Dyed in the Wool Handmade

Monika has published the awaited pattern for the Mohana Shawl – get it here!

Monika, as usual, puts us all to shame with her mad skillz. She asked me to dye some superwash fibre for her a while ago, in silvery-grey colours suitable for a gift for her dad. She spun the yarn and knit the scarf and took beautiful photos.

Shannon finished spinning her coopworth in the Sweet Pepper colourway and I got to see it in person on Tuesday. It’s so beautiful! Can’t wait to see it knit up. She’s also knitting some socks for her daughter with my Fingering Sock in Blueberry.

Also, The Gadabout Knitter has finished spinning up the Coffee Caramel corriedale she bought, in a gorgeous 2-ply!

Last but not least, Tara has a half-FO in a single Embossed Leaves sock!

I just started a Flickr group for people to post what they make from Dyed in the Wool Handmade yarn and fibre, so if you’ve got a Flickr account and have made something, please join and post your photos to the pool.

Edited to add: My apologies! I completely forgot to mention Kimbelina’s new Seafoam Lace Scarf! I did a custom dye for her on laceweight yarn she provided since I don’t carry any laceweight in the shop (yet), and it’s just beautiful. She brought it to SNB and it’s just awesome.

Edited some more: I can’t believe I forgot to mention Chelle’s Mini-Clapotis! (Scroll down past the old people necking.) She knit the whole thing from one skein of Fingering Sock, approx 4 oz. It’s really nice!

Monika has made my day in a couple of ways. First I want to brag about the beautiful shawl she knit for a friend who could really use some comfort. She commissioned me to dye yarn for her in a colourway reminiscent of certain blue-green crystals and semi-precious stones and she sent me some images to work from. I came up with this yarn. Monika turned the yarn into a truly genius piece of knitting.

Monika also gave me a little award! I’m ridiculously pleased to receive it. Thanks, Monika! I’m supposed to pass it forward to blogs that make my day but there are so many (check my sidebar links!) so I’ll pare it way down and direct you to the blogs of my real-life SNB buds:

Chez Chelle – Chelle
Dreams of Yarn – Shannon
Kimbelina – Kimberly
Needles, Yarn and a Big Chunk of Chocolate – Michelle
Yosemite’s Knitting Addiction – Rochelle

Monika has been busy. She recently finished an awesome pair of colourwork socks using my Fingering Mediumweight in Flamingo. She ALSO spun a gorgeous navajo-plied skein of superwash merino in Twigs and Berries.