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Category Archives: dyeing + printing

doo-wop dress by hamster and the bee

doo wop! doo wop!

January 8, 2015by hamsterandthebee 2 Comments

i took 56 pictures of the bee in this dress, and i got three usable shots. three! poor lighting, a tired model, and uber red fabric all conspired against me. oh well. i drafted and sewed […]

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dyeing + printing, pattern drafting, sewing

the “it wasn’t supposed to be cotton candy colored” sweatshirt

May 7, 2014by hamsterandthebee 2 Comments

seriously. so pink. like bubble gum. i meant for it to be a very pale (much paler than this) version of the coral pocket in the DC pants. but i […]

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dyeing + printing, kcw, sewing

DC pants

April 12, 2014by hamsterandthebee 10 Comments

yay! i finished those pants! i’m really pleased with how they turned out! i think they could use a few more minor tweaks, but otherwise are a totally dope pattern […]

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dyeing + printing, kcw, pattern drafting, sewing

a sweater made from goldenrod yarn

January 15, 2014by hamsterandthebee 2 Comments

i used the goldenrod yarn that i dyed (plus a stripe of some store bought orange ’cause i ran out!) to make a sweater for the bee. this is the […]

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dyeing + printing, knitting

goldenrod

October 8, 2013by hamsterandthebee Leave a comment

in late august (or was it early spetember?), i dyed more yarn, this time using goldenrod. we have soooo much of this around us that it was a no-brainer when […]

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