http://www.yarntasting.com people swatching Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/07/points-of-origin/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/07/points-of-origin/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:36:49 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=406 Air Ecru is an imaginary yarn lover’s vehicle for flights of fancy.  Our pilot is Captain Noelle, who this month finds color inspiration in places where light and water combine in heartfelt ways.  Every seat is first class on Air Ecru, and we invite you to take off in a fully reclined position.  Knitting needles [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/07/points-of-origin/feed/ 9 http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/06/golden-fleece-an-epic-yarn/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/06/golden-fleece-an-epic-yarn/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:10:00 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=353 Air Ecru’s intrepid pilot and tour guide, Noelle, this month takes us on a voyage that begins underground and ends underwater.  Buckle up! At Artfibers we start each week with design.  The subject at hand was Brioche, a complex thick/thin stretch yarn requiring double dyeing in opposite chemistries. Noelle had visited an Egyptian antiquities exhibit [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/06/golden-fleece-an-epic-yarn/feed/ 2 http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/04/leaves-of-grass-sampler/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/04/leaves-of-grass-sampler/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:27:14 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=228 April — month of Arbor Day, Earth Day, green grass growing!  For fiber inspiration we offer a few thoughts from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars ——————————- A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/04/leaves-of-grass-sampler/feed/ 14