Sorry, it has taken me WAAAAYY too long to get this next post up but it has been crazy busy here since we are finishing up end of school year things! I am finally done with my responsibilities to two organizations that took up way to much of my time! We haven't had any plans this week in the evening and I can't remember a week like that since school began!
I have been knitting a bit but I have been dyeing and winding yarn more than anything!
7 Skeins of yarn, all dyed by me! The skein in front is the one going to my Dye-O-Rama Pal. I am not going to tell you anything about her so if you are her and hoping that I will drop a hint that I am your secret pal you can just forget about it! I will say that I made her complete the dye-o-rama meme and she was a trooper, that was one long questionare! This has been so fun, I love the dyeing! I have four skeins left to dye, I think two of them in the fingering weight are going to become my Amazing Lace KAL project! I think the superwash Merino has been my favorite to dye with so far!
Kevin made my dyeing habit a little easier by helping me complete my Warping board. I used Scout's instructions to start off but quickly found some issues with her instructions, great jumping off point though! He helped me make a few adjustments and we had a great board with multiple length abilities! It is fully customizable and allows me to remove pegs when I need longer sections between pegs and I am using it to rewind the skeins too! Here is a shot of it in action...
This has made making yarn look like this.....
or this...
Much much easier to create! Thanks honey!
I am off to go spend the afternoon at DD's school, end of year projects and parties and all! Have a great day!
Gorgeous yarns!! Great job!
Posted by: Zonda | May 20, 2006 at 05:31 PM
WOW! Those are some super-lucious yarn colors! Did you use Wiltons for the dye-o-rama, or did you get some wool dyes? Right now I've got some cotton soaking in dye for the next 24 hours.
Posted by: Mei | May 20, 2006 at 07:17 PM
All of your yarns are great looking, but I must know... what did you use to get the black sections? Is that Wiltons? How strong did you make it to get it nice 'n dark? Did you soak, or paint on the dyes?
Posted by: Nanc | May 25, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Hmmm...did you fill out your Dye-o-Rama questionnaire? Maybe you could? Puhleeeease?
Tomorrow's a big day for yarn!!!!
Posted by: SP in Dyeing | June 06, 2006 at 05:28 PM
Nice job on ALL of the yarn! I got my package today and it was great, thanks!!! Love both yarns and REALLY liked the little darning needle keeper, it's way cool. :)
Posted by: Carry | June 26, 2006 at 05:17 PM