The variety that exists in our industry is second to none. Even if we restrict this discussion to just knitting, I could go on endlessly on all the facets there are. To get a small example of this, you need only go to Ravelry and see how many little sects there are. The last time I was there, it was over 35,000 groups. And this is just on Ravelry! Yes, I am aware that there are overlaps, but needless to say, if you have a particular niche that you want to explore, you can probably find someone else like minded and do it with them. That’s what makes this such a great industry and allows for the easy creation of a community. Over the next few posts I am going to highlight a few of the individual sects that I discovered at Stitches West that help keep this community thriving.
Now obviously we wouldn’t be able to knit without yarn. There used to be a time when the yarn we got was very limited and the colors very bland. Nowadays however, there are dyers aplenty, and you can get pretty much any color or variation of it that you can imagine. Elissavet of WONDERLAND DYEWORKS is one of those said dyers, however she chooses to dye the roving or fleece of the particular fiber in order to offer more choice to the fiber artist. Developing her love of fiber since her introduction through wet felting, Elissavet infuses her passion in every small batch of hand dyed goodness coming out of her Oakland studio.
Her color palettes tends towards the earthy tones and offers fiber artists worldwide the ability to create one-of-a-kind works of art. Whether spinning, felting, or knitting, the fibers can be transformed into unique statements limited only by the imagination of the person creating them.
Yes, Elissavet can be found on Ravelry, just follow this link … Wonderland Dyeworks Ravelry …
and Etsy … Wonderland Dyeworks Etsy …
As knitters we often go to our stash and think, “Hmmmm, what am I to do with all of this yarn”? Thank you Elissavet for making this a little easier to answer – “something wonderful”!
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