{"id":3440,"date":"2012-02-12T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T20:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2012-02-12T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T20:40:16","slug":"handpainted-yarn-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2012\/02\/handpainted-yarn-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Handpainted Yarn Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I ordered many<\/em> skeins of Tammy’s<\/a> hand painted yarn so I could weave lots of spring and summer weight scarves. Tammy did her usual marvelous job of dyeing a range of fibers to my specs. <\/p>\n

I spent a few hours winding 1\/2 of the skeins into balls, an essential step so I could prepare warps. Here are the ones I’ve wound so far.
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From bottom right, there’s Poinsettia, Magic Kingdom, Cayenne, Berries, and North Shore. There are solids in a few different colors to coordinate with those hand painted variegations. Fibers include 100% bamboo, a bamboo-tencel blend, a bamboo-cotton blend, and an 8\/2 tencel.<\/p>\n

I didn’t realize till the yarn arrived how much I’d relied on the red end of the spectrum as opposed to my usual blues & purples. I did want to get some more reds after having conversations with two of my customers in December, both of whom were after reds. But I didn’t need to get this much red, I don’t think. C’est la vie. I will remember to weave more blues & purples from my existing stash. I think I have quite a few fall colors left in my completed stock already.<\/p>\n

Although I still have this much more yarn to wind into skeins, I can’t wait to get started weaving. I’ll wind more later. <\/p>\n

Some weavers wonder why I pay a premium price for hand painted yarn instead of buying only machine-dyed. The answer: I just love them. And so do my customers. I get so many compliments on my colors, from buyers and lookers alike. They draw people into my booth, no matter where I go. <\/p>\n

Your turn: in what parts of your life do you choose the high priced spread instead of the generic?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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