Vegan Yarn Studio Updates
ADVENTurer KAL
Day 5 It’s now Day 5 of Ambah O’Brien’s ADVENTurer Knit-Along, and we’re now well underway. I feel like now I’m more comfortable knitting the lace pattern now. I’m not exactly an avid lace knitter, I tend to enjoy more structure based, or simple patterns, mostly because I just enjoy the rhythm of knitting, so I typically choose patterns that are quite basic, but this is a fun dip into lace for a change. Looking on Ravelry, the KAL is quite popular. I chose Pleiades Brights & Speckles kit. Here it is so far It shifts to the right as...
The 8 Most Gorgeous Finished Projects with Vegan Yarn
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I've been doing a bit of routine site maintenance, and one of the things I did was to add a link from the different yarn base pages to ravelry projects that have been made with that yarn. Whenever I browse through projects that people have made with yarn that I've supplied, or dyed, its so inspiring and exciting to see the beautiful projects, and what great ideas people come up with! There are dozens and dozens of jaw-droppingly gorgeous projects that I've seen made with Vegan Yarn lately, but here are my top eight most recent favourites to get you...
What's Crocking? Indigo's Strange Awesomeness.
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If you've ever had a favourite pair of perfectly faded blue jeans (not the super-fake-printed-to-look-worn ones), you know what crocking is. It's something unique to indigo dye, and its different than dye that hasn't taken properly, and is washing off. (Not cool) If you've ever knitted or crocheted with indigo dyed yarn, you may have noticed that your fingers, and perhaps knitting needles (or crochet hook) started turning blue! Don't panic, this is crocking, and its completely safe, and normal. If you're the kind of person that enjoys these strange fibrey phenomena, you may even be a little tickled by...
Pleiades Galore!
With the arrival of Pleiades Sock base in July, I've been cranking out new batches almost daily! Pleiades is fantastic for not only socks, but shawls, mittens, hats and even garments. The stretchiness works great for fitted tops, and holds its shape on things like sweaters.