Tag: Claudia Hand Paint Yarns
Knowing When It Is Right
This past Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the Trendsetter warehouse during a brief weekend visit to the LA area. I know I should have snapped a picture or two, but we were a bit pressed for time, I am never good about remembering, and we, too, can still get caught up with the […]
In Which My Two Skills Converge
To celebrate the colors of fall and give you a taste of what I’ve been up to, here is a favorite shot from today’s photo session. I hired a lovely young woman in my church congregation to model for me, and she did a fantastic job. She had fun with knitted purses, which not everyone […]
Picture Only Interview: Claudia McClean of Claudia Hand Painted Yarns
The following is an interview answered via pictures and few words in the photo’s caption. Today we interview Claudia McClean, the owner and the master of color and dyeing for Claudia Hand Painted Yarns. On with the interview: What inspires you? Nature – just driving down the road I try to figure out how to […]
Multi-colored Yarns: Simpler Is Better
As folks begin thinking about stitch patterns for their FLY Skirt KAL projects I wanted to provide some thoughts on the subject. Because FLY stands for From Leftover Yarn, these projects will be using lots of different yarns in two similar color groups. Because of this, there is an opportunity to get a stripe effect, […]
All About Claudia Hand Paint Yarns
Claudia Hand Paint Yarns is our very first paid sponsor. And although I was personally thrilled about her commitment to our blog, I was truly not surprised. Claudia and I actually go way back, first meeting when we shared a “wall” between our vendor booths at TNNA. It was one of her first shows and […]
Picking a Winner and a Lesson in Randomness
A little over a week ago I asked for some assistance in picking a color for my next skirt project. Today the votes were tallied and the results are in….and the greens/browns won by almost 2 to 1! But what I loved most were some of the “editorial” comments that were shared along with the […]
WIP: Choosing Colors for the Next Project
Remember that swatch I showed you a couple of weeks ago? The one that I said was probably going to become a skirt sometime in the near future? Well, if not, here it a snap of it close up: I have been thinking about this swatch for days now even though everything else in the […]
Currently in my WIP Knitting Basket
From time to time I think it is good for everyone to see that those of us who are involved in the knitting industry professionally really are not that much different than those of you who knit as a hobby. The above is my basket of current WIPs. Notice I use the term current (yes, […]
WIP: Paid and Non-Paid (sort of)
As is always the case there are several WIPs on my needles. The one that is “due” by Saturday morning is the last of the Mobius cowls for Claudia Hand Paint Yarn. Below are the three that I have already finished (BTW — first picture with my new phone). Hopefully in the next few days […]
Sundry Saturday:Guild Pleasures (by Gwen)
As I have shared before, I have been playing Nerd Wars on Ravelry. Last tournament, one of the challenges was called Guilty Pleasures. Although it would not work for a submission (all crafting must be done by the participant), I knew immediately what my greatest guilty pleasure is in my world of knitting…….having someone else […]
