Mit store tæppe strikket af test-nøgler er færdigt – jeg er så tilfreds med resultatet!! Her er hele tæppet. Og man kan selvfølgelig ikke se hvor stort det er, men det er ca 96 x 150 cm. Og her set lidt tættere på. Jeg tog masser af billeder af mit mesterværk (som jeg sidder […]
It’s always a good feeling to finish a knitting project, but I feel especially good about this pair of socks because they are a prototype for a pattern, and they turned out just the way I had imagined. The only problem is that I got a little carried away when I was knitting the legs, […]
Remember these jars? They had been fermenting for over a week, and the color of the liquid didn’t change over the last days, so I decided it was time to try them. The front jar contains the pit and peel from 1 avocado and 1 Tsp salt, the other one the same with the addition […]
I want to show you a new design I’m working on! A pair of socks using a thicker sock yarn, which is 350m/100g and 75% wool/25% polyamide. This skein is dyed with fermented avocado pits and a pinch of cochineal: The stitch pattern partially comes from a Japanese stitch library, so this time I’m not […]
My experiments in dyeing with avocado pits were quite successful if I do say so myself (although a couple of skeins needed a little boost of cochineal). But what about the peels? They can also be used for dyeing, and since I remembered reading that they give a slightly different shade, I kept them separate. […]
Mit nylige forsøg på at farve med fermenterede avocadosten var kun en delvis succes – jeg fik tre fine lyserøde (eller i hvert fald rødlige) testfed ud af det (til venstre, tørre) men to fed sokkegarn blev den kedeligste beige (i gryden, våde, og det får altid farven til at virke flottere end den er) […]
Jeg har gjort lidt forsøg med dette affalds-farvestof før, men ikke med meget held. I mellemtiden har jeg afprøvet en masse andre farvestoffer, og nu kommer jeg tilbage til avocadoen. Ideen om at få farve ud af et materiale, der ellers bare ville blive smidt ud, har en vis appel, så det er værd at […]