tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44591718323686779972011-07-28T22:54:07.720-07:00Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.comBlogger2261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-30299706263470710572010-10-21T14:54:00.000-07:002010-10-22T20:24:30.898-07:00

The amazing gals at Twisted are at it again! This time, they've put together an exclusive Left Coast group of designers and dyers (your truly included! squee!) for a year of awesome patterns and fantastic yarn.Check it out and spread the word!

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Merilon Sock and Pebble Sock each have some additions this week.Sadly, this will be it for Merilon Sock for at least a month - my wholesale supplier is out. That means what's there is there until after Black Friday. I'm hoping to have more dyed up before Christmas, though.

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There’s gold mine of color ideas in people. Over the last couple years, some of my favorites have come from awesome folks doing custom orders - Glacier and Kelsey are two of my absolute favorite colors (and people). Midnight Emerald was the result of the first custom order we ever did, and it was terrifying at the time but turned out great!Its time to turn that custom color theory around and

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First - you guys are the best customers ever! Thank you so much for helping me work up to 1000 sales. Now without further ado, the Random Number Generator:1st Prize:This is for the Wollmeise Yarn/Black Trillium project bag and goodies and goes to....woolsocksandbirks2nd Prize:This one is for a $30 Black Trillium gift certificate and goes to....pvachon3rd Prize:This one is also for a $30 Black

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-48132176576125083152010-09-09T16:59:00.001-07:002010-09-09T22:23:31.258-07:00

Here's a few shots of the grand prize goodie bag:- Wollmeise Socken Wolle 100% Merino in Krauterbeet- A Black Trillium Fibre Studio project bag- 5 small Button Adoration buttons- 1 package Lantern Moon floral stitch markers- A Perfect Notions Case (its sparkly!)For more contest details, see this post.

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This is a just a preliminary reminder, since we've reached that point...Black Trillium Fibre Studio has nearly reached 1000 sales, so we're having a little contest in celebration. Sales #950 to 1000 will be entered to win one of the following:2nd and 3rd prize - a gift certificate of $30.1st prize - a skein of Wollmeise 100% Merino in Krauterbeet, a Black Trillium project bag, and several other

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Changes are afoot at Black Trillium Fibre Studio. We're relocating to Seattle at the end of the month, so help us lighten the load. All yarns and project bags are marked down anywhere from 15 to 50%. Sale will run from August 16th to August 22nd, after which time the shop will be closed until we settle in our new digs. Enjoy!

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Keep your eyes peeled for my new Ravelry Notebook ads, starting August 1st.

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I need that little Greek symbol and a few more thumbnails of new colors, but I'm pretty happy to have put this together:

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If you've placed an order recently, you might have noticed it takes me an extra day or two more than it used to when getting orders in the mail. You may (or may not, if you have your own munchkins) be wondering what on earth is taking so long. Ask this guy:That bit of pink? My shirt. There he lies, the G-man, snoozing away as long as I'm holding him. Cute as buttons, he is, and definitely

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Siesta is finally available!buy now

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We celebrate the 4th of July more quietly than most at our house, in large part because in years past my husband worked as part of a crew that set up and then set off big display fireworks shows. This holiday has moved a long way from the idea of celebrating our independence from Britain, hasn't it?As my part of the household bargain, its time to get the shop up and cruising again, and in

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Gavin arrived last week & and everyone is doing great!

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Having a pile of undyed yarn and several unfinished patterns isn't my favorite state of being, but there really hasn't been any help for it. Today, my Etsy shop went into Vacation Mode - this is a first, I've never used it before - so that I don't have to worry having orders to ship out.I have no intention of being gone for very long from dyeing, although I may have to start slow at first. Its

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I know 119 people in Facebook and have over 500 followers in Twitter. If every one of those people contributed $5 (that's a scant bit more than a latte and less than a fast food lunch!)to Great Strides and Cystic Fibrosis research through my page, together we'd raise over $3000 to to find a cure. Please donate now and help show Ella that we're all ready to see her live a long and healthy life!

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Just thought I’d share the of the description from my next forthcoming pattern: I’m the kind of knitter that prefers knitting socks, and nearly always cuff-down, thereby creating the accidental by-product of lots of itty bitty balls of sock wool. Having a practical and useful solution to my bin of tribble-like woolen orbs and cakes would pretty much make my day. Sometimes, a girl has to go and

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Its rather notable how much I like to just play with color, taking notes occasionally but mostly just futzing with a little green here, a little blue there, maybe some teal or brown or Oh! how about my favorite stand-by, black! I’ve been at this nearly two years, and a way of dyeing hasn’t really called to me so much that I do it more than another. Then something settled inside my head - all the

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We're making some really great headway on reaching that goal of $300. Click to check it out!You might also like to check this out if you're a Farscape or Doctor Who fan and like to win DVD's!Thanks and keep up the great work!

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Its time again to think about how we give back to our community here at Black Trillium Fibre Studio. I'm co-leading our school's Great Strides team this year, so please read my page for more details. You all were so wonderful and giving last year, thank you!Here's what I propose for this year's walk: if you're a US or Canadian customer, donate $3 or more, and if you're outside the US and Canada

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...total lack of consensus.For the March & April Black Trillium Knit-along, that is. Which is actually not a bad thing, because as usual my pal from Knit Night had a brilliant plan instead. Speed dating with yarn, she calls it.So pick your pattern, join the thread and keep us all up-to-date on how your chosen pattern is coming along. After the craziness of the 2010 Ravelympics, it seems like a

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-37085398540296218812010-02-23T10:50:00.001-08:002010-02-23T11:20:34.472-08:00

Its been fun to see folks get into talking about their Multnomah. I love the way mine has finished up:Its really too bad there's only a few skeins left of this yarn, because it makes amazing lace. The color is Turquoise Gothic, which I will definitely be bringing back on a regular basis to my Etsy site.Okay, so I'm beginning to see the fun in doing a Knit-along, which means its time to think

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-51467521981831500932010-02-17T15:01:00.000-08:002010-03-04T12:55:31.366-08:00

I've finally got my first pattern up for sale! Its available through Etsy or Ravelry. Enjoy!

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Here's the Team Bee Ravatar! Enjoy!(To post to your Ravelry profile, right click on the image, select "Save Image As", save it to your computer, and then upload as normal in Ravelry.)

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Off goes another wholesale order! The 20 skeins above are off to one of my own favorite local yarn stores, Twisted, and just in time for their 10% off customer appreciation weekend! It is the first order of Pebble Sock to go out since I took up with this new base yarn, and I'm really excited to see the response. Included in this order are a couple of new favorites for me: Turquoise Gothic (

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I've been test knitting a few new yarn bases, including a gorgeous new 100% Superwash Merino fingering weight that is plump and well-plied. I've called it Pebble Sock, and you can find it on my Etsy site as well as Twisted here in Portland. Here's my first project:Pattern: Traveling Woman by Liz Abinante.Yarn: Pebble Sock, Black Trillium Fibre Studio, Color "Black Jewel", 1 skein.Deets: knitted

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There are a lot of things going on for us all this month. For me, December includes my own birthday as well as more than a handful of family members’ birthdays. It is also an unofficial anniversary as it marks the month where this dyeing thing really became my own. Of course, there are the obvious international holidays that get observed in so many different ways by nearly everyone I know.So yes,

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It's finally up! My yarns are officially a part of The Loopy Ewe's shop repertoire. Sweet.

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Remember, 25% off Friday only!Mark downs will be:Merilon Sock - $15.75Roman Blue Sock - $19.50BFL Sock - $16.50Meriamboo II Sock - $16.50Roving - $9.38Heavy Merino Sock - $12.00Project Bags - $11.25Now back to your regularly scheduled knitting.

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This yarn seems be doing well for itself. I'm waiting for an order of the base yarn I use for Merilon Sock to show up, so if you'd like to reserve yourself a skein of this yarn, please see here for a pre-ordering opportunity. Email me if you have questions.Enjoy!

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I may be the only person in the entire continental US that doesn’t go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, but should it mean that I don’t do something fun in my Etsy shop? No.For Black Friday (November 27th for the rest of the sane world) I’m going to do 25% off all yarn, roving and project bags. The normal routine: check out, do the Paypal end of things, and I’ll refund 25% not including

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-75534294582593051352009-11-19T13:22:00.000-08:002009-11-19T13:51:25.943-08:00

Things have been relatively quiet in my Etsy shop of late due to a rather large wholesale order that needed to go out on a deadline. As the order will be arriving at its destination tomorrow, I feel like I can let you all know...My yarn is going to be carried at The Loopy Ewe!This is a rather big event in the life of this small yarn dyer. I've been a customer there for several years because I

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It all happened much faster than I expected, but we have a winner of the 500th sale!A skein of "Retro" in BFL Sock went out to Cindy right here in Oregon! Congrats and thanks to everyone for helping me reach this goal.We should do this again at the 1000th sale, don't you think?

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-31631282829582311222009-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:002009-10-01T00:00:06.529-07:00

Here's what's cookin' for October:Radioactive little green men seemed Hallowe'en appropriate.

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Hey all, I wanted to share with a finished pair socks by Monique:Those lovely beauties were knit in plain stockinette out of my BFL Sock. Monique blogged about the socks here.If you would like to send me photos or links for a pair of socks you've made from one of my yarns, please email me at blacktrillium (at) popculturezoo (dot) com. Ravelry is great, but I'm discovering that less than 1/10th

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-14274775375146018362009-09-27T17:23:00.000-07:002009-09-27T17:34:04.322-07:00

One of the things I love best is having choices. Right now, I can choose to dye up all sorts of things from Wool & Bamboo yarn to Merino spinning fiber that has this luscious silky texture that's just to-die-for. Over the past month I've expanded my Black Trillium etsy site to include way more than yarn: project bags, sock blockers, and now, roving. Here's a preview of what's going to get

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-34187321864175797022009-09-21T17:52:00.000-07:002009-09-21T17:59:41.991-07:00

I sat on the idea overnight and also got some great feedback from regulars. We all seem to agree that the 500th item should be free. So here's how this will work:The 500th item purchased from my Etsy site will be free.Beware: purchasing 2 quantity of the same item generally counts as "1" on Etsy. Don't ask my why, I didn't code it.Sadly, the sock blockers will not able to count as the 500th

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Let's start with a little timeline:May 2008: Reserved blacktrillium.etsy.com for my own use knowing I wanted to start a yarn-dyeing business.July/August 2008: start dyeing with some friends from my local yarn shop.September 2008: first yarn item sold on Black Trillium's Etsy site.October 2008: separated from dyeing partners, became my own man.November 2008: really started dyeing for myself as

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-15087758312515219462009-09-17T00:35:00.000-07:002009-09-17T01:03:50.979-07:00

My son was very small once (ages and ages ago, it seems) and during that five minutes or so that he was tiny he didn't sleep much at all and certainly not while he was alone or uncuddled. I was mostly fine with that, but there wasn't much to do while maintaining bodily contact to increase the possibility of a non-cranky baby.Joe started a blog during that time, keeping me company while he surfed

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Here's my 2 cents on being a socialist if it means proper health care for Ev.Ry.One.: if Canada and England can do it, then the US can sure as heck suck it up and do a good job taking care of its own.During my first marriage, one of my aunts-in-law was sick with cancer. Her HMO covered several different treatments, but living in rural Montana didn't provide the greatest opportunity for

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I am reminded by a more-tolerant friend that my expectations of other people's behavior choices are often way higher than is fair. Everyone makes mistakes, and I am certainly no stranger to having to apologize for yet another idiot-brain takeover on my part. Instead of blogging, this is going to be a visual post because otherwise it would be a venting rant. I'll get over it anyway and regret

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Retro, my September space-dyed colorway, has gone up. And on time? I know, I better not raise hopes too high.Its up in Merilon and Roman Blue Sock, and the BFL sock will go up in as much time as it takes me to wind the skeins and take pictures.Now to start thinking about October & November. Retro & Big Tree were two color combinations existing in the creative chaos of my head that were really

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-57373899642489332442009-08-31T10:51:00.001-07:002009-08-31T11:15:26.538-07:00

Not that dyeing yarn isn't enough, but I thought it might be fun to add some variety to my Etsy shop. I've done stitch markers before, and of course I chose itty bitty crystals and the smallest gauge wire known to man. The entire project was ridiculously time consuming, and my photography sucked as per usual. Project bags, though, that's more my style: useful, fun to make, and cheerful (when

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-27128561892760775002009-08-26T08:54:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:56:33.192-07:00

I thought we'd hit a big milestone when the Dude started making his own lego designs. Now I'm wondering if it was a good thing after all:Now we're flying this mad kamikaze bastard. What do you want to bet he flies w/o a 'chute?

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A friend brought by his hand-sewn great coat to show off this weekend, and it was a total of about a minute after he left before I started to feel the burn on getting out my own sewing machine. This coat project was one I helped cut out in preparation for the Portland Pirate Festival, which is part of the why on show-and-tell, and so you can imagine yards of charcoal felt and shiny pewter

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-40571116065422678232009-08-23T22:06:00.000-07:002009-08-23T22:34:06.430-07:00

If you read the same knitting blogs I do in about mid-November, you will find that 90% of the post subjects will be about how far behind the author is on their gift knitting. For two years running, I've been right there with everyone else. This year, I defy tradition.From left to right: Louet Gems Fingering in black, Black Trillium Meriamboo in some random moss-green color, Liza Souza Timaru in

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-20894542804363238322009-08-20T12:19:00.000-07:002009-08-20T12:26:56.071-07:00

Hi all, I'm at it again. It seems like when there's just a little too much yarn hanging around, I feel compelled to put some of it on sale. So, two of my base yarns are 25% off until Sunday.Merino SportMeriamboo II

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Black Trillium just got mentioned in another podcast! It's a short mention, along the lines of "I saw Coraline", but as a long-term lurker on Jessica's blog, its very fun to hear my yarns mentioned outside of my teeny-weeny Portland knitting community. Thanks, Jessica & Erin!A friend came by with some lovely flowers from her garden. This little guy broke, but he looks pretty fun floating in one

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Alright - that's it! There's no more knitting involved in this project! All the ends are sewn, the borders crocheted on, and then sewn together. There's one final step before I block it - a border on the entire blanket, but I couldn't resist getting some pictures up anyway.Finding a way to photograph this puppy is giving me a headache. Getting the angles right, getting the whole thing in the

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I feel as if I can breath again. As much as Sock Summit was an incredible experience, I'm somewhat relieve to return to life with less excitement. For instance, I went to Knit Night for the first time in three or four weeks tonight. It was quiet, and I wasn't stressed about whether or not I was going to have enough time to get everything done.I'm sharing pictures from my simple pursuits of the

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Here we go, I'm going to be skeining and skeining, followed by a flurry of labeling, and then it will be time to set up for Sock Summit. Cutting this a little close? I never miss a deadline, but that doesn't mean I get a full night's sleep beforehand.Things I've learned thus far:1. Portland is *not* near the ocean. If it were, we wouldn't get heatwaves reaching nearly 110 degrees. Okay, maybe

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I keep getting funny looks from non-knitters when I try to explain what it is that is keeping me so friggin' busy these days. I've been absolutely no help to pretty much anyone but myself. Here's part of it:I have a new base yarn that is going to be great - my first real "hard twist" sock weight - and I've been dyeing it up like mad to deliver a wholesale order to Knitty Noddy before Joe, the

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When my son wants something warmed up, food-wise, he asks if it can get "hotted up". I've spent the last four or five days feeling like an overheated french fry, and I'm over it. 95 degrees or more means we're having our share of being hotted up, without even firing up an appliance.Granted, the weather is going to be fab for the Fourth of July, which in general is a nice thing. The heat will

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Pop Culture Zoo colorwayThings are definitely building at Black Trillium, and a lot of it seems to be happening at the same time as Sock Summit. My dear husband, the Editor-In-Chief of Pop Culture Zoo (for which this colorway was named) is heading off to San Diego Comic-con 2009 starting with Preview Night on July 22nd, and isn't coming home until that following Sunday. I get to be in Seattle

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San Diego Comicon 2009 is a month away for my dear husband and his website, Pop Culture Zoo. This is the biggest news event of the year for him, where he gets to talk to actors from shows such as Twilight, Battlestar Galactica, Leverage, and Doctor Who, as well as writers, directors, and various other VIP in the pop media world. I'm doing my part to send him there, by fund raising through my

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I want to share my version of a recipe, what my son very affectionately calls "Sconage":1 1/2 cup flour - white mostly although sometimes I use a little whole wheat as well1/4 cup soy protein powder3 tbsp granulated sugar - this can be increased to 1/4 cup for extra sweetness2 1/2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp salt - decrease to 1/4 tsp if using salted butter1 stick butter - what is that, 1/2 cup?6

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Roman Blue Sock in Rainier - I am so loving this color combo that I might just have to knit some for myself!

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I am so lucky - today, I received a box of cookies from Canada.They are made by a lovely woman whom I am beginning to think of as a dear friend - she pushes me to go beyond where I think my limitations are creatively, and she has been a wonderful person to get to know as both an individual and a customer.I'm not sure if my photos convey how wonderful and sweet these cookies are, and how detail

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I've been getting reminders from my own sense of indignation at the words and actions of others that anger is not the best medium to react from. Therefore, this will be my mantra:Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself. - Felix AdlerWith that reminder to myself, I still want to know how the creativity of one person, while being similar,

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A fourth dimension has developed between the true color of the yarn I'm trying to post and the color picked up by the camera and then displayed by my computer. Into that nebulous place goes all the light, life and variation of a skein of yarn and out the other side comes something considerably more drab and unimaginative than I like to believe I'm dyeing. To say this process is frustrating to

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It was bound to happen. Somebody was going to find a way to piss all over Etsy and label it "feminism". There are so many holes in this article, it might be better posted on Safeway.com as "swiss cheese".Why am I so annoyed? Obviously, I fit the suggested demographic of the article's primary "argument". But unlike the author, I believe my choice to be a stay-at-home-mom is a perfectly valid

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I can't seem to shoot fast enough to get a head shot, not that they don't peek around the feeder often enough to eyeball me and make sure I'm not going to come any closer. I've been at this for two years and this is the best photo thus far. Enjoy!

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I love doing these bright colors. But I don't much care for space dyeing. Still, want to keep this one. See Superhero here.

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Blush, Ginger, MochaMocha, Shy Violet, GingerGlacier, Ginger, MochaLahki, Ginger, MochaEarl Grey, Ginger, MochaBella, Ginger, MochaGinger, Mocha, CaseyGinger, Mocha, CoronaDirt, Ginger, Mocha

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After months of build-up and tense announcements, the class registration went up for Sock Summit. The rest is history - crashed servers, violently disappointed knitters, emails flying, chat threads extending into the sunset. I may not do this very well, and be warned I am not a kind person by nature, but I think there is some evidence that this could all have been a little less nutty.The facts

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I wanted to share a small moment with you that is currently happening on my couch. My son doesn't like wool next to his skin - not even superwash or wool heavily mitigated by cotton or acrylic. Right now he is curled up with my Second Wool Peddler's Shawl, made entirely out of Black Trillium Fibre Studio Merino Sport, wrapped around his pajama-less body and loving it. We're talking full body

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I've been thinking a lot about what I do with the insides of my yarn orders as I pack them up and send them off to their future homes. I decided to start a contest for ideas in my Black Trillium yarn group. Check it out here if you're interested in chiming in and getting your idea in the hat for a fun yarnie prize.Today, I very casually listed a few more skeins of Meriamboo II, including the

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I have been deeply remiss in talking about my two new base yarns, meanwhile dyeing them both up and incredible speeds. The last couple weeks have been a very good start for both my Etsy site, and since I have only finished projects in one, the Merino Sport Sock, I will wait just a bit longer to truly "review" both yarns and post photos. While the wait continues, I will share this photo that has

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I've posted my review of Jacqueline Carey's latest book here. Check it out and let me know what you think!

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This is our friend Ella. She is an amazing little girl who has raised our awareness about the real-life impact of Cystic Fibrosis. We want her around for a very long time, so we're walking in the Great Strides walk here in Portland in a couple weeks. Please take five minutes to watch and then click through below to donate.Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.comDonate here.

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We live in an apartment, which means even though we have three bedrooms, space is still tight. Unlike a house, which usually has an actual dining room and living room as well as some sort of play or family room, apartments (unless you truly pay through the nose) don't. So the third bedroom is our computer/storage/workspace room and has been home to an absurd amount of boxes for the last year.

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Several weeks back, my husband finally blew through the pair of Dream In Color socks I'd made for him in Cocoa Kiss. The skein was bought before their production went into massive quantities, so the colors were really spectacular and subtle. Don't get me wrong, I really like the DIC colors still, but they're a bit more beat-you-over-the-head now, in my humble opinion. Of course I adore Smooshy

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Okay, one last self-indulgent update and then its back to using Outlook....Did I forget to mention filing taxes?... - Federal is easy, but I don't like the state tax thing, so I put it off. Done now. Until next year, nemesis....make list of "needs" for Sock Summit Booth... - We reached a decision two days ago, and since then I'm so relieved that I know I'm making the right decision. I'm not

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We have our days, just like everyone else, but he is by far the cutest little person I've ever seen. And I don't care how biased I am.A friend said to me on the phone in response to being one the fence about procreating a second time: "Just because your child has had a bad day doesn't mean another one doesn't deserve life." Brilliant.

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6. Pay some bills, enter some receipts, reconcile, then freak out because we spend too much money.- that went exactly as I expected it to.11. Respond to emails.- seriously didn't need to keep those retailers and customers waiting any longer.12. Get new cards going. Involves a stupid number of phone calls.- handed off to hubby. Thank goodness.4. Vacuum. The whole house.- the house looks totally

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I'm enjoying this social experiment. It feels like publicly announcing my list has been a bit of motivation. Here are the things that still need doing, with a few additions:1. Draft interview for CFF fundraiser walk - want to help by posting something on PCZ.2. Start socks for Mother's Day gift. Size 2's and vanilla basic sock. Should only take a few days to finish these.3. Resend letter to J.

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9. Scrip order. By Tuesday morning.- that was always going to have to get done, but it was nice to see it in the perspective of my overall to-do list.12. Transplant pea starts and get some compost into the other pots (for tomatoes!).- the peas are done, dude. The rest of the compost can wait until I can find starts. I think I may need to fashion something to help the peas climb, though.1. Write

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6. Choose pattern and yarn for Q2 challenge at Loopy Ewe. - okay, that was easy: Houdini by Cat Bordhi in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Blackberry colorway. I've never done a toe-up construction, and I'm highly interested in the toe-to-heel with a steek construction.7. Make a dent in financial paperwork for Black Trillium. - keeping track of sales and expenses is not fun, but so necessary. Got

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In publishing this list I hope to keep track of enough things to actually get a few done.1. Write up Scrip Order Processor job description. (it's a co-op preschool thing which has to be done by Wednesday)2. Draft interview for CFF fundraiser walk - want to help by posting something on PCZ.3. Start socks for Mother's Day gift. Size 2's and vanilla basic sock. Should only take a few days to

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A quick search on Etsy for "sock yarn", and you will find pages upon pages of hand-dyed yarns by aptly labeled "indie" dyers. A little bit of Google-fu for the same search will bring pages and pages more. If you're a sock knitter, you know all about the proliferation of yarnies and their wares. It seems that we are the hottest new ticket in the knitting world, us little guys dyeing out of our

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Every so often, we pop into Uwajimaya to look for a few key grocery items. One, which has always been out in the past, finally made an appearance. Black Tapioca Pearls, commonly used in Thai Bubble Tea, have been hard for me to find. No more - and put to good use in our Bodum Double Wall glasses with some Chai and a little Silk Vanilla. Yum. Now all I need as a big honkin' straw.Then there's

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When you play around on the internet without intent to work, this is what you might find:visited 17 states (34%)Create your own visited map of The United States or try another Douwe Osinga projectI'm missing a few.

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...Very Little New On For Etsy.Over the course of having two shops, one successful one not, on Etsy, the thing I've learned that works if you don't have a ginormous advert budget is to post a new thing every day in your primary category. This week at Black Trillium hasn't been the epitome of practicing that knowledge. And actually, that's good news on other fronts.You know when somebody's

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At this moment in my life, I can honestly say there is very little that is more exciting and satisfying than opening a big box of undyed yarn. When that undyed yarn is extra luscious, like this new Blue-Faced Leicester sock yarn I'm testing out, well, that just makes me all squiggly. This stuff is fan-freaking-tastic.My first impression on the first skein that came to hand was, "Oh, squishy."

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Make your own.

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1. My husband and my child. Without the two of them, my life would not be meaningful. Everything else comes second.2. Being a nearly-healthy human. Okay, I could lose a few pounds and I could probably do a whole lot more yoga and eat more veggies. But after the summer we had, in and out of the hospital, I just want to be here and alive and with the people I love.3. The chance to do what I

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Or Snowmageddon. Either way, we've been stuck inside for a couple days now. Yesterday, I finished a ton of knitted gifts, today my bedroom got cleaned from top to bottom, including moving everything out of the closet to vacuum. At this point, if tomorrow doesn't ease up just a little (and I don't think it's going to) I'll either wind up dyeing every single ounce of raw fibre and yarn I own, or

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I have a wonderful thing to tell you - my yarn is now available in a store other than my own!Twisted over on 23rd and Broadway, owned by the lovely Emily and Shannon, placed an order a couple weeks back. I delivered it today, much to my relief. (It seems I cannot sit and knit peacefully when I have work to do.) Shannon seemed to enjoy it, and I hope her customers will as well. We shall see.I

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-28602873167698496842008-11-27T23:12:00.000-08:002008-12-05T14:07:12.260-08:00

Hurry, it will only be up until 1am, November 30th.Etsy Treasury Vol. 2: Socks From Spaceedited 12/4: of course, it's expired. it was fun, though. lots of really bright sock yarn!

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Robin's Egg Vase TrioInspired NestingEllen EggEggs AbstractedBird Nest TagsNestBlue and White Bird Egg CharmsBluebird NestDragon EggQuail EggsTranslucent Porcelain Egg CandlesGood Egg

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As much as I love Etsy and have lots of fun browsing and looking at other people's Treasuries, I really don't love stalking a website, waiting for "my turn" a whole lot more. So, I'm launching my own version, which will be equally fun for me, and involve a whole lot less poking around, calculating, stalking, wishing, and generally wasting time.

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-58164656491579480942008-11-22T11:52:00.000-08:002008-11-27T23:14:35.207-08:00

An Etsy Treasury, that is.For KnittersCheck it out!(edited Nov 27th - sorry, this Treasury has expired.)

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I've been busy knitting up samples of some of my base yarns - I want folks to be able to see how my dyeing turns out if they're curious before they purchase. Here's my all-time favorite so far:That's a finished sock out of the Heavy Merino Sock, which I'm calling HMS for short. This yarn is something between a DK and sport weight yarn, so it works really well for socks and for garments. I want

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There can't be enough hours in the day for all the things I have gotten done in the last week. It all started Sunday, at a little barn in Granite Falls, tucked just off the highway.I got me one of these.The adjustable hand-winder, which is going to be my savior in a multitude of ways. It turns out that the folks at Fricke are a husband and wife team that hand make these winders, which means

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Recipe time.We wanted edible playdough today, so I looked 'round the internets to find a recipe. Guess what? 99% of the recipes I found call for milk, mostly powdered. For an art/cooking project? Has anybody tried eating that stuff lately, because what I remember from my own childhood is that powdered milk has more flavors in common with licking the outside of the animal than the sweet stuff

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There have been some changes at Black Trillium recently, which seems a little strange because we only just started the site as a trio. We sat down and discussed our crazy lives and realized that maybe now was the most ideal time to be starting something. I walked away from the evening as the ongoing proprietor of the online shop, which was way more than I hoped for. I think we left the "joint

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440682058585122650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459171832368677997.post-54870989871939247302008-10-21T14:53:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:54:44.371-07:00

Bwahhh!

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Thought I'd share a few photos I got while playing with my camera today.

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Okay, so we've been dyeing yarn for what, a month and a half? It was in the works long before that, but our first skein of yarn went up near the beginning of August. Well, over time and because we have solemnly sworn we will not hock our wares at our pal Jami's shop, we have formed our own little gathering afterward at a coffee shop 'round the corner. We're not the only ones who knit there -

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First, you should know, I have no idea what I plan to do with post. Mostly, I feel like writing.A while back, I was fortunate enough to get an interview with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, which was posted here. Okay, so that site is run by my husband, Joe, and his business partner and good friend, Dan, and occasionally I feel like I should contribute to new content, as that helps keep the numbers

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As happens every so often, I recently did a reorganization of my stash. It helps me get a clear picture of what holes I have in my stash, and what projects I bought yarn for that maybe I've forgotten about. I also get to play with color, which is fun and enlightening. Oh, and who doesn't love the manhandle a whole bunch of cushy, sweet-smelling wool?I found out two things about myself in my

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