Mini Rabbit Hole

Hello October Lovers and Fiber Friends!

Thank you for joining my little circle! Today our topic is the rabbit hole of mini skeins that I have fallen down, and I’m not trying to get up. It started with my Double Double Mini Kit, available now in the Sisteresque Fibers Etsy Shop. I had a sudden need to crochet something simple – I hadn’t crocheted in ages! So I thought, well why not a blanket for the cooler weather that’s coming. And while I’m at it, why not use my own minis to start so I can better show off how they work up.

I bought myself a new set of crochet hooks from Knit Picks just for the project. I wanted some hooks with grips for less hand soreness, and thus far they have been great. I started chaining with my Cauldron Bubble colorway until I thought it looked about as wide as I liked and started a simple granny stripe blanket. Just simple double crochet, chain space, double crochet base; then each row has 2 double crochets in each chain space and one chain space between them. I fell in love! Using my own colorways was so much fun, and the Plump Sock base I use is just perfectly squishy for a blanket!

I was running out of minis from my first kit and wanted to continue in my own Plump Sock Base. What else could I do? I had to create another mini kit! Further down the mini rabbit hole I fell. I created a second kit meant to be a darker version of my Double Double kit and this one I called Black Magic Woman. For those of you who have seen my Instagram feed or previous posts, I loved my green and purple (The Poison You Picked and The Evil Eye) colorways so much, I had to dye up yarn for a sweater! But I was also going to need another kit, so I went to my colorways for inspiration.

I found a few colorways in various blues that I had in my inventory and decided to dye a few more and put together a kit of blues. However, I also thought I needed a nice transition from the solid mini Blood Binding into my new In The Ether Mini Kit. So just for the sake of my granny stripe blanket, I dyed up Praise Poseidon, a mostly solid blue tonal with just a few little blue speckles. Further down the rabbit hole. Then I started in on my In the Ether Mini Kit.

I’m now fully into the mini rabbit hole with In The Ether, loving all my minis and the Plump Sock squishy goodness of the crochet fabric I was creating! But just as with the other kits, once I got to the my 3rd or 4th colorway and knew I would run out of minis, I had to plan another kit. This time with some glamour!

For my next mini kit trick, may I present: Monster Minis on Magic Sock! That’s right, its sparkle!! I was especially proud of how these colorways came out. I took inspiration from Monster High characters – not that I watch the show, but I’m fascinated with the concept of second generation classic monsters.

I’ve gotten to the end of my Monster Minis kit, and so off to the dye pots I went! What is the newest set of mini kit colorways? You’ll have to follow me on Instagram and my Etsy shop and right here on my blog to find out! They are drying as I type, and soon they will be available as full skein colorways or in another marvelous mini kit! I can’t wait to add them into my granny stripe masterpiece of my own hand dyed yarns!

Well, that’s all for this week Fiber Sisters and Brethren. Thank you all for joining my circle and sitting a spell! Stay tuned for my Not Rhinebeck Sweater and check me on Instagram @sisteresquefibers for an upcoming giveaway and coupon code during Rhinebeck weekend!

Also, if you’re interested in full skeins of any of my colorways and don’t see it in my shop, feel free to contact me! I’m happy to dye up special orders for any of my special fiber friends!

Wishing you a magical October!