Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 21st at 6:00pm in Conference Room A of the Richland Library.
Friday, April 26th from 1:00 to 3:00pm Knitting Needle Workshop Party
Please join Kathy T. & friends creating beautiful knitting needle jewelry. The jewelry will be sold at the Fall Market Sale. DFA Studio 101 N Union St, Suite 208, Kennewick, WA 99336
Saturday June 8th Knit in Public Day at the Richland Library 955 Northgate Dr, Richland WA 99352. Bring your knitting or crocheting and join us in the Lobby. Yarn and needles will be available for new knitters to learn.
Saturday June 22 Dye in the Park (see info at the end of this article)
Jan has knit and crocheted 100 carves, 200 washcloths and over 30 hats for charity.
Yoga for knitters Jan and Rosanne had stiff hands and thumbs so we did some sitting yoga stretches at this week’s meeting.
Nerve Flossing Extend your arms straight out at shoulder height. Bend 1 hand upwards and the other hand downwards. Keep your arms extended and alternate flipping your hands up and down.
Raise your arms overhead and wiggle hands and fingers. Move your arms to the back and wiggle hands and fingers again. Keep rotating your arms and wiggling hands and fingers.
Sitting cat and cow Sit in a sturdy chair, feet flat on the ground.
Cow Sit toward the middle of the chair. Inhale and arch the back, opening the chest and lifting the chin slightly.
Cat Exhale and round the back, drawing the chin toward the chest.
Repeat cat and cow slowly.
Books we read this month and last month
*Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (Highly Recommended)
100 Knitted Tiles by Various Authors
5 Tuesdays in Water and Father of the Rain by Lily King
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
A Little Girl’s War by Wendy Appleton
A Remarkable Mother by Jimmy Carter
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (Sherlock Holmes inspired)
After All by Mary Tyler Moore
Any Jack Reacher book by Lee Child
Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
Changes Of Heart by Paige Lee Elliston
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet? by Charlene Ann Baumbich
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Every Tool’s a Hammer by Adam Savage
Field of Bones by J.A. Jance
From the Ocean to the Sky by Edmund Hillary
Glory Days by Max Lucado
Inheritance and The Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Iron Orchid by Stewart Woods (The Holly Barker series)
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Lonesome Dove Saga by Larry McMurtry
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Mixed Signals by Diane Barnes
One in a Million by Janet Dailey
Outlander series by Dianna Galbedon
Outlaw Tales of Washington by Elizabeth Gibson (local Author)
Reforged by Seth Haddon
Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer
Several of the cozy mysteries by Sharon Fiffer
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
The Boys by Ron Howard and Clint Howard
The Butterfly Effect by Andy Andrews
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
The Joy of Yarn by Marie Greene (How do you sort your yarn?)
The Memoir – Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
The Wise Ass by Tom McCaffrey
This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
Treasure Hunters 2 by James Patterson (youth)
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Unthinkable by Jamie Raskin
Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Dye in the Park 2024
When Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 8:30am
Where Earlene M
What to Dye? Silk, wool, cotton (prewash all plant fibers)
What to Bring
· water
· hat and sunglasses
· snacks and lunch
· paper towels
· dye notebookand dye kit
· wear old clothes and sunscreen
Depending on the Dye Technique you pick please bring
· foam brushes
· disposable gloves
· iron and ironing board
· bubble wrap
· rubber bands
· spritzer bottles
· portable table
· white plastic table cloths
· basin or plastic bag to carry home wet fiber
What I have on hand
· one iron and ironing board
· marbles
· Sharpie Markers
· rubbing alcohol
· syringes
· dyes for silk, protein and plant fibers
· Citric Acid for protein fibers
· Soda Ash for cotton/hemp fibers
· About 10 lawn chairs
· 4 assorted tables
· Kosher Salt
· Drying rack
We received over 30 assorted silk scarves and 10 yards of silk organza fabric from Linda Woosley’s studio. There are also concentrated silk dyes so long story short we will be dyeing a lot of silk. Scarves and organza are on a first come first serve basis.
The dyes are from Ginny Eckley’s series called ‘Colorhue Dyes’.
How To Dye a Silk Scarf – Quick and Easy! Heathers Treasures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOgZVQZvlps
How to “Marble” Dye Pretty Silk Scarves By fiberartsy
Silk Painting Salt Technique by Art of Silk Painting
SHARPIE DYEING ON SILK (WITH RUBBING ALCOHOL) by Didsbury Art Studio
Bubble Pack or Dry cleaning Bags
This is a fantastic technique that picks up the pattern of the plastic.
1. Lay the plastic, bubble side up. If using dry cleaning bags, slit it, then wrinkle
2. Lay silk, right side down on the plastic
3. With a large foam brush, brush the fabric with water. This merges the plastic and silk together, and the pre-wetting prevents streaking.
4. Mix Colorhue Dye, typically 3 parts water to 1 part dye, and stir.
5. Using a foam brush, brush on the dye.
6. Let dry for at least one hour before removing from the plastic.
7. Dry, then press.
Pleating
Because this dye is so instant, you can brush on several colors, and there is very little merging of colors.
1. At the ironing board, pleat your fabric into 1” pleats.
2. Using rubber bands, wrap the fabric. Wherever the bands are, the fabric will remain white.
3. Using foam brushes, push the dye into the areas between the rubber bands. Using 3 colors usually works best, more gets too busy.
Marbles
1. Lay out plastic over your table.
2. Place marbles in fabric, and tie in place with rubber bands.
3. Brush on the dye using foam brushes.
Uneven Dyeing
Scrunch your silk, and tie with rubber bands or clothespins. Dip in dye Or place in a zip lock bag. Squeeze out dye, dry and repeat for second color. Spritz it! Cover your area with white plastic. Dilute the dye with water, and pour into a spray bottle. Scrunch up your fabric, for an uneven color and spray! Repeat with other colors.
Drip Dyeing
1 Using pipettes or syringes drip dye on to scarf
2 Once you get the perfect amount of drips of dye you can move the scarf around so you get all the white parts covered with the dye.
3 Take a piece of saran wrap and wrap the top of the bowl. Put in microwave for 4 minutes in 2 minute increments. Poke holes in the saran wrap with a fork this will prevent the saran wrap to explode.
4 Remove the saran wrap and rinse the scarf until the water is clear.
5 Remove the water out and ring out the scarf. Place outside or on a drying rack to dry.
6 Once it dries you can iron on low heat.
