In Progress

in progress
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Once again, I've found myself drawn to this amazing handspun thick thin wool. This is a combination of a deep cedar and various shades of blues. I'm quite suprised at how soft it feels against my skin, its not itchy at all.

Stormiewhether

Stormiewhether
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Stormiewhether is knit with 'Mercury' and its base colour is a charcol grey speckled with lumps of neutrals and beige. Sibling to Burned Blue and Bumpy Brown, it is perfect for a beautiful blue skied sunny winter day in the 'peg.

Birds of a Feather Pt. deux

Birds of a Feather 5
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

As requested, here's another picture of Birds of a Feather. Enjoy!

Blushing Thicket

blushingthicket
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Wow, this stuff is gorgeous, the extra long burgandy (not hot pink like the picture) eyelash has a oatmeal coloured thick core. I'm taking my time with this one so I can admire it as it gets longer. Blushing Thicket is made with It's Kool by SRK.

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I've had this handspun thick thin yarn for a few months now, I was just waiting for the right idea to come to mind, and here it is. Birds of a Feather....ta da!

La Dee Da

La Dee Da 2
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I'm not sure if its the shakey hands or just the shadows the eyelash and ladder yarn casts on the wall, but I swear this isn't another one of my classic out of focus pics. La Dee Da was knit with an Italian Multi-Fizz eyelash and a Cherry Hill Ladder novelty yarn.

Lilac Lace

Lilac Lace
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Lilac Lace almost never was, this is a combination of a soft kid mohair and a variegated ribbon yarn. I'll never be able to figure out how this gorgeous skien of ribbon yarn exploded into an insanely messy heap of knots. With help from A.M. for at least six hours combined, we were able to untangle it and get it into a ball to start knitting. However, it took me over a month to stop cursing everytime I saw it! No hard feelings LL.

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Chocolate Covered Cherries
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

If you squint your eyes, Chocolate Covered Cherries, doesn't look so blurry or just take a look at Raspberry Sundae. This is the replacement for RS that is still MIA, I have to accept that it is now gone forever. CCC is a combination of a dark brown mohair and one of my favourite yarns, Paton Divine.

Princely Perfection

Princely Perfection 2
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Princely Perfection was knit with a Cherry Hill Cashcott novelty ribbon in Old Rose, and accented with a lilac Fizz eyelash. The colours range from a dusty blue, rose, pink and purples. Fun to knit, not fun when the needles slipped out of my hands. Aluminum needles NOT recommended, and they're pretty damn cold after you've been waiting outside for the bus. Brrrrrrrrr!

Hold the Mustard

Hold the Mustard
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

After weeks of hmmm-ing and haah-ing I finally took the plunge and ordered a whole whack of yarn from Turkey off of ebay. Hold the Mustard was reserved for V.M. the moment I tore the box open, okay the second time I tore the box open! Which in reality was only minutes after the first time.

Check out Pikin' Pistachios, same yarn, different colour and knit.

Fun Fun Fun

Fun Fun Fun
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Created for someone with alot of energy, Fun Fun Fun was a combination of a rainbow coloured eyelash and a Lion Brand Boucle in Parfait.

Pink Pearl

Pink Pearl
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Knit with a soft plush mohair blend from Paton Divine with a delicate blend of a baby pink eyelash, Pink Pearl was a hit!

Grape Stained

Grape Stained Detail
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

The rich colours of Grape Stained have been lost in this over exposed picture. A combination of deep wines, speckled with tiny bits of warm colour and highlighted with a chocolate brown eyelash, Grape Stained now resides in Regina Saskatchewan.

Peach Sorbet

Peach Sorbet
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Looks good enough to eat! This is my first attempt at making something in the more pastel range, a double eyelash knit, Peach Sorbet...thats it!

Midnight Express

MidnightExpress
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This is another scarf that boardlines the six feet long range. Midnight Express was a little nerve racking for me to knit, it was one of the first six and custom made for someone with over 20 years knitting experience. She loved it! Phewwwwww!!!
Knit with four different types of yarn.

Colour Me Pretty

ColourMePretty
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

What can I say about Colour Me Pretty, boy was this scarf gorgeous out in natural light. This picture doesn't do it justice. Knit with a jetblack eyelash and a wonderful rainbow multicoloured one.

Old Skool

OldSkool
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Old Skool was my first attemp at using circular needles, believe it of not I casted over 200 stitches per row. Old Skool is over six feet long, a combination of chartreusse, seafoam and chocolate brown yarn was used for this creation.

Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle DT1
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Razzle Dazzle combines a minimum of six different yarns, ranging from mohair, to a lite wool blend with sequence along with a variety of ladder and ribbon yarn. I was obsessed with this scarf because every new row brought another great combination of colours, and I couldn't put it down while I knit it.

Slow Leak

Slow Leak
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Slow Leak was a yarn kit I bought off of ebay, which inturn got me obsessed with looking at yarn on ebay for over 2 months...I can say I'm doing much better now, and only check about once a week. I have yet to find a long eyelash yarn as beautiful as this this italian royal blue, and the coordinating german wool with a blue base and speckled with browns only highlights the eyelash even more.

A Funny Thing

A Funny Thing
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Okay, another pic where the colour needs to come from your imagination....now imagine HOT PINK! That is "A Funny Thing". Created with an eyelash yarn and Paton's Twister yarn.

Pink Lemonade with Pulp

Pink Lemonade with Pulp
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

As a special request, "long, skinny and pink", I came up with Pink Lemonade with Pulp. This combonation of three yarns, a local ice pink varegated eyelash, along with a soft slightly rose short eyelash from Turkey, and another wonderful shade of pink also from Turkey.

Lime Covered Kisses

Lime Covered Kisses 2
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Lime Covered Kisses is a combination of teal multi coloured mohair and a purple, blue, and green 100% Viscose yarn. Its so cosy soft!

Rhythm N Blues

Rhythm N Blues
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

This is a combination of nine different yarns ranging from three different colours of eyelash, as well as wool, mohair, and ladder yarn.

Happy New Year!

Hello to all my friends and family.

As some of you may know 2004 was a very rough year for me, however, I am determined to make this year far better. And I'm starting it off with doing something productive. Creating this site. Finally a project that will keep me busy...other than the knitting! Who knows what "tsaiware" will become, maybe one day my items will be in a local shop or boutique...we'll see.

Wishing everyone the very best for the new year. To your health, happiness and everything you want to accomplish.

Pikin' Pistachios

Pikin Pistahios
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Pikin' Pistachios has a good new home in Winnipeg, literally. It too has had a journey, from Turkey to Toronto, delivered in Ottawa and now in the 'peg.

Hope LP,DT and J (is that JT or JTP, I should really figure that one out soon) are settling into the new house. Love yah!

The Peacock

Peacock Revised
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I agree that this picture is rather blurry and if you've seen the actual scarf you know the colours are off, but its the only pic I've got! And I cannot show my scarves without showing the original. Note how I never start off with anything simple when I do things.

Lot Two

LotTwo
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

From L-R I'd like to introduce: Colour Me Pretty, Rough Seas (AKA Burned Blue pre-fringe), Olivoyel, and Peach Sorbet. The latter two need homes!

Bumpy Brown

BumpyBrown
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

What can I say about Bumpy Brown, if it weren't for my very brown, very cosy, very wide first scarf...well okay, second to The Peacock...I never would have started my seasonal scarf business. Kudos to M.R.
(Bernat Galaxy-Earth)

Burned Blue

Burned Blue
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

The svelt version of "Bumpy Brown" both made from the Bernat - Galaxy collection....with fringe! (Neptune)

Hikorie Stix

Hikorie Stix
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

"Hikorie Stix" was just meant to travel with the material originating in Turkey, it travelled the Atlantic to Toronto, then was knit on a short trip on Via rail to Ottawa and back again....Travel well H.S.

Raspberry Sundae

Raspberry Sundae
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

"Raspberry Sundae" is currently MIA, somewhere floating around and hopefully at least keeping someone warm in Toronto. Seeing that I refuse to make two of the identical creations, sorry folks, its fraternal twin will arrive shortly. Hang tight Syb!

Harvest Sunset

Harvest Sunset
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

"Harvest Sunset" was created using a handspun and hand dyed thick and thin wool from California. The wool is a one of a kind dye lot.

Vine Ripened

Vine Ripened
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

This scarf is made with a NORO Kureyon Wool along with a somewhat similar Gedifia acrylic yarn.