Author Archives: chavadarling

I am at it again, thinking that is… It is tough to look around the world and see so much to do to “fix” things. I believe that the laws of the living are more about trajectories and the journey than solutions and the destination. In that vein, I want my “living with nature notContinue reading “Tidying Up My Corner of the World”

The best part of being “out of session” is you get to experiment a lot, knit a lot and find new great things. I have spent December and will spend January dyeing new yarns, a mulberry silk/ wool blend that is natural, non superwash- but yes, the silk worms do not get to become moths.Continue reading “chicken pants”

So I had fun with purple this session and did a few batches of hand painted yarns. These were not the bright many multicolor skeins you see from a lot of indy dyers (talented ones, I will add). I am more conservative in the number of colors I wear at any single outing. So IContinue reading “The Winter Dye Session is in the Shop”

We had the privilege of travelling for a bit over two weeks out west in Sedona, Capital Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon. We had a lot of time to really explore Capitol Reef and I just got reminded once again why I want to work hard to make less of a footprint on thisContinue reading “Back from Vacay, got inspired”

So the Fall Dyeing Session is wrapped up, well not yet wrapped, but hanging and drying. I can’t wait to get knitting with some of this yarn. For the worsted I am knitting up the Boyfriend Scarf by Angela Juergens available for free on Ravelry. It will look great in a single color- maybe happyContinue reading “Fall Sessions doowop”

I have gathered fall foliage, extracted the colors and added the prepped yarn to the dye pots. I have cured and washed and am now drying the beautiful yelllows, oranges, reds, burgundies, pinks and tans and greys. Can’t wait to get them to the shop. Keep an eye out for an adorable hat pattern byContinue reading “Fall Colors!”