Bonus Content: Process for dyeing the tencel or the wool content Featuring: 50% Recycled Wool, 50% Tencel Our Goal: Dye a solid-shade yarn for a specific pattern, and learn how to dye the tencel content or the wool content. Abstract: Today I’ll show you how to prep and dye a mixed-fiber yarn for both the […]
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Featuring: Knomad Cirrus (70% Super Kid Mohair, 30% Silk Laceweight) Our Goal: To take a sweater pattern and reverse engineer the dye application to work up how we want it to featuring the dip dye ombre technique. Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cumulus-blouse Abstract: Dip dyeing is almost always demonstrated on superwash blends, because they uptake as much as […]
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Featuring: Knomad Meringue (70% Baby Alpaca, 7% Wool, 23% Nylon) Our Goal: To achieve a kettle dyed look on an alpaca base and learn about the characteristics of this fiber and best practices to dye it to maintain the beautiful halo. Abstract: Baby alpaca is a delightfully warm and soft fiber, but requires extra finesse […]
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How we break down a reference image, select the dye color, and dye application style to best knit up like the reference image Featuring: Knomad Bianca Fingering Weight 2 ply superwash merino Our Goal: Take the sunset reference image, select the colors that best represent both the image and work well together, and select a […]
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I always look forward to the end of gift knitting season because it means I get to return to knitting for my favorite recipient: myself. Knitting for my own wardrobe is my absolute favorite thing to do! We decided to take inspiration from ready to wear and create a beautiful designer sweater of our very […]
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