Category Archives: dye

Latest dye results

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Top, left to right: Blues and greens came out great! I was shooting for a darker green. Turquoise always sells almost as fast as I make it up. I was hoping for a blood red, and this is kinda on … Continue reading →

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Dye job

Posted on May 30, 2009 by

This weekend I’m doing a big batch of dyeing. I hope, hope, hope I get some of the colors I want out of this. I’m sure whatever colors I end up with will be really cool, but I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Commissioned pendant

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

Here is one of my favorite designs in one of my favorite color schemes. It’s hard to believe that the pattern for this, barely an inch in diameter, is actually a coaster pattern in its original gauge.

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After Hurricane Ike

Posted on September 21, 2008 by

Well, that was fun and interesting. I was very lucky. I suffered no property damage from the hurricane. (I live in Houston, for my legions of readers that don’t know.) My power was out for less than two days. But … Continue reading →

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Good show

Posted on August 23, 2008 by

So the CHH Annual Sale at HCCC was a lot of fun, and it went well. (Though I had a hard time keeping the abbreviations straight; for my own reference, I called the whole thing HCHCH.) These people are really … Continue reading →

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The jewelry dude

Posted on August 17, 2008 by

The CHH Annual Sale is coming up, and I wanted a super cool display for my jewelry. Most of what’s going to be for sale there is going to be large and flat, and I don’t want my tiny little … Continue reading →

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Public display of collection

Posted on July 16, 2008 by

I’ve got a couple of events coming up. On Saturday, August 2, I’ll be at Oolala for White Linen Night in the Heights. The event runs from 4 pm to 10 pm, and Oolala will have a trolley stop. Come … Continue reading →

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How unique are the colors?

Posted on June 23, 2008 by

I posted 3 pairs of earrings to my Etsy shop this morning, and I’ll do the other 3 tomorrow morning. I’m giving a lot of thought as to how to describe the coloring. For the first batch of jewelry, the … Continue reading →

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Hand-dyed earrings

Posted on June 21, 2008 by

I haven’t quite got these up on Etsy yet, because I’m waiting to photograph them on my model, but here’s a sneak preview. This is from my first dyeing session, with Laura Viada at HCCC.

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On my own

Posted on June 21, 2008 by

So I bought some dye and all the various supplies, and tonight I got started on dyeing thread all on my own. I made 8 hanks of thread at 30 yd each. Three of the hanks are painted in variegated … Continue reading →

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