When I first started learning how to use natural dyes, I split about three recycled sweaters’ worth of yarn into 20g skeins so that I could dunk them into whatever dyes I wanted to experiment with. After about a year or so of that, I figured I had to do something with all those sample …
I had some leftover yarn from the last sweater and I couldn’t resist making Mowgli a tiny dog sweater… There were some unique fit challenges involved in the design of this one, and I got to try out some new steek finishing techniques without risking a whole human sweater. I’ve never had to worry about the …
In 2021 I made a first attempt at growing dye plants. While I succeeded at getting both a weld and a woad crop, I made an unfortunate oversight during the woad vat reduction and I saw no garden blue this year…which made it all the more gratifying to have results from the weld. This yarn …
The latest naturally-dyed-recycled-yarn wonder. Acorn + iron on 50/50% wool/yak and 70/30% angora/nylon. #lunapullover by @anna_dandelion, an admirably clever design. View on Instagram
This sweater was inspired by designers Wool and Pine’s Sea Glass Tee. Using entirely leftover yarns from other projects, I modified the pattern to include a steek and long sleeves.
I’ve knit a couple pairs of these simple colourwork socks I designed in 2019.
My friend Rachel and I co-designed and knit this sweater with a mix of recycled and new yarn. We learned lots about writing and grading knitting patterns, and hope to someday actually finish writing the pattern so that others can knit it.
Thanks to @blackhenstudio for introducing me to the wonders of fresh-leaf indigo dyeing. Pattern: #irishroverpullover by @tetisknitgarden View on Instagram
I designed and hand-knit this colourwork sweater from scratch.
I modified this sweater from the original pattern “The Twigs” by Junko Okamoto. The original was a large, floppy A-line sweater, and I wanted it to be more fitted.