Time to explore what Spring has to offer. Check out my new wool offerings on Etsy by clicking here.
Dust off that project and add some new April energy to it. Time to come out to play. Venture out. Be beautiful and adventurous. Who knows what Spring can do!
Have a creative day ~ Karen
See the PDF instant downloadable pattern for the hooked and prodded bird and nest. This pattern also comes with an added punchneedle embroidery size.
Another week of being knee deep in wool yardage and boy do I feel lucky! It is just part of a days work for me. One that never ever gets old! Marbleizing wool and the dyeing process is so magical. And just touching wool Continue reading
Some new wools have been listed today in my etsy shop, along with several colors that got sold out. You are the first Continue reading
New wools have just gone online in my Etsy shop. These are hand-dyed marbleized colors that are all soft and muted, perfect for many applications such as sewing and doll making, penny rugs, rug hooking, and Continue reading
a lovely taupe wool called Tattered is getting labelled
Just a heads up about the new wool heading to my Etsy shop. I have been dyeing more marbleized wool colors and am excited to introduce them Continue reading
Here are some new marbleized wools in my Etsy shop. Lately I like to reference my wools with my dye book colors. I have 2 swatch sets: The Dusty Dye Book set and The Vintage Dye Book set. If you have a set this will make choosing colors Continue reading
Here is a smattering of the wool that I will have with me in Bothel, Washington. If you did not hear about it, I posted on it HERE. Continue reading
Pumpkin is not just a color in the pumpkin patch. I had a longing for the harvest colors in my wool collection so I set out to recreate some of the inspiring colors of Fall for my recent trip to be a vendor in Bothel, Washington. I am using my dye method called marbleizing for this batch of wool. I developed and refined this technique almost 10 years ago. The wool colorations reminded me of marbled paper, but since it was not an actual marbling technique, I decided to call it marbleizing. Continue reading
Don’t let the somber tones in this dye pot fool you! Lovely colored wools are about to emerge from it! Wonderful things, glorious things!
I was craving for some deeper purples and some blue purples. And I am happy to show you my latest marbleized wool dye batches. They make me think of sapphires with their cool blueness.
Piles of wool inspire me! They are like a vase of flowers… a painting… color, yummy color!
Last week I added some lavender purples to my wool selection. And I thought that some deeper purples would round out my wool offerings in my Etsy Shop, click HERE if you wish to see over 70 colors of marbleized wool.
Here from left to right are:
Vintage Sapphire – a cool, deep dusty blue
Blueberry Pie – deep blue with dusty purple
Passion – passionately purple with love-ly pinkish purple in the mixture
Larkspur – dusty light purple with gentle blues and indigos
I may not be doing this forever, but for now I am enjoying creating this wool! I tend to throw myself into things with abandon!
Here’s to a joyful addiction ~ Karen
I just got more wool to replenish my stores, and was inspired to add some new marbleized wool colors to my selection in my etsy shop. Continue reading
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