{Among Friends} http://www.amongfriendsclub.com Wed, 15 May 2013 11:50:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Best of the Northwest Featured Dyer: Yarn Pirate http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-yarn-pirate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-yarn-pirate http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-yarn-pirate/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:40:52 +0000 amongfriends http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/?p=83 Join us as we feature the yarn dyers who will be representing the Best of the Northwest. Today we have Georgia Schlegel of Yarn Pirate!

Here’s what you need to know about Georgia:

Georgia Schlegel grew up slapping paint onto canvases with her father, a successful commercial artist. Moving into tactile arts, she picked up knitting in 2003 and began dyeing soon after, combining her loves of color and fiber. She founded Yarn Pirate in 2006 to sell hand dyed yarn and fiber. Her popular Booty Club has been going strong for five years, with a new, exclusive color way every month. Color ways are all fresh and modern, drawing inspiration from a wide variety of sources and pairing sometimes-unlikely colors in a harmonious manner. Georgia loves knitting small projects, especially clothing for her children Henry and Agatha. She’s been spinning since 2007 and loves to knit with handspun.

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We can’t wait to see what Georgia of Yarn Pirate will be dyeing for us!

]]> http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-yarn-pirate/feed/ 0 Best of the Northwest Featured Dyer: Huckleberry Knits http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-huckleberry-knits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-huckleberry-knits http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-huckleberry-knits/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:57:42 +0000 amongfriends http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/?p=77 Join us as we feature the yarn dyers who will be representing the Best of the Northwest. First up is Scarlet Tang of Huckleberry Knits!

Says Scarlet:

I love color and beautiful fiber. I’m fascinated by how hand-dyeing is a marvelous blend of art and science. One of my favorite things is when I put a final color on a skein of yarn or a length of fiber, and it achieves a sort of visual resonance, like adding in a note that was missing from a musical chord.

Lately my knitting tastes have gravitated towards semi-solid yarns, and my dyeing interests have followed. You’ll find rich, multi-layered semi-solids as well as vibrant variegated colorways in my shop.

All of my yarns and fibers are dyed by hand with professional-grade acid dyes and properly heat-set in my home studio in Bellingham, Washington, where I have been dyeing since 2006. While I carry a wide variety of yarn weights and fiber blends, my favorite wool is Blue-Faced Leicester, which I love for its softness and luster. I also love the beautiful shine and drape of wool/silk blends.

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We’re very excited to see what Scarlet of Huckleberry Knits has in store for us!

]]> http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/best-of-the-northwest-featured-dyer-huckleberry-knits/feed/ 0 Come Knit {Among Friends} on Ravelry http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/come-knit-among-friends-on-ravelry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=come-knit-among-friends-on-ravelry http://www.amongfriendsclub.com/come-knit-among-friends-on-ravelry/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:38:13 +0000 amongfriends http://kimberlyroy.ca/af/?p=1 Have you checked out the {Among Friends} group on Ravelry? Come hang out with our Chief Friends, Brooke and Lorajean, in the clubhouse to find out what fun (and mayhem) they have up their sleeves.

You can also take a peek at many of the projects our friends have knit/crocheted/woven/spun with the contents of their club packages.

So pull up a comfy chair, grab your yarn and come knit {Among Friends}.

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