It's Official, I'm Now a Yarnie!
1:59:00 AMI've been rather quiet on the design front lately. I took a much needed
vacation to Montreal Canada in early April (I'm so in LOVE with that
city, I can't wait to return!) and this was the first time I actually
had a chance to rest and not knit or crochet anything. Ok, that wasn't
the rosy part and in fact extremely difficult for me do deal with at
first. I kept looking for things to do with my hands, kept brainstorming
and writing lists about all the designs and projects I wanted to tackle
once I got back. As usual, I was thinking about the next step and not
fully appreciating the present. It dawned on me that if I didn't relax
and enjoy the vacation it would be over before I knew it and then the
chance would've slipped by. And quite frankly who knows when the next
vacation would be.
So, I rested. And I enjoyed the company (I
traveled with my husband and a few pals). And I enjoyed what I ate
instead of scarfing things down, being extremely careful not to ingest
any gluten of course. And I watched tv and suddenly I actually began to
start understanding more and more French. :) And I browsed the internet-
not for research but just for fun this time. The more I rested and took
a step back from my hectic life it suddenly hit me like a ton of
bricks. What was I doing? Was I really living out my dream being so
stressed out all the time? Was the way I was doing things really
enabling me to "get ahead"? What was I truly destined to do? I knew
things couldn't continue the way they had been so I vowed to at the very
least adopt a new perspective on my life and work once I returned home.
One
of the things I browsed on the internet for fun was yarn- no surprise
there. ;) Lots and lots of colorful yarn. Yarn from big name companies
and yarn from indie dyers. Hmmm. What if? I always wanted to try but
never thought I actually could. I don't have the time, the space, the
money, it's probably dangerous, I'm just one person not a company... I
kept repeating all these things to myself and then, perhaps it was my
well-rested brain or just my usual "F@#$ it and do it anyway" attitude
but I knew I had to at least try. It would be another something fun to
do with yarn at any rate.
So, long story short, I researched the
topic to death, purchased the necessary supplies and then threw caution
to the wind and tried... and I cried when I finished dyeing my first
hank. It came out so much more beautiful than I had ever hoped. Where
did all these new colors come from? I knew I had found my calling.
I'm super excited to be adding '"yarnie" and indie dyer to my ever evolving fiber arts 'resume'. :)
So, without further ado I present to you my new line of hand dyed yarns which I will be selling under the name Dye is Cast Yarns.
I'm currently working on new bases and colorways, exclusive patterns and kits so stay tuned...
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