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Posts Tagged ‘knit

PhatFiber Contest

Posted by: teresasdesk on: March 11, 2009

As some of you know, Teresa Levite Studio (TLS), participates in the PhatFiber Sampler Boxes being distributed through Etsy. Jessica (the PhatFiber Lady) works very hard to help small fiber related (and yes, chocolate is fiber related!) businesses like TLS to spread the news about our products. Each month we contribute samples to the boxes [...]

Name That Yarn!

Posted by: teresasdesk on: February 25, 2009

Last week I dyed some yarn that  . . . well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.  But when it came out of the dye pot and dried, I was a little disappointed.  I decided to go ahead and re-skein it and knit up a test sample as is (before redyeing).  Here [...]

I Did It!

Posted by: teresasdesk on: February 11, 2008

I finished the beaded yarn I was working on. I ended up with about 400 yards of sport weight superwash (won’t shrink or felt in the washer or dryer) merino wool. I used rayon machine embroidery thread for the beads. Lewis threaded the beads for me using a Bead Spinner.  What would have [...]

My First Socks from Yarn that I Spun

Posted by: teresasdesk on: January 1, 2008

Not my first knitted socks, but the first socks that I knit from wool that I hand-dyed and then hand-spun.  And they feel soooooo good!

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