Dyeing for Fun Part 9

It's that time again! This week I'm crazy excited about the results. I know I usually say stuff like that, but I LOOOVVVEEE this skein. Weirdly, when making the colorway, I thought I would just be iffy on it. Let's see what you think. I think it would make a mighty fine pair of socks! Obviously I made a swatch with it (as you will see below) to show how it strips, hence the lower grams/yards than the original hank. I have one more test with this yarn, to wash the swatch. It had a little bleeding with the reddish pink on my fingers while knitting with it, so before I put it up for sale, I want to make sure the colors stay put.








Colorway: Banana Split
Fiber content: 75% Merino Wool, 25% nylon superwash
Weight: Fingering Weight
Yardage: 454 yards (originally 464 yards)
Unit Weight: 90 grams (originally 100 grams)
Care: Machine wash/tumble dry low
Dyed with: Wilton's Icing Dye, food coloring

FO Friday 23

YAY, I have a FO to share! Finally! It's been two weeks but it feels longer than that. Sorry it took so long to post the pics, but my internet hates me apparently!

I'm really happy with this scarf. It's a simple garter stitch, 30 stitches across. It was a perfect project to travel with and work on it when I didn't feel like concentrating. At first I was unsure of the yarn, Filatura Lanarota Alpaca Cloud, that I bought from Smiley's. I bought 3 skeins, but only used two. I'm not sure what to make with it yet, but the yarn is SO soft.

Materials used:

US 9 needles
Filatura Lanarota Alpaca Cloud (2 skeins)
Yarn needle

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday 29

I am back from vacation and very rested, yet injured. Milo pulled me down as we were walking him early in the morning while standing on an icy street. Let's just say, he hates snow plows. I fell on my left wrist, so I didn't get as much knitting/crocheting as I had hoped on the trip. I still had a great time and forgot how much I love snow. We had a great time sledding and just walking through the four feet of snow on the ground. I got to see my first full blown snow fall and it was amazing.

Anyway, here is what I'm working on.


This is the scarf I hoped to finish before/during the trip so I could use it while we were there. Unfortunately, my hurt wrist slowed the progress. I love how it's turning out, even though it's a simple garter stitch. I'm getting used to the very fuzzy yarn, which slowed me down at first. :) I hope to finish it this week for FO Friday if my wrist can handle it.



This is actually a sneak peek (though a very bad picture) of my new self striping dyed yarn. I'm working on the swatch, so I figured I would count that as a WIP. This is my first time knitting with fingering weight yarn and I'm loving it! I'm also in love with the needle, my US 2 Hiya-Hiya. It has a great point and is slippery but not insanely so. I need to have this swatch done for my next Dyeing for Fun post Tuesday, so cross your fingers my wrist holds out between this and the scarf.

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Dyeing for Fun Part 8

I'm a little late on this post, as I was unable to take a picture of my latest yarn dye before I left on vacation. I realized that I haven't dyed a lot of blues, which is shocking since blue seems to be the color of yarn I always gravitate to in the store. I decided to go for a kettle dyed look, using my new (old) crock pot to see how it compares to the one I had been using (which is the one I also cook with, hence wanting to get one for just yarn dyeing). I'm very happy with the results, giving it an almost tie dye look of blues, pinks and white.




Colorway: Blueberry Cheesecake
Fiber content: 75% Merino Wool, 25% nylon superwash
Weight: Sport weight
Yardage: 274 yards
Unit Weight: 100 grams
Care: Machine wash/tumble dry low
Dyed with: Wilton's Icing Dye

FO Friday 22

I feel like I'm slacking, but honestly I'm not. This is the first time since FO Friday (in 22 weeks) that I have back to back posts with no FO. I blame it on the garter stitch scarf! Anyway, I have many projects in the works, but still have a bit to do on all of them. I plan to get a lot of knitting done this weekend, as we are going up to a cabin in the snow (yes, people in Southern California actually take vacations to see snow!) to just relax. I'm sure I'll have awesome pictures to share from the trip, including my foot tall corgi in 4-6 feet of snow. It should be interesting to say the least.

I went to the yarn store today (Yarn Dieters, I was good and didn't buy actual yarn) to get size US7 DPNs to work on the legs and arms of my monster. We'll see how it goes, as I have never used DPNs before. Seriously, what else new could I possibly learn with this monster?

This isn't a FO, but I didn't want to share how excited I am to have found a crock pot at the thrift store near my house for only $8. I was really worried it wouldn't work since, A) it was $8 and B) it is brown and olive green which means that it's from the 60's or 70's. I dyed two skeins yesterday (see I HAVE been busy!) and not only does it work, it actually started BOILING. Good thing my yarn was superwash! Yikes.

Anyway, enough rambling. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Please share your FO posts and I will comment on them when I return.