I have just discovered that dyeing yarn is addictive and very satisfying so much fun ! Yarn has to be 100% wool to take this simple dye, which is just basic food colouring (a leftover packet from many moons ago), water and vinegar. First you wet the wool. Then fill a small saucepan with a [...]
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Sewing lessons and Mum
Today I wanted to go into an op shop but it was closed. So I went into a yarn / sewing store and asked about sewing lessons (since I just bought a sewing machine). I explained that I totally know how to use the machine (I used to use my mum’s old Singer), and I [...]
Unravelling op-shop jumpers (Frogging sweaters!)
Hi there ! Today is a miserable day here in Victoria . . . raining, cold, windy. Definitely an indoors day. I have finally started to “frog” (this means “unravel” in wool speak) the op shop jumpers I took home. Yarn, yarn and more yarn ! We can’t get enough LOL ! However I learned [...]
