Oh Dear

Oh, I'm so embarassed...has it truly been this long?

I'm working on two projects that need to be finished right NOW. Soon as they are done I'll put up the finished pictures.

sock confessions

Started another new pair, why oh why, wanted to try out this yarn I dyed with Wilton, and of course, Andi's new pattern "Toad in the Hole" it is so much fun, easy to remember but still challenging. These colors are looking really great with this pattern, the teal color is almost luminescent. These are the great Sox Stix I got as a gift from our trip to Columbus, thanks gals! So lucious!!!!


Almost finished with this pair, not sure if I like the Addi bamboo, the join isn't as smooth as the turbo's but I'm actually knitting looser so it isn't so bad. These are generic Crazy Toes and Heels just at the toe decrease. For a Christmas gift so I better get crackin'.

This is a toe up from the Crazy Toes and Heels using the self striping yarn I dyed a few months ago, I ticked them out so many times, I finally like the way that they are turning out, using a pattern from Charlene Schurch's More Sensational Socks, not so sure which one just yet.

fingering weight Wilton dye day

This one looks very cool in the sunlight, almost glowing, Wilton dye leaf green, teal and royal blue


Royal blue, violet and Teal

Brown, copper and red

Yellow, orange red and brown

last of the dying day

I wanted to try painting next....this was fairly dry yarn and after the vinigar bath I diluted the dye with a bit of the vinigar water. Dapped it on, wrapped it with plastic and cooked it in the microwave in a bowl of water. I washed with Dawn and the water ran clear, so it worked.

I've been looking for some green yarn for a hat for Max, OU colors. This one is green with a bit of black on one end and brown on the other. I'm trying to get the color on so it won't puddle too much.

more dying day

Here is a skein with golden yellow, brown and orange

One side lime green, the other side orange and lemon yellow

more Wilton Dying

I decided to give the Wilton Icing Dyes another chance. I soaked the yarn in vinigar water for 20 minutes, in the mean time started a pot and brought the water to a simmer. Placed the yarn in, trying to keep the two sides seperate. Later on I placed a small jar full of water in the middle to keep them apart. I dropped teal on one side and burgandy on the other.


After about 15 minutes of steeping I tested the water with a white plastic spoon, the water was clear, so all of the dye was absorbed by the yarm. After drying out in the back, this is what is looks like

More dye fun!

Spent a little more time with the Wilton icing dye....red and black mixed in the pot after the yarn was dropped in. I really wanted to create colors that will not "puddle" when knit up, so the back and the front of the skein are different along with the ends. This looks a bit pinker that it really is.


The variations are unbelievable from just two dye colors

This one is using green, yellow and blue, I dropped the dye in little bits after the yarn was in the boiling water.

I'm loving how vibrant the colors are. Different than the Jaquard but I can do it in my kitchen.

skeins of dyed yarn

This is done with Procian dyes... black and brown with a little blue


This one is black red and orange....

This one is koolaid dyed worsted wool, very suble, I think this may be a pair of fingerless gloves.

another dye day yesterday

So, I decided to go forward and try a self striping dye again, this time with the Wilton icing dye. I wanted a black and white stripe. Here is the yarn skeined out. I tied in between the colors very tight so that the black wouldn't seep over to the white. I soaked the whole thing in vinagar water.


Here is the pot of black, the undyed section is draped over the pot... looks good doesn't it? Well, I left it bublling till the water turned clear (about 15 mins) I took it out and rinsed it, and the black was a sick sort of mottled purplish color. Rats

So, I did an overdye, just blobbing in the violet color... looks good.

After rinsing, washing and drying it looks good, although I forgot about the part that I tied tight, so there is a white strip each side between the colors... oh well, should look good.

nostepine etc....

This is the nostepine that we made from a chair leg....I'm still at the football stage though. I did download the instructions, and have tried several center pull balls, but I just can't get the hand of it. UGH....I do love a challange but sometimes you just want to have things work! Amy took a look and thought that maybe it was too big, that could be why I'm having some problems. I think we'll go back to Lowe's and get a smaller chair leg and try it out. For such little cost I can try several sizes. I guess I should start looking for antique legs. I was planning on painting Ivy vines up and around and then varnish, but I'll wait to see if the smaller one is a better fit.


The fish population is growing and growing, at least 2 dozen now, the biggest is about a foot from nose to tail tip.

Finally got the clog sock finished, I wish I would have used a smaller needle, they stretch out a bit too much. Maybe I'll frog and redo the toes, making them a little longer so they don'e stretch as much. I used the yarn I dyed with Jaquard dyes on the SNB's dye day, I really like the way the color pattern turned out.

These are Beatrix Clog socks, http://www.socktopia.net/patterns/beatrix.pdf. I love that the pattern runs up the back because I usually wear clogs in the winter. I think that this will be my go-to pattern from now on, it is very easy to calculate sizing because you can adjust the front stitch count to make gauge. I'm all for easy and simple.