color E.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rnd 13: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Join Color A with sc in next fphdc, ch 1, *sc in each hdc across to dc in corner, (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in corner dc; Rep from * 3 more times, sc in each st across, sc in top of sl st of prev rnd, join with sl st in first sc – 144 sts. Finish off and weave in all ends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Meet Stacey Serafin of Fierce Fibers (formerly known as Thoroughly Thwacked). Her gradient yarns will be featured in our upcoming Summer 2018 <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">Ficstitches Yarns Crochet Kit Club</a>. Preorders are open this month only.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">But here is the profile I wrote about her when I did my first collaboration with her in December 2016. Things have changed a bit now that she primarily focuses on Gradient Cakes with some coordinating solids, but this interview was particularly interesting to learn more about how the gradients are made...</span><br />
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I first met Stacey last year at <a href="http://columbiagorgefiberfestival.com/">CGFF</a>, although I had heard about her yarns. As I was walking around crocheting a shawl with a project bag hanging from my wrist (as you do), I was excited to find her booth and discover that she was a crocheter! She was crocheting a shawl at the time, though she knits as well, of course.</div>
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We ran into her again during the <a href="http://rosecityyarncrawl.com/">Rose City Yarn Crawl</a> last March, and chose some yarn to play with for a future <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns</a> Crochet Kit Club. But that Kit won't be coming until early 2018, so I was really excited when we came up with the a Shawl Kit to do together this year.</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>How long have you been dyeing yarn? </b><span style="background: white;">Since 2013,
after learning how to knit in 2011 & learning how to spin fiber into yarn
in 2012.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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yarn shop was looking for something specific and couldn't find it. We ended up developing a gradient kit for
customers and the reception was quite good.
I enjoyed collaborating and working with people who were creative and it
was great to see people make the kit we made and make it their own.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Then received a
Masters in Nanotechnology in 2005 from the University of Delft in The
Netherlands. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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or science that influences your dyeing? </b><span class="apple-converted-space">There
is a certain aspect that appeals to someone with a scientific background such
as repeatability, planning and experimentation, not to mention all the
chemistry behind it. I've always been a
big planner and with my scientific background experimentation and chemistry are
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<span class="apple-converted-space"> There are parts of dyeing
though that I would say are attractive to me for the very reason, that they are
the opposite of what I know and am comfortable with. For example, there is also a big part of
dyeing that is creativity. Not that I'm
not creative but the study and appeal of color and certain color combinations
is something that fascinates me. What
makes us creative? What makes us like
one color combination and hate another?
Dyeing is a combination of all these factors. I guess one of my best experiences is keeping
my own curiosity from when I was a child!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>What makes your yarn special or unique? </b>I would like to think what makes my yarn special is me! When I started dyeing my brain was riddled
with ways to modify the process and try and squeeze more and more color into
things. Yarn is my medium of expressing myself and<b> </b>always trying to push the boundaries and give people something
different to work with. For example,
early on I learned about pooling and how the dye process can influence it. So I made up a way to make skeins that didn't
pool. I also exploit pooling in a few of
my colorways. I've tried to come up with
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I've talked to my distributors and tried to
understand more about my supply chain.
I'm always talking to customers and finding out what they like as
well. What makes my yarns special is
me. My selection of the best bases I can
find, combined with the best techniques, while being sensitive to the supply
chain and aware of what my customers want.
Obviously this makes for a high quality product that is packed with
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dyeing process that non-dyers might not know? </b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white;">I don't just use any single dye technique out there. In many of my yarns I use multiple techniques
because each technique has both good and bad things about it. I have spent a lot of time working with
different fibers to try and understand how each of them behave in the dye
pot...because no one likes felted yarn or fiber! </span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white;"> Another thing that people may not know is
that my cake gradients are all made by me.
Cake gradients first need to be knitted up into what they call a blank
which is basically a piece of fabric.
They then need to be dyed, frogged (ripped out) and balled up. As you can imagine, this is all labor
intensive. Unlike other dyers I do not
buy my blanks, I make them myself because I want to be able to give my
customers gradients in yarns they don't see anywhere else. </span></span><span style="background: white; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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yarns? </b>Experimentation is
probably the biggest way I choose my colors at the moment, although I'm
currently trying to expand my knowledge on color and doing more and more
exercises on color planning and color studies.
My yarn names mostly come from how I feel when I hold the yarn. My colorway names come from every day
conversations that I have with people and I hear catch phrases that I think,
“that would be a great colorway name” so I write it down and really think about
what that would look like. Also,
sometimes a color comes out of the pot and it just looks like something so I go
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is that "Oregon" gradient cake just dyed up. Stacey is one <br />
of the few gradient dyers I've found who takes the extra steps to <br />
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colors? </b>Yes, but usually in
a strange and quarky way. For example for
Valentine's Day this year I made Dragon's Breath. It's a deep red tone for all those people who
like to enjoy garlic ladened meals on Valentine's.<o:p></o:p></div>
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reducing that number drastically. I will
be sticking to bases that are more luxurious since that is what I prefer to
work with. <b> </b>I prefer to work with cashmere and silk
blends along with a baby alpaca laceweight. <o:p></o:p></div>
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online? </b>My yarns and fiber
can be found currently at Pearl Fiber Arts in Portland, OR as well as online at
<a href="http://www.fiercefibers.com/"><span class="InternetLink">www.fiercefibers.com</span></a>. A small selection is also available at Embraceable
Ewe in Hamburg, NY as well as Quilt n' Things Fiber Arts in Montrose, CA. Also, please check out my events section on
my webpage to see me in person at future festivals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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first? </b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">I learned to crochet when I was very
young. My mom had a crochet blanket that
we would work on when we would sit on the couch and watch Dynasty
together. I did all sorts of crafty
things when I was younger, macrame, boondoggle, beading, friendship bracelets,
cross stitch. It all fell away as I
became a teenager and went to college.
After my second son was born I really wanted to learn how to knit so I
could make something with my hands. I
took one class and I was off. I made
some fibery friends and learned how to spin a few years after that. I will also confess to having rescued an
antique rug loom that my step-father is currently refurbishing for me.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-76057595545723181612018-01-18T07:00:00.000-08:002018-01-23T14:27:35.655-08:00Dyers in Their Studios - Teresa of Teresa Ruch Designs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our first <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> of 2018 features DK weight 100% Tencel Yarn dyed by Teresa Ruch of Teresa Ruch Designs. Teresa's tencel yarns caught my eye long before I met her, and I wanted to create a design using her yarns then. I finally got to meet her in person at a trunk show during the Rose City Yarn Crawl a couple of years ago. When I told her about our Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club she was interested enough to offer me a skein of yarn right then. But we knew we wanted to save her yarn for 2018 as the glossy sheen of the tencel fiber is a perfect fit for the Gothic Romance story that my author partner C. Jane Reid has cooked up for us. This is our first kit featuring a non-wool yarn, so I was especially interested to learn how making and dyeing tencel yarn is different from the wool most hand dyers work with. Here is more from Teresa:</div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">How long have you been dyeing yarn? </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I started playing with dyes in
the mid 70’s but started dyeing professionally in 1990 then full time in 2001.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">How did you get started dyeing?</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> I could not find the colors I
wanted to weave with, then I fell in love with color and what you could get
when you dyed your own yarns. I started with wool and silk in acid dyed, moved
to natural dyes, then back to fiber reactive dyes for cellulose mainly tencel.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">What is your background?</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> I learned to weave and dye in college when
I was a Home Ec major, my degree is in Anthropology. I took a job as a sample
weaver for a NW mill and was later promoted to a textile designer, mainly
computer jacquard designed fabrics for blankets, menswear, womenswear and
contract furniture upholstery. Then I went independent and now dye yarns for
yarn stores, knitters, weavers, crochet, and my own weaving work.</span></div>
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<b>Do you have any special experience with art or science that influences
your dyeing?</b> I worked in the textile industry for 18 years, taught textiles
and color at a local art college. </div>
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<b>What makes your yarn special or unique?</b> My primary yarn fiber is
Tencel which is a new age rayon. It uses hardwood junk trees that are pulped,
run through a chemical solution, collected and spun. The chemical solution must
be filtered and reused or is labeled as rayon. It uses very little or no water
in growing, no pesticides, no water in processing and is from a renewable plant
that was considered a junk tree.</div>
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might not know?</b> I tried to do this painted warp/yarn techniques in the 80’s
but cold batching in an Oregon winter takes about 7 days. I was told (and
observed at the mill) that you could exchange temperature for time meaning if I
raised the temperature fast enough in a controlled environment I could shorten
the batching time to hours or minutes. I chose minutes meaning that I use a
dedicated microwave to set the dyes. Unfortunately that does not shorten the
prep time or the rinse time. I purchase my yarns from a mill in Canada on mill
cones of 6+ lbs. These are wound into 4 oz. skeins and then dyed.</div>
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<b>How do you choose your colors and name your yarns?</b> Naming colors is
my most difficult task. When I was working at the mill our colors were based on
the first ingredient in the dye blend and it may or may not have any
relationship to the visual image of the yarn. I like to tie in the color name to the visual of the yarn. Blue Jazz is a deep rich cobalt blue to
black which to me is the blue smokey tones of jazz. The curry color is named
after the golden yellow color of the curry spice. </div>
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<b>Where do you find inspiration?</b> Everywhere. Colors in nature or in
pictures of nature, dreams, words, descriptions. I also pick up colors when I
travel by looking at the colors along the roads. I take a lot of pictures of
scenery when I travel.</div>
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<b>How many colorways do you have?</b> I have 16 colors that I sell to
yarn stores, 6 colors on the website and then when I do yarn fairs, shows, yarn
crawls I take all my “rogues” that are dyed colors that did not make the cut
for the stores, special orders or experiments.</div>
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<b>Do you create seasonal or special order colors? </b>Yes to both of
these. I will do a special color way of 4 colors for a special event, store
anniversary, knit along with a single event or a year long theme or a
conference theme.</div>
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that is what I am know for. I use 20/2 (sewing thread weight), 10/2 cobweb lace
weight, 5/2 lace weight, 3/2 sport/dk weight.</div>
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yarns stores, yarn stores that sell on line, through my web site (<a href="http://www.teresaruchdesigns.com/">www.teresaruchdesigns.com</a>). I also
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<b>What are your favorite colors? </b>Black because it punches the value
of all the other colors used with it. I also like the adjacent colors from
green blue through red violet and then is a new favorite every few months.
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<b>Favorite fibers?</b> Tencel but also silk.</div>
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<b>Do you crochet, knit, or spin? What came first?</b> First I am a
weaver. I have been weaving for 47 years. Second was spinning, then dyeing and
a little bit of knitting, crochet and lace. Dyeing is now my first love with
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tencel made up in different items.</div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-72227069225956911822017-10-10T15:50:00.000-07:002017-10-10T15:50:39.626-07:00Dyers In Their Studios - Veronika and Danny of YOTH Yarns<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For our <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">Winter Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> we have the pleasure of working with YOTH Yarns. YOTH stands for Yarn On The House, and this is truly a family business with even their yarns named for family members. We are using Father, a worsted weight domestically grown Rambouillet wool. Some of their other yarns are called Mother, Big Sister, and Little Brother.</span></div>
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<span style="clear: right; color: #444444; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhsD9l0DNMlZCXbFog_fROU-QZ1Bz-w_LHWamcpxFi5gc8gi51WB06RK18jiaw9BoHz9SZpsI8hKqIsBOIr6yTHLMnB_i4hTgBtPit6zr2u9lMVN2xk2cvL10GYk3wj5zvsq2pU8oHPI/s320/about_danny_large.jpg" width="320" /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first spotted this yarn company back in February of 2015 at Stitches West. Every time I passed their extra large booth I saw people with armloads of yarn ready to check out. By the last day they were nearly sold out of yarn and I got a chance to meet "Big Sister" Veronika. I learned that this was their first big show and they were from Washington state like I am. We were just getting ready to launch our first Kit Club then, and I kept them in mind for a future kit.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhsD9l0DNMlZCXbFog_fROU-QZ1Bz-w_LHWamcpxFi5gc8gi51WB06RK18jiaw9BoHz9SZpsI8hKqIsBOIr6yTHLMnB_i4hTgBtPit6zr2u9lMVN2xk2cvL10GYk3wj5zvsq2pU8oHPI/s1600/about_danny_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"></b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following year I got to meet "Little Brother" Danny and their "Mother" during the Rose City Yarn Crawl at their trunk show at The Knitting Bee. We thought their colorways would be perfect for the Western Story our author C. Jane Reid was cooking up for the Fall and Winter Kits this year. We needed 2 colors of worsted weight yarn for the design I had come up with for this project, and their Father was perfect.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOTH was started in 2013. It took us a good year to establish our brand and what we wanted to do with our company. We opened our online store October 16th of 2014 and have been busy creating yarns since!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started out hand dyeing our yarns on our kitchen stovetop like most hand dyers, but we quickly learned that we needed a dye studio in order to not only keep my kitchen from being ruined, but to produce better products and have the space to grow. After converting my garage and basement into a small factory and a soft open into the knitting marketplace locally at the beginning of our business, we made the choice to actually source a dyehouse that we wanted to work with. It was either that or keep growing our own dyehouse and we truly believed that working with Saco River Dyehouse would be a good fit and allow us to grow more quickly. We are happy that we took that route and our yarns are now dyed by Saco River using a cool technique that mimics the look of hand dyed that we love!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our colors are usually developed by me, Big Sister, and then really hammered down with the mom and Little Brother when the final calls are needing to be made. I really appreciate the perspective that comes from both of them, because I feel that color can be so relative. What you like might not be what I like, and finding a happy middle that still sticks to our brand is what is important. Names are a whole different story!! Those involve Google, Pinterest, the whole Team and a bottle of wine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We try and keep as much as we can in the US when it comes to fiber sourcing, milling, dyeing and selling. It's not always possible, but if you see an American Made stamp on your yarn tag, it's all from here!</span></div>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-16532132102306984152017-08-03T05:22:00.000-07:002017-08-18T13:06:43.289-07:00Sunflower Harvest Square - Moogly CAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thrilled to be a part of <a href="http://www.mooglyblog.com/category/2014-afghan-cal/" target="_blank">Moogly's 2017 Blanket CAL</a>. When Tamara first asked me, she thought squares weren't really my thing. But I reminded her that I actually wrote 2 whole books of squares and blankets! But I haven't designed squares in the round much, so it was a fun challenge.<br />
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When my kids were finishing Kindergarten, they were sent home with Sunflower Seeds with a little poem, telling them to plant them and when they bloomed in the fall it would be time for school. With kids heading back to school this design seemed appropriate. Enjoy!<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunflower
Square Pattern<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Designed by Laurinda Reddig of ReCrochetions.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Downloadable version now available on Ravelry includes Stitch Diagrams for both Right and Left-Handed Crocheters. Download <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sunflower-harvest-square" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Difficulty
Level – </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Intermediate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Finished
Size </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">– 12” by 12”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">MATERIALS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vanna’s
Choice Worsted Weight yarn in: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Taupe (A), Terracotta (B),
Mustard (C), </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kelly Green (D), and Sky Blue (E)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Size J
(6.0mm) hook, or hook to get gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yarn Needle, Scissors, and Stitch Markers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">GAUGE - </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">12 sts by 7 rows in double crochet = 4”x4”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">ABBREVIATIONS USED</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>(also see
special stitches)<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beginning (beg)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chain (ch)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Double Crochet (dc)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat (Rep)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Right Side (RS)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Single Crochet (sc)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Slip Stitch (sl st)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stitch (st)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Treble Crochet (tr)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wrong Side (WS)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yarn Over (yo)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SPECIAL
STITCHES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Puff:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[Yo,
insert hook in st, yo, pull up loop] 3 times in same st, yo, pull through all 7
loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Front Post Treble (fptr): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yo 2 times, insert hook
around post from front of next st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 lps
on hook] 3 times.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Front
Post Treble 2 Together (fptr2tog): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Yo 2 times, insert hook around
post from front of next st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops] 2
times; Repeat from * once, yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Double
Crochet 2 Together (dc2tog): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Yo, insert hook into next st,
yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops; Repeat from * once, yo, pull
through all 3 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Half
Double Crochet 2 Together (hdc2tog):</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> *Yo, insert hook into next
st, yo, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook); Repeat from * once, yo, pull through
all 5 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Single
crochet 2 together (sc2tog):</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> [Insert hook into next st,
yo, pull up a loop] 2 times, yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Treble
Crochet 2 Together (tr2tog): </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Yo 2
times, insert hook into next st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops]
2 times; Repeat from * once, yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">PATTERN: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">FLOWER</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Worked in the round with RS facing. With Color A, make a
reverse slip knot (<a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/2015/09/tutorial-tuesdayreverse-slip-knot.html" target="_blank">see tutorial</a>),
ch 2 (or magic loop, ch 1).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Working in second ch from hook (or magic loop), [Puff, ch 1] 4 times, join with
sl st in first puff, pull adjustable knot (magic loop) tight – 4 Puff sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sl
st in first ch-sp, ch 1, (Puff, ch 1, Puff, ch 1) in same ch-sp as sl st and
each ch-sp around, join with sl st in first puff – 8 Puff sts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 3:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sl
st in first ch-sp, ch 1, (Puff, ch 1, Puff, ch 1) in same ch-sp as sl st and
each ch-sp around, join with sl st in first puff – 16 Puff sts. Finish off Color
A.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 4:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Join
Color B with sl st in last ch-sp of Rnd 4. Ch 1, (Puff, ch 1, Puff, ch 1) in
same ch-sp as join, *Puff in next ch-sp, ch 1, (Puff, ch 1, Puff, ch 1) in next
ch-sp; Rep from * around to last ch-sp, Puff in last ch-sp, ch 1, join with sl
st in first puff – 24 Puff sts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rnd 5:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sl
st in first ch-sp, ch 1, (Puff, ch 1) in each ch-sp around, join with sl st in
first puff. Finish off Color B.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Color C with sl st in last ch-sp of Rnd 5. Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and
throughout), 2 dc in same ch-sp, 2 dc in next ch-sp, *3 dc in next ch-sp, 2 dc
in next ch-sp; Rep from * around, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 60 dc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3, *fptr around next dc, dc in top of same st as prev fptr, fptr around same st
as prev st, dc2tog**, dc in next 2 dc; Rep from * 10 more times; Rep * to **
once, dc in next dc, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 72 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3, fptr around next fptr, *2 dc in each of next 2 sts, fptr around same fptr as
prev 2 dc**, 2 dc2tog, fptr around same fptr as prev st; Rep from * 10 more
times; Rep * to ** once, dc2tog, join with sl st in top of beg ch – 96 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3, fptr around first fptr, dc in top of same st as prev fptr, dc in next 2 dc, *fptr2tog around prev fptr and next fptr, dc2tog in 2 dc behind frtr2tog, dc in
top of next fptr, dc in next dc2tog**, fptr2tog around prev fptr and next fptr,
dc2tog in dc2tog behind frtr2tog and in top of next fptr, dc in next 2 sts; Rep
from * 10 more times; Rep * to ** once, fptr around prev fptr, sk next fptr,
join with sl st in next dc – 96 sts. Finish off Color C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With
RS facing, mark Leaf placement with stitch markers in top of 6<sup>th</sup>, 12<sup>th</sup>,
and 18<sup>th </sup>fptr2tog stitches, and last fptr of Rnd 9. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hook from back, turn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Working into back bumps of ch 5, dc in first 3 chs, hdc in next ch, 3 sc in last
ch; Turn to work down other side of ch in unused loops of chs, hdc in second
ch, dc in next 3 chs, dc in side of joining sl st at base of beg ch, sk next
unused dc on Rnd 9, join with sl st around post of next dc inserting hook from
back, ch 2, sl st in top of next fptr2tog, turn </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">– 12 sts</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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in next 5 sts, 2 hdc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, 2 hdc in next sc, dc in next
4 sts, dc in side of joining sl st at beg of Row 1, join with sl st in top of
next fptr2tog, ch 2, sl st around post of next dc inserting hook from front,
turn </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">– 17 sts</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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in next 4 dc, hdc in same dc as prev dc, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts,
(sc, ch 1, sc) in next sc, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in same dc
as prev hdc, dc in next 3 dc, dc in side of joining sl st at beg of Row 2, join
with sl st around post of next dc inserting hook from back. Finish off Color D </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">– 22 sts</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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ch at point of any Leaf. Work in back loops only (blo) of Leaf sts and both
loops of Flower sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1, working in blo, (sc, ch 1, sc) in same ch as join, *sc in next sc, sc2tog,
sc in next hdc, hdc2tog, hdc in next dc, dc2tog, dc in next dc, tr2tog in blo
of last dc of Leaf and both loops of same dc as last sl st of Leaf; Working in
both loops, tr in next 3 sts, fptr around next dc, dc in next 3 sts, fptr
around next dc, tr in next 3 sts, tr2tog in top of same dc as Leaf sl st and
side of first Leaf sl st; Working in blo, dc in next dc, dc2tog, hdc in next
dc, hdc2tog, sc in next hdc, sc2tog, sc in next sc**, (sc, ch 1, sc) in corner
ch; Rep from * 2 more times; Rep from * to ** once, join with sl st in first sc
– 120 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1, sc in first sc, (sc, ch 1, sc) in ch-sp at corner, sc in each sc across to
next corner; Rep from * around, join with sl st in first sc – 128 sts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Our Fall Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club is featuring yarn dyed by Lynette Connors of </i></span></span><i style="color: purple; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Willamette Valley Wool Company. If her name sounds familiar, we worked with her on our second kit back in 2015. We don't often repeat dyers, but she recently rebranded her yarn company from Dragynknyts to Willamette Valley Wool Company, and has so many great new bases. C. Jane Reid and I had a blast at Lynette's Grand Opening just 2 weekends ago!</i></div>
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<i style="color: purple; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You can read our original Dyers In Their Studios Profile of Lynette from 2 years ago <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/2015/07/dyers-in-their-studios-profile-lynette.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. But we asked her to give us an update on what she is doing now, and how she got there. Remember tonight is your last chance to <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">PREORDER your Fall Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a>, before Midnight July 31st!</i><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My little dye company has grown quite a lot since you
posted my profile previously!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My business name has changed to Willamette Valley Wool
Company and I’m now working out of my own professional dye studio in Eugene,
OR. I have some retail space where I can sell and also host weekly social
knitting and spinning times (Thursday evenings 5-8 and Saturdays 11-4). And I’m
a member of the Indie Dyer Collaborative now, a group of professional indie
dyers and really amazing people. This professional membership has been key in
growing and expanding my business. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I dabbled with dyeing as far back as 2009, with just
powdered drink mix and cheap wool, but started seriously dyeing for myself with
professional dyes in 2013 and began selling first fiber, and then yarn in 2014.
At first, I had just four yarn bases and two fiber bases. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve grown my product line quite a lot since then. I now
regularly carry 12 breed specific fibers (both hand dyed and undyed), and
between 10 and 12 yarn bases, depending on the time of year, all high quality
wools and blends. My dyed fiber braids are 8 oz, undyed are 4 oz, and I have
sampler packs with all the breeds, and a learn to spindle kit with spindle and
fiber. I also do 4 oz blended batts, and gradient batts, as well as 1.5 oz art
batts. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m in the process of adding to my product offerings with
add-ins for spinning (silk noil, Angelina, etc.), needle felting kits, some
patterns, etc. I’ve also become a Spinolution spinning wheel dealer and carry
several other products in my shop from local makers including ceramic yarn
bowls, ceramic buttons and shawl pins, moisturizer bars, wool wash, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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colors for my own projects than what I was finding in commercial yarns. My
budget didn’t allow for much indie dyed stuff back then, so I started making my
own. When people wouldn’t stop asking me to dye for them, it turned into a
business, and has grown tremendously since then. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">My background before dyeing was mostly as a stay at home
mom homeschooling our kids. I did work part time in several yarn shops, sold
some finished knitted goods, and did a little pattern designing.</span></div>
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my tastes, my dye styles, etc. Customers have told me they recognize when
something is my yarn and that it looks different from others dyeing. I like to
choose unexpected color combos, I usually like high saturation, and I tend to
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because I offer so many different breeds, and I always dye 8 oz braids, which
are twice the size of what most dyers are doing. I also try to bring in breed
specific fibers with a variety of textures and avoid too many luxury blends.
I’ve just made an effort to be sure I’m offering different things than other
dyers in my region. I really believe there’s room for all of the wonderful
dyers when we all have a niche and a style.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Something non dyers might not know, I actually didn’t know
until I had been dyeing for a while. I didn’t realize how many different ways
dyers are dyeing. I learned two main methods, and I knew of a couple more, but
now I know, there are nearly as many different ways to dye yarn as there are
yarn dyers. There are very few hard and fast rules about how yarn can obtain a
new permanent color on wool. Now, I have branched out and have been
experimenting with several new to me techniques in addition to my tried and
true, and it’s improving my overall skill set and the quality of my products.
Non dyers also usually don’t understand how much labor goes into dyeing yarn,
especially for specialty products or when a dyer reaches production levels. For
me, this is a full time job now and I’m needing help to keep up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Inspiration: </b>My favorite inspirations are from traveling
and events. Things that I can experience personally. But I do also draw from
photos sometimes, too, and I have quite a lot of Pinterest boards for this
purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Colorways: </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For yarn: I have somewhere between
60 and 80 colorways, I stopped counting. For fiber: None right now, I do all my
fiber one of a kind (or usually three or four of a kind, but not repeatable).
However, I’m considering adding some regular colorways for gradient dyed braids
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my wholesale customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.wooldyelove.com/">www.WoolDyeLove.com</a> OR <a href="http://www.willamettevalleywoolcompany.com/">www.WillametteValleyWoolCompany.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and at some point will also have an online shop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVWoolCo/">https://www.facebook.com/WVWoolCo/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook is the place to look for
the most up to date information. Events, whether the shop might be closed, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/willamette_valley_wool_company/">https://www.instagram.com/willamette_valley_wool_company/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instagram gives you a peek into what
I’m doing and working on day to day and will have the most up to date
announcements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/wooldyelove/">https://www.pinterest.com/wooldyelove/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have many, many inspiration boards
on Pinterest to draw color inspiration from whenever I need some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ravelry Group: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/wooldyelove-chat-n-share">http://www.ravelry.com/groups/wooldyelove-chat-n-share</a> This group has been edited, it was formerly the DragynKnyts
group but now that I’ve changed my business name, I’ve updated the group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">LYS: You can find my yarns and
fibers in my own studio in Eugene, OR during open times, and at trunk shows in
LYS’s and at fiber festivals around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Current retailers carrying my
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cozy. In Eugene, OR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ewe and I in Chehalis, WA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blizzard Yarn and Fiber in
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Thanks Lynette! And Thanks to Lynette's recommendations all THREE of those yarn shops she mentioned have invited me to teach there.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Remember Today is the LAST DAY to <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/" target="_blank">PreOrder the Fall Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> featuring Lynette's Yarn, you can choose "Smudge Stick" or "Shrimp". Don't miss your chance!</i></span><br />
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Welcome Brooke Sinnes of Sincere Sheep, the dyer for our <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Summer Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a>. Brookes booth at fiber shows always catches my eye because of the lovely soft shades of color you can only get when dyeing with natural materials, including Indigo, which is mentioned in several of of the fictional stories author C. Jane Reid writes for our Kits.<br />
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Indigo was a commonly used element for dyeing in the historical periods of the stories, but can be used to achieve a whole range of colors beyond the blues one would expect. In fact both the pale blue St. Bart's and dark burgandy Urchin colors choices for the summer kit are created using Indigo. Because Brooke's cormo yarns are custom spun exclusively for Sincere Sheep, she was able to create extra large skeins for our kits, so we would have enough for a larger project for this kit. We are so excited to be working with her! Now let's get to know more about Brooke and Sincere Sheep....</div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>How long have you been dyeing yarn? </b>Since about 2013.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>How did you get started dyeing?</b> I found out that local farmers were composting or throwing away their wool because the wool prices were so low that it didn’t make sense to ship it to the local wool pool.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>What is your background?</b> I have a degree in Landscape Architecture.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>Do you have any special experience with art or science that influences your dyeing?</b> My dad is an artist and writer so I grew up around art.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>Where do you create? </b>My studio is located in the side yard and garage of my house. It’s not particularly sexy but it allows me the flexibility I need since I have an eight-year-old son. I currently employ 3 people part-time beside myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b>What makes your yarn special or unique?</b> All my yarn is naturally dyed and my yarn bases are primarily domestically sourced and spun and breed specific.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Reposting this in honor of Dr. Seuss' Birthday today, from when I first wrote it in April 2013. </div>
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Since then I've seen my poem shared all over Facebook and Pinterest, and even changed to "knit" by a couple knitters who recited it at a PJ Party at a Stitches a few years ago... although I thought that was pretty funny that they didn't realize you can't just replace a 2-syllable word (cro-chet) with a 1-syllable word (knit) throughout a poem - totally ruins the pentameter and rhythm. "Eat them" simply cannot be replaced by "knit", but "cro-chet" fits perfectly!</div>
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As I spend every waking moment with yarn in hand, madly working on the samples for my next book, this little poem has been forming in my brain. I thought it was time to type it out and share. Every one of the places included are ones where I have in fact crocheted (most within the past week!).<br />
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Where is the strangest place you have ever crocheted?Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-51369023412467146092017-01-11T17:33:00.000-08:002017-01-11T19:06:52.054-08:00Bea's 'Dodi - New Pattern - What The Heck is a 'Dodi?!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I held up the hand span of crochet I’d worked. Lacey holes like starburst danced from row to row in a color that reminded me of a nighttime in the woods, where the black sky and the brown woods twine together to trick the eye until a spot of starlight shines through.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">This is yet another example of how author </span><a href="http://www.cjanereid.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">C. Jane Reid</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> and I work together to develop her stories and my designs to seamlessly tie them together for our kits and books. We wanted the project for the </span><a href="http://ficstitchesyarns.com/2016/12/winter-2016-kit-club-reveal/" style="background-color: transparent;">Winter Kit</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> to be a lacy scarf that symbolized the starlight seen through the dark trees of the forest as Hollis is traveling. </span></div>
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I started with a version of filet crochet, which uses chains and spaces to create diamonds and stars. But I was not satisfied with the look of the stars, as the typical way of working filet crochet stars does not look the same on the top and bottom. By working into the gap between stitches and adding some special decrease stitches, I achieved the look I wanted.</div>
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We chose this gorgeous blend of yak, silk, and merino from <a href="http://mosaicmoon.com/">Mosaic Moon</a> after C. Jane discovered that buffalo fiber was used in that time period. Yak is not quite the same, but the animals are related, and what the early Americans called buffalo were actually bison because they look similar. Both their fiber is softer than wool, though I believe bison is even softer, and we like to expose our kit buyers to a variety of fibers.</div>
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Unable to pronounce the long Cherokee word, Bea shortens it to 'Dodi, after Hollis gifts the finished scarf to her. The starburst lace also resembles Cherokee symbols of home, which is what he feels whenever he thinks of the widow he visits each year along his travels. Perhaps this delicately hooked gift will be the gesture to turn friendship to something more... </span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: transparent;">You can now purchase the pattern for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beas-dodi">Bea's 'Dodi</a> on Ravelry, and Hollis's story, <i>The Solitary Stitch</i>, will be released in a full novel later this year. As always, our Kit Club members were the first to read the stories, but you can catch up on the first to books in the <a href="http://amzn.to/2j9mUqs">Unraveling Series</a>. while you are waiting for Book 4.<br />
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A new story (Book 5 in the series) is starting with our <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Spring Kit Club</a>, following the next generation of Hollis' family. Don't miss another Story and Kit, <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">PreOrders</a> are open the month of January only!</span><br />
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Our first dyer of the New Year is Scarlet Tang of Huckleberry Knits. Long before I got totally hooked on hand dyed yarns, I started noticing Scarlet's gorgeous dark colorways in her booth at OFFF (Oregon Flock and Fiber). Every year I was drawn to her booth by the deep hues she creates that really make her yarn stand out. </div>
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We are excited to feature her Huckleberry Knits DK weight yarn in our <a href="http://ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> for Spring 2017. Her American Dream is 100% merino yarn grown and milled in the USA, which is a perfect tie in with the stories of the early US included in each kit club. Learn more about Scarlet and her yarns....</div>
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<b>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I got my first dyes in 2006, just to try
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After I had my baby, I wanted to knit him
something, so I went into a yarn shop. I fell in love in with the handpainted
yarn that I saw there and thought it might be kind of fun to try making some
myself. I was right, it was!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I used to be a public involvement
specialist, working to engage the community in transportation planning and
protecting water resources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m a musician but otherwise I don’t have any
artistic background. My drawing ability is limited to stick figures and
chemistry was easily my worst subject in school. My poor patient art teachers
through the years would never have expected me to be doing work like this!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really like my colors to have lots of
depth and richness. Even my semi-solid colorways are usually multiple shades,
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Many of my tonal colorways are dyed with multiple colors and sometimes
in more than one dyebath, meaning they take twice as long to heat-set as a more
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Inspiration comes from a wide variety of
sources. Sometimes I see a gorgeous combination of colors in a photograph; my
husband will see me tearing something out of a magazine and ask, “Is that
another colorway?” Other times it comes from what I’m reading or watching. One
huge source of inspiration this year was the musical Hamilton. And I’ve come up
with several great colorways from the mess that I make while I’m dyeing—a
splatter of something will land next to another series of colors and I’ll
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My palette is very seasonally based. Living
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the time of year, and what I’m in the mood to dye varies accordingly. When it’s
grey and cold outside, I go for the saturated jewel tones, spring and summer
gets me into the brighter shades, and in the fall I am all about the fall
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of base yarns is always a challenge for me. There are so many beautiful bases
out there but I know I can’t carry them all. I have six fingering bases, which
is a bit too many if I’m going to carry a range of colors in all of them, but
they’re all different and all so lovely that I can’t cut them any further. I
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I’ve been trying to support American wool businesses
as much as possible. I grew up near Lowell, MA, the heart of the Industrial
Revolution, so preserving the domestic textile industry is in my blood. My
American Dream yarn line is sourced entirely from the US—the wool is grown
here, if it’s superwash it’s treated right here in the US, it’s washed and
combed and spun and dyed here. I’m really happy that the DK version will be the
club yarn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The best variety is at shows. Right now I’m
gearing up for my February shows, Madrona Fiber Arts, where you can find my
yarn and spinning fiber in the Northwest Yarns booth, and fingering yarn, and
Stitches West. I’ll also be doing a couple of trunk shows during the Rose City
Yarn Crawl in the Portland, OR metro area. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Online, you can find me at huckleberryknits.com.
My web site has a list of my retailers—there are shops in Washington, Oregon,
British Columbia, and Kansas that currently carry my yarn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am a sucker for wool/silk blends. Right
now I’m sampling a new singles yarn that is 75% merino, 15% cashmere, and 10%
silk. I really don’t need another fingering base—but I’m not sure I’m going to
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I learned to crochet and knit as a kid, and
crochet was my preferred craft. There was one year when I went through my mom’s
book of crochet stitches and tried every single one. Now I have bad wrists, and
the crochet motion aggravates my tendinitis. So I’m a knitter these days.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I started spinning after hearing a lecture
by Judith MacKenzie. That’s my relaxing hobby—I spin for the pure pleasure of
it, without too much stress about how my yarn turns out. My knitting projects
have to be as perfect as I can make them, but spinning is all about the
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My newest pattern, <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/p/cal_28.html">Decadent Bliss</a> is a long crescent shawl which can be worn in endless ways. The beauty of this shape shawl is that is doesn't need a shawl pin to stay put. This collaboration with <a href="https://fiercefibers.com/">Fierce Fibers</a> will be be a Crochet Along coming in January, with kits available <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/p/cal_28.html">here</a> for Preorder This Month Only!</div>
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<b>Just a few ways Decadent Bliss (or any long crescent shawl) can be worn:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Simple Wrap:</b> Leave one long end of the shawl in front, <br />and drape the rest around to fall at the back.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The long ends will keep the shawl in place, while the <br />lovely lace border is shown off across the front.</span></td></tr>
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The pattern for this gorgeous shawl will be released in January. However, if you <b><a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/p/cal_28.html">Preorder the CAL Kit</a></b> for the yarn and pattern this month, you will be the first to receive the pattern, as the kits will ship in time for Christmas. Kits will include one 750 yard ball of this delicious baby alpaca and silk gradient lace weight yarn and a printed copy of Laurinda's pattern, with clearly written and tech edited instructions and symbol diagrams.<br />
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About one month ago, I was driving through my neighborhood, and happened to see someone in her garage, holding up a "naked" undyed skein of yarn. I rolled down my window, and asked her if she was dyeing yarn. It turned out she is the dyer behind <b>In The Deep Hue Sea</b>, and she had just moved to my neighborhood from southern California, and we had a couple of mutual friends among other yarn dyers. I love having a yarn dyer in my neighborhood, and getting so see what she's dyeing from day to day as I pass on my way to pick my kids up from school.</div>
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yarn for about 8 years, in a business setting for about 2. </span></div>
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started dyeing?</b> I got started dyeing when my oldest son was little. He was
cloth diapered and in the cloth diaper world everyone has their kids in SUPER
CUTE knitted and crocheted gear! That is when I decided to learn how to knit.
In doing so, I found the wool selection in big box stores were seriously
lacking in pretty yarns. I moved on to buying ALL the super awesome indie dyed
yarns, and eventually wanted to try it myself! I never looked back after that.
I was hooked!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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background? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I studied music in college. My job before dyeing full time was
as a Sr. Marketing Coordinator. </span></div>
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influences your dyeing?</b> I have always had a love for color. I had an online
fabric store for a long time and have based numerous colorways on fabric. My
love for fabric had a serious impact on my dyeing in the early days and without
my background in fabric, I don’t think I would be where I am as a dyer today. </span></div>
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leaving undyed bits in our yarn, and feel it gives our yarn depth. We LOVE
super saturated colors and speckles are our favorite thing to dye!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is something
interesting about my dye process that non-dyers might not know? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think something that
would shock most non-dyers is the amount of time it actually takes to dye the
yarn from start to finish. It is a multiple day process and missing a step
could cause a catastrophe! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you choose your colors and name your yarns? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Choosing colors is always a hard one for me. Sometimes I blindly choose colors and see if I can create something that is pleasing. Sometimes I choose specific colors for an idea I have swirling around in my head. It just depends! As for naming colorways, honestly, a lot of the times I use song lyrics for names of yarn. If I don’t have music playing while dyeing and labeling there is something wrong!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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inspiration? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All over! People, pictures, nature. Inspiration is everywhere,
you just need to find it.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you create seasonal or special order colors? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do. I LOVE to do customs for this reason, especially photo matching. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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types of bases do you use? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Right now we have 15 bases that we dye regularly. We love dyeing
custom bases though! If it’s not on our list, we can order something that a
customer wants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where can we find your yarns? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In yarn stores you can find us in: Gather DTLA <a href="http://togatherdtla.com/" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none;">http://togatherdtla.com/</span></a> The Last Bookstore 453 S Spring St. #M1 Los Angeles, CA 90013 </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yarn Del Sol </span><span style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://yarndelsol.com/" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://yarndelsol.com/</a> </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">24471 Alicia Parkway #2 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 StevenBe </span><span style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://stevenbe.com/" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://stevenbe.com/</a> </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3448 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Online you can find us at <a href="http://www.inthedeephuesea.com/" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none;">www.InTheDeepHueSea.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What are your favorite
colors? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rainbow!!!
And grey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you crochet, knit
or spin? Which came first? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I knit and would love to learn how to crochet! I also have a
spinning wheel that really wants me to use it more often!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would like to share? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes! I would like to take a minute to introduce the Indie Dyer
Collaborative. <a href="http://www.indiedyed.com/" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #365899; text-decoration: none;">http://www.indiedyed.com/</span></a> The Indie Dyer
Collaborative is an exceptional group of dyers from around the world. Their
mission is to create a network of established Indie Dyers with impeccable
products and customer service all while supporting each other’s businesses and
lifting each other up. It’s a wonderful group of dyers and you all should
definitely check it out!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of the colorful racks of drying yarn I have spied <br />since Erica moved into my neighborhood.</td></tr>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-9785994289816003832016-10-24T14:36:00.000-07:002016-10-24T17:00:31.618-07:00Fiber Farmer Profile - Karin of White Oaks Alpacas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-indent: 0in;">As our first Fiber Farmers on The Farm Profile, we would like to introduce Karin Finch of White Oaks Alpacas. Her yarn was used in the Capriccia Cowl that was sent in Week 3 of <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/2016/10/cowltober-free-weekly-patterns-this.html">COWLtober</a>. We met Karin at a fiber festival a couple of years ago, and she invited us represent crochet at her annual Sheared Delights Open House event that she does every May.</span></div>
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<b>BACKGROUND <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Bought our first 2 alpacas in 1999 and proceeded to
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Always loved
animals and the country lifestyle wanted to blend the two. No special experience
but have enjoyed learning how to care for alpacas and have become a knitter,
spinner and fiber artist in the process.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What kind of fiber products are made from your animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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We feature roving and yarns custom made from our
alpacas fiber and finished goods ie shawls, gloves, mitts, mittens, scarves,
socks made from American alpaca fiber including ours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What makes your
fiber special or unique? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Our alpaca
and products are all American produced and I use the best mills I can find,
preferably in the Pacific Northwest to do the processing. You can buy a roving
or skein of yarn and come meet the alpaca that produced the fiber. We support
local businesses, hand spinners, knitters and fiber artists.<span style="color: #c00000;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What is something interesting about your animals or the
sheering process that someone who doesn't raise animals for fiber might not
know? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Every part of our operation is ‘hands on with love’.
We lay our alpacas down to shear, this reduces the chance of getting hurt.
Using soft rope hobbles they are gentle lowered to a matt in our barn and are
shorn by rolling from one side to the other. There is always someone at their
head to make sure they are comfortable. In this position we can gather the
fleece quickly as the shearer shears, check the alpaca from tip to toes, trim
toenails and give annual vaccinations. This is not just shearing time it’s our
time to evaluate the health of each animal too. In about 30 min they are done
with their ‘Spa’ date and back in the pasture until next shearing. We make it
as stress free as possible and they get a great new look for Summer.<span style="color: #c00000;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How do you choose your animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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We select for the best fiber on a strong healthy
alpaca <o:p></o:p></div>
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While we strive for improved fineness and uniformity
of their fiber we also look for great conformation and temperament. Evaluation
of each animal is important in the choice of breeding, deciding which male has
the characteristics that will improve the female is part of that process. We
use our on ranch studs or have bought breedings to off ranch males to
complement our females. We started with 2 females and have grown our herd from
there. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What is your favorite part about the animals or collecting
and processing the fiber? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Watching our alpacas grazing in our pastures on a
beautiful day is magical. Each has a personality, they all relate to each other
in the herd and when they are enjoying their day they will pronk around the
pasture. Pronking is sort of a hop, skip and run all at the
same time, only done when happy and to see 40+ alpacas doing it is really
something. I am the happiest when I am
working with alpaca fiber in some way.
Be that up to my elbows in skirting fleece to send to the mills for
processing. I love challenging myself to
create a new roving on my drum carder either by blend or color, and the
pleasure I get spinning or knitting with the fiber from our wonderful alpacas.</div>
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<b>JUST THE FACTS <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>What breeds of animals do you keep?</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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We specialize in Huacaya Alpacas. There are two
kinds, Huacaya and Suri alpacas. Both are alpacas just look and have different
fiber characteristics, Huacaya fluffy, Suri long, silky look. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How did you choose those animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Best fit for our lifestyle, they take less area,
food and daily care than some other livestock and I didn’t want anything I
needed to slaughter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have 74 on the ranch right now. As part of our
business plan we board and care for alpacas from 3 other ranches. Our personal
herd is about 30. We had 3 cria (babies) born this summer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>When do you sheer the fur/fiber? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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We shear in mid to late April each year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Why is that time more desireable than any other time of
year? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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We have a great covered barn so can shear on the
early side and have them done before we get any hot weather. Walking around in
your heavy winter coat when our temps reach 80 in May is not very comfortable. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How much do you collect on average? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Average is 3-5 pounds of fiber on each alpaca. That
can depend on age, density, cleanliness and length of locks. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How do you process it/store it? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Each fleece is taken off the alpaca in 3 bags, #1
for Prime...blanket, #2 for neck fiber, #3 for leg. I skirt each bag of fleece
for each alpaca separately, that means that I pull out anything that is debris,
dirty or that I don’t want in the finished product. Then I decide what will be
the end product, i. e. roving, yarn, etc. and if I will process or send to the
mill. Fleeces are put in 33 galleon clear plastic bags and stored on shelves in
our shop until I have skirted them. For longer term shelf storage I use heave
paper bags and tape shut. Periodic checking for moths is a must. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Where can we find
yarns or fiber made from your animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Blizzard Yarn & Fiber, Vancouver, WA <o:p></o:p></div>
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Urban Wolves
Fibre Arts, Vancouver, WA <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PERSONAL <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>What do you enjoy
most about working with animals and fiber?
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Interacting with our animals on a daily basis and
the opportunity to create with their fiber. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you name your animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Absolutely! Each has a name and knows it, but they
have a cat like personality and don’t always respond. Ps. we also love cats,
have 2 house cats and 2 barn cats. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you have a favorite among your animals? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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2 of our stud males are probably my favorites,
Macallan 11 and Maximus. They are our first choice when we want to take alpacas
to yarn shops or other events. Also I am
a sucker for the cria, this year we had 3. 2 boys and a girl and they are too
cute. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you crochet, knit, spin, or dye? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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All of the above although I need to take some of
Laurinda’s classes on crochet to get better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Which came first? Your choice to farm for fiber? </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Property came first. But the alpacas have led me
down the path to being a fiber artist. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Or did your animals lead to your love of farming for fiber?
We have 30 acres, always wanted a
‘little’ more room but never thought we would have this much and be ranching.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anything else you
would like to share? You don’t have to
have acreage to love alpacas and their amazing fiber. Come share our journey,
meet our alpacas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Any long looped cowl may
be called an "Infinity Cowl" these days. But a true infinity cowl is
one with a "Mobius Twist" </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">where each round forms a figure eight or infinity symbol, creating
a twist in the loop as you work. Learn how expanding each round from the center
out will affect your stitch pattern and how to adjust your stitches to look
their best on both sides of the work whether working into a chain or foundation
single crochets.</span></div>
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continue working once more around in unused loops of beginning chain, inserting
hook in same hole as first time around but from the other side of the stitch.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">7. Each completed round
forms a figure 8 or "infinity" symbol. Finish round by joining
in first stitch and turning, or work in continuous rounds, depending on the
pattern.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Note: When working
continuous rounds with a mobius loop, the top half will be all the right sides
of the stitches while the bottom half is all wrong sides of the rounds. This
looks better with some stitch patterns than others.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">COWLtober Week 2: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/twist--spin-cowl">Twist & Spin Cowl</a><br />in Spincycle Knit Fast Die Young</span></td></tr>
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-69588900878396590832016-10-17T08:09:00.000-07:002017-08-03T03:51:12.072-07:00Tutorial: Starting a Mobius Twist - LH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Any long looped cowl may be called an "Infinity Cowl" these days. But a true infinity cowl is one with a "Mobius Twist" </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">where each round forms a figure eight or infinity
symbol, creating a twist in the loop as you work. Learn how expanding each round from the
center out will affect your stitch pattern and how to adjust your stitches to
look their best on both sides of the work whether working into a chain or
foundation single crochets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Rotate end of chain one half turn so back bump is facing you to create a half twist on one end</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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Laurinda Reddighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830476432659967073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082668434313906830.post-90959435166904423602016-10-13T16:45:00.000-07:002016-10-16T14:21:24.944-07:00Dyers in Their Studios – Morwenna of Mosaic Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The talented indie yarn dyer for our next <a href="http://www.ficstitchesyarns.com/">Ficstitches Yarns Kit Club</a> is Morwenna Palmehn of Mosaic Moon. My author partner, C. Jane Reid was actually the one to discover Morwenna at the <a href="http://columbiagorgefiberfestival.com/">Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival</a> last year. She chatted up Morwenna and her daughter and encouraged me to go talk to them about using their yarn for a future Kit Club. I was immediately drawn to her full skein gradient kits. She has an amazing eye for color, and combining them in ways you may never have thought of. </div>
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When I found her booth, she gave me a little sampler bag of mini skeins of several different yarns that she had prepared for designers interested in using her yarns. This was a brilliant idea, because when I was looking for a new dyer a few months later to add to our Kit Club line up for this year, I saw her samples, balled up one of the mini skeins and started swatching immediately. </div>
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Learn more about Morwenna and her yarn in her own words:</div>
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<b>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>How long have you been dyeing yarn?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I have been
dyeing yarn for almost 13 years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How did you get started dyeing?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I started
dyeing yarn when I realized just how expensive the ‘good’ yarns were at my LYS. I thought ‘I can do that!’ and just fooled
around and taught myself. At this time,
I had 5 young children, ages 1 to 13 years and had a small knitting business. I quickly realized that it would be much more
profitable for me to dye my own yarns than to purchase them already dyed. I was knitting mainly wool soakers (diaper
covers) and they were very popular…but, slowly, the yarn began to be in more
demand than the knitted items and my yarn dyeing business took off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What is your background? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I have a
degree in early childhood education and had worked on and off at a
daycare/preschool for almost 10 years in between having my own kids. Since then, I was a homeschooling,
stay-at-home-mom. When my husband quit
his job due to a work injury about 10 years ago, we decided to try to build the
business up to the point where we could derive our living from it. We went from me dyeing in our kitchen to a warehouse,
and more recently to our property where we recently completed remodeling the
garage as a dye studio and putting up a yurt for office and storage space.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Do you have any special experience with art
or science that influences your dyeing? </b>No, although I have always been a
mad experimenter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>YOUR YARN</b></div>
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<b>What makes your yarn special or unique?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I have a
vast array of colorways from multi-colored variegated to semisolids. Many of them are named by customers and we
have a lot of ‘nerdy’ colorways inspired by pop culture. We also offer over 50 yarn and fiber types
regularly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since I
learned to dye by experimenting, I don’t follow the typical scientific formula
for mixing dyes as outlined on the dyeing jars.<span style="color: #c00000;"> </span> Almost all of my individual colors are mixed
(not straight from the jar) and contain several different dye colors. I don’t dye strictly ‘correctly’ but more
‘artistically’ (while still following all of the rules for setting dyes, etc.)<span style="color: #c00000;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I get a lot
of my colors by experimenting and by inspiration from pictures or fabrics that
I like, or have been asked to draw inspiration from by customers.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I have drawn
inspiration from Celtic myths and names.
I am really into history and etymology.
Nature is a huge inspiration for me, from my amazing state of Oregon to
nature photos online. I have also done
many ‘pop culture’ inspired colorways—specifically nerdy shows like Dr Who,
Harry Potter, Sherlock, Star Wars, etc. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>JUST THE FACTS</b><br />
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<b>How many colorways do you have? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I have
hundreds—I have stopped counting but I am sure it’s over 600 now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Absolutely! I have colorways based on seasons, holidays,
festivals, etc. I also do custom
colorways by vote on my Raverly group.
If enough customers vote for a custom, I will dye it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have 50+
bases from fingering through bulky weight to rovings that are all wool or wool
blends.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I get my
yarn bases from several different suppliers.
I prefer more natural/untreated and organic yarns and fibers, but I also
carry lots of superwash options. My
yarns are all mill-spun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve
recently started selling to yarn stores and am adding new accounts slowly. You can find Mosaic Moon yarns and fibers at
the Knotty Lamb in Forest Grove, Oregon and also the Village Yarnery in
Springfiled Missouri. I also sell
through my website at <a href="http://www.mosaicmoon.com/">www.mosaicmoon.com</a>
as well as Etsy, and at fiber festivals and shows.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What are your favorite colors?</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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My very
favorite colors are Fall colors—deep jewel tones and also muted colors—Deep
reds, greens, golds, browns, burnt oranges, etc.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Favorite
fibers would be targhee wools, rambouillet wools, Polwarth wools. I appreciate the ‘fancier’ fibers but don’t
personally use many of them in my own knitting and spinning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I knit,
learned at about age 8. I also just
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Knitting,
Crocheting, and Spinning to me are important arts. I love things that are ‘real’ and
natural—arts where you can make gorgeous things with your hands and have people
put them to good use. I think that this
type of craft is ever more important in our increasingly instant-gratification
world. I love it that we can pass on our
knowledge and skills to the next generation as well. For me, dyeing goes right along with all of
this, and I see it as a noble profession.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Worked using one skein fingering weight yarn (435 yards) on a size G or H hook. Sample made in <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/2014/05/dyers-in-their-studios-wendy-of-shaggy.html">Shaggy Bear Farms</a> BFL & Tussah Silk hand-dyed yarn. </span>(Did you miss Week 1? This pattern now included as a gift when you sign up for my mailing list!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quick and cozy cowl with a true infinity twist uses one skein chunky weight yarn (100 yards) on a size P (15mm). Sample shown uses <a href="http://www.recrochetions.com/2015/01/dyers-in-their-studios-rachel-and-kate.html">Spincycle's</a> Knit Fast Die Young yarn, which has long color changes that are shown off in this design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Made heavy worsted weight yarn (196 yards per skein) on a size M or N hook. Instructions for two sizes using </span><span style="font-size: large;">one or two skeins.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Sample shown in <a href="http://www.whiteoakalpacas.com/">White Oaks Alpaca's</a> 50/50% Alpaca and Bamboo yarn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Worked using approximately 200 yards of DK weight yarn. Sample shown used one of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lux Adore's</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://luxadornaknits.com/collections/fun-size-bundles/products/fun-size-bundles-beachcomber" style="font-size: x-large;">Fun Size DK Bundles</a> <span style="font-size: large;">in 100% Cashmere yarn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final cowl for COWLtober is still a mystery. But will feature a very colorful Worsted Weight yarn from an awesome yarn dyer who just happened to move to my neighborhood last month, <a href="http://www.inthedeephuesea.com/">In The Deep Hue Sea</a>. I will reveal the sample Cowl at the Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, where we will both have a booth, the weekend before Halloween.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Special thanks to my brother in law Guy Holtzman for the phtography, and my friend <a href="http://patchedup-artist.deviantart.com/">Nancie Helders</a> for my adorable COWLtober Owls! She's actually an awesome anime art</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">ist!</span></div>
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