2 posts tagged “dyeing yarn”
<<newb socks basic top-down sock pattern with short-row heel.
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when it's laid down flat like that, it looks like a huge sock toe. love it! while the box was set-up, I managed to also get pics of the Happy Hooker bunny I made over a year ago and some coasters I made as my first sewing project, this weekend-
hooray! a few things kept me from updating regularly. the major factor was time, of course.
anyway, since my last post (lace yarn), I've made a few things. I don't have pictures of the lace shawl progress, but I'm only 7 repeats into the budding lace chart. it's coming along nicely, though I get a little anxious just thinking about it. I think it's going to stay in my incomplete box a little longer.
the following are my largest FO's from the past month and a half--
first up, I made another star blanket for a friend's new baby. this one was made with a bunch of wooly scraps. it was so soft and cushy. I embroidered her initials on it, too. it was much appreciated and that made me happy!
next, I used this pattern, size US 8 needles, and a bunch of Peace Fleece to make a blanket. I increased to 600 stitches before I used a picot bind-off (crazy). this blanket took me 3 weeks to make. it's currently on my son's bed. even though it's too ridiculously hot outside to have a wool blanket, it keeps the bub warm when he falls asleep without any clothes on. it can get chilly with the a/c on.
next, I made yet another star baby blanket. this one was made in 3 days! it was a gift to my niece, who turned 3 at the beginning of April.
for this one, I used Caron Simply Soft and an H hook. I can't believe how fast it worked up. one reason I'll never ditch crochet is precisely that--it works up so fast!
next, I dyed sock yarn (Bare - Superwash/Nylon Fingering Weight) for the first time. I used various colors of kool-aid in a very large cast-iron pot. I basically just poured random colors all around. I also knit up my first complete sock in fingering weight yarn. I had started and frogged a few, so this one was very exciting to finish!
I used the yarn I dyed and KnitPicks US2 DPNs. the pattern is from the current issue of knitty, the Quill Lace socks. this pattern was very easy. I had to increase to CO 72 sts, because I used thinner yarn and slightly smaller needles. they fit perfectly!
I was so happy with the dye results, I wanted to immediately dye (and knit) some more sock yarn. I had 2 large mason jars and wanted to experiment with more organized dyeing, so I ended up hanging half the yarn in this golden yellow color and half in an orchid color. during the dyeing process, I had to renew the amount of colored water in each jar, because the hank would absorb the color (water would go clear), but parts were still bare. when I was satisfied with those colors, there was still a bare section in the middle (the part of the yarn that didn't go into any jars) and I ended up hanging that portion into the pot, after I sprinkled blue and green kool-aid into it. what resulted was some fantastic yarn!
with it, I made 2 pairs of socks. one pair was for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day and the other was a pair of baby jaywalkers for my son! I used the knitty pattern Monkey for my MIL's socks. we actually gave them to her this weekend and she loved them! we also gave her a pair of Crocs that she thoroughly enjoyed. for the baby jay walkers, I just decreased my CO sts to 44 and the number of sts between increasing and decreasing to 3. they were easy peasy!
now, I'm working on another pinwheel for my new nephew and a tomten jacket from Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Without Tears. it never ends.
