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The Moment When My Creativity Disappears
I’ve said many times that I like to approach dyeing as an exploration of colour, and when I stand in front of the dyepots and start mixing colours, I sometimes have so many ideas that my hands can’t...
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Share your Project Idea to Win Free Shipping!
You know, they say the best stuff comes in packages with free shipping. Wait… no they don’t. But still, free shipping has to make any package way better, right? And when we’re giving away free...
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The Surprising Way your Screen Affects SpaceCadet Yarn
I’ve been doing some work on the SpaceCadet website* and I’ve noticed something that surprised me so much that I just have to stop everything right this minute to share it with you: what you see on...
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Limited Editions: Gather Together
Autumn is such a wonderful time of year – not just in the colours, but also in the smell in the air, the crisp coolness, the promise of family gatherings and the upcoming holidays. And for a dyer,...
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Understanding Colour: Solids vs Semi Solids vs Tonals
An addiction to knitting and crocheting (raise your hand!) might seem like it’s all about the fiber, but it’s really as much about colour. And while lots of folks immediately get schooled up in yarn...
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Understanding Colour: Variegateds, from Gentle to Wild
Last week we talked about the different meanings of the colour terms “solid”, “semi-solid”, and “tonal” — all of which refer to yarn dyed in a single hue. But so often the yarns that really send our...
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Our Black Friday Special Event is LIVE!
I am super excited to announce the SpaceCadet Colour Explorers One-of-a-Kind Sweater Kits as our Black Friday Special Event! Available from 6am on Friday right through to Cyber Monday, there’s no...
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How to Give the EASIEST Holiday Gift
I am a terrible holiday gift shopper. Lots of other people write out lists, get to the shops weeks ahead, and have everything bought, wrapped, ready to go with plenty of time to spare. Not me. I always...
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Here’s What had Me Dancing in the Studio…
I want you to imagine a scene… one in which two grown women are carefully laying skeins of yarn out on the floor, neatly positioning them side-by-side in a gentle arc and then — every now and again —...
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What They Said on Ravelry That Amazed Me…
I had two fabulous reasons to be excited about sending out the latest SpaceMonster parcel to our existing club members — the yarn and the gift both had me over the moon! — but I’m always nervous...
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Today is the Day! The Yarn Alliance is Open for Subscriptions!
Today is one of my hands-down favourite days of the year, one of those days that I look forward to for months… because today the InterStellar Yarn Alliance opens for subscriptions! It happens only...
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The Most Important Step You Need to Take to Understand your Hand-Dyed Yarn
Whenever we go to a trunk show or a yarn festival, I get asked one set of questions in particular: how will this yarn behave? will it pool? what will it look like? And I’m always glad to delve into...
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How to Read Your Hand-Dyed Yarn’s Colour Repeats
Last week, I gave you the first and most important step to understanding your skein of hand-dyed yarn: opening it up. And because we’re constantly twisting and untwisting skeins here in the studio, it...
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How to Untwist and Retwist a Skein
A few weeks ago, I shared the importance of untwisting your skeins in order to understand how the colourway will behave. When it comes to hand-dyed yarn, seeing the whole colourway is absolutely...
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Reading Hand-Dyed Yarn: The Rule of Thirds
If you’ve been following my series on understanding hand-dyed yarn, you know by now that the most important step is to open your skein up, and you know the basics of how to read your colour repeats,...
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The Yarn Alliance is Open for Subscriptions!
I’m so excited to announce that (after a small delay), today is the day… The SpaceCadet’s InterStellar Yarn Alliance is open for subscriptions! Exploring great new colourways is tons of fun… and even...
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The Key Step to Making the Most of your Hand-Dyed Yarn
A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you the Knitting Rule of Thirds, a quick technique that’s great for visualising how a yarn’s colours will work up in your knitting. Understanding how to do it...
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Can’t Pronounce It… Gotta Knit It!
I love seeing people who have found the thing they are passionate about. There is nothing so infectious as the excitement and enthusiasm of someone who knows what they love and just dives in head...
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A KAL for Holiday Stash Busting!
Here at the SpaceCadet studio, everyone is gearing up their holiday knitting: small projects that are quick to make, lots of fun, and the perfect gift for the knit-worthy amongst our love ones (…and,...
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Our Specials for Black Friday… And Beyond!
This weekend is many things: a time to spend with family (I had a great Thanksgiving with mine — I hope you did too), the full start of the holiday season and, for the SpaceCadet crew, a chance to pull...
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