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This is sweet! :)

Tiger sweater pattern by Inventorium

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I am making one of these for my daughter!

The Eloise Sweater pattern comes in several sizes - and now includes a video tutorial! :D http://www.mooglyblog.com/eloise-baby-sweater-tutorial/

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Three new patterns released today! http://www.ravelry.com/stores/creative-threads-by-leah-designs

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Lovely use of color

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Two of my patterns created in honor of my mom. Find them here: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/creative-threads-by-leah-designs

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I like big balls and I can not lie You other yarners can’t deny that when you buy string with an itty bitty price and soft thing against your face, You get strung.

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Game of Cats by Fernando Sala Soler is available at NeatoShop

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Two different yarns dyed with Wilton’s Violet icing paste.

The first one is a lovely smooth undyed superwash merino yarn I picked up at the Kädentaidot 2014 fair. The label didn’t have any weight info, but it feels like a DK or a light worsted yarn. There’s 120 grams in the hank.

I dyed about half of the hank in the cooking pot, using Wilton’s Violet icing paste mixed with hot water, and Dr Oetker’s liquid blue food coloring. The other half I dyed in the microwave, by squirting little amounts of purple dye here and there on the undyed half of the hank and then microwaving for 2 minutes. I rinsed it and let it dry, then dyed the hand-painted portion of the yarn in the cooking pot using diluted Violet and some blue. I haven’t figured out what to knit using this yarn, yet.

The second yarn is Novita Joki - an aran weight 100% wool yarn, not superwash treated. I had two skeins, 50 grams each. I used a combination of kettle dyeing and microwave dyeing, with a method similar to the merino yarn. The yarn was light gray to begin with. The yarn felted a little in the dye bath, but that’s okay. I’ll probably make a pair of mittens using this yarn.

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The most beautiful yarn I’ve ever bought. @Madelinetosh #tosh #vintage #cousteau #yarn

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Sunset Over Titlus