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Tucked away in the rolling hills of Washington County, just an hour north of Albany and near the Vermont border, Quarry Ridge ...
Since they were “little kids,” Tori unabashedly declares “we have fantasized about running a business together. It took some ...
Either way, Yarn Matter has you covered! Owner Erin Battle joined Studio 512 to tell us more. Erin explains the Yarn Matter process: “I hand-dye the ... bases such as alpaca/silk/cashmere ...
“So, if you’re buying hand-dyed yarn, you’re meeting the dyers. If you’re getting wool from the alpaca or sheep, you’re meeting the people raising the animals.” Jasmyn Thomas was one ...
All fabrics were done in batik and hand-dyed by me… final pieces were sewn by Sandra Hardy, seamstress at the H.E.A.R.T. Garment facility on Marcus Garvey Drive. Items from the Soursop ...
They are then baked in standing ovens — “It’s much quicker than boiling that many” — and cooled before being hand-dyed by the dozens in big steel bowls. In February, though, Mr. Young ...
Alpaca farming is growing in popularity in the USA. Start raising these cool-looking mammals and learn alpaca basics, like how long alpacas live and how to harvest alpaca fibers. When alpacas were ...
In either a flatter yarn or a more targeted application, it’s problem-free. “It has a beautiful hand, a fluid drape; we use it all over the place; and people love it—so don’t be afraid of ...
Worsted weight yarn is an incredibly popular and versatile weight of wool that is perfect for creating all kinds of knitting patterns and craft projects – but it's not a term we tend to use very much ...
The non-profit event features everything from hand dyed braids to hand dyed alpaca yarn. If you’ve been thinking that you have to travel to other cities, or to other countries for that matter ...