Color Teaser

So, what did I do last night?

Mixed colors

Dyed yarn

Washed up

Watched TV

I mixed up a very deep blue and a deep red so that I could make a "patriotic" colorway (by request), then mixed up some other fun colors to play around a little more. Below are the preliminary results (meaning I snapped only a few quick pictures this morning because I was running late for work!).

Love those blues!

Patriots

There was a request for red, white, and blue sock yarn. Thus, my Patriots. They're red on one end, white in the middle, and blue on the other end. The red faded to a kind of dark orange as it ran a bit, but I like it.

In a Mood

Autumn colors

Kimono Scarf

This is what I've been doing to amuse myself lately. It's a scarf in a pattern adapted from Folk Shawls. It's the pattern for the Kimono shawl, an easy 10+1 repeat pattern with garter edges.

I'm knitting it on US 7 needles with a nice Peruvian merino by a company called Mirasol. The yarn is called Hacho and the colorway is #306. It has a nice, tight twist. One 50g ball yielded 12" in length (including the border), so I anticipate having a scarf that is 60" long when I'm done as I have only 5 balls of this wonderful wool. I'm not sure how wide it will be when I block it out, but I think it will be near to 12".

And a bag to put it in . . .

My sister Shari was kind enough to send to me a gift card to String of Purls for my birthday. I used it to purchase this magnificent bag which holds all of the projects posted today, plus some knitting books, pens, etc. the bag is some sort of plastic fabric, so it is good for the beach. I like it because it zips up on top and will keep all of my projects protected from the more unsavory elements of nature.

I embellished it with a cool tag from Village Stationery. I feel trés chic, let me tell you!

Dye Class Delinquents

These are some dk weight skeins leftover from dye class. The center one is dyed in Gaywool Bluegum and the outer two (dubbed Emerald Sky) are in blue and yellow (one is Gaywool Bluegum and Honeycomb, the other is leftover Culinary Colors blue and yellow).

Wisteria Lane and RiverWash Skeins

Left are the Wisteria Lane skeins and right are the RiverWash skeins. Both are superwash wool in fat fingering weight, 4 oz per skein and sold at String of Purls.

Rescue Pullover in Progress

This isn't perhaps the best photo because it shows the yarn as brighter than it really is. This is the failed Mardi Gras skeins overdyed in Indigo and the start of an aran-style pullover.

Monet Scarf

This silk scarf was dyed in the splatter method with a variety of colors. I like to call it the Monet scarf because it looks like an impressionist painting.

Mardi Gras Scarf

This is a silk scarf dyed with the Mardi Gras colors.

Manos del Uruguay Scarf

This is done with two skeins of the silk and wool blend of Manos del Uruguay yarn, one in a solid blue-grey and the other in a variegated that included the same blue-grey color. On a US 7 needle, I cast on an uneven number of stitches and knit back and forth as follows:

Row 1 (solid color): *K1, Sl 1 with yarn in front* across, end K1. Turn work.

Row 2 (solid color): Purl all sts. Turn work.

Row 3 (variegated color): *K1, Sl 1 with yarn in front* across, end K1. Turn work.

Row 4 (variegated color): Knit all sts. Turn work.

The left image shows the side with Rows 1 and 3, the right image shows the side with Rows 2 and 4. Frankly, I like the right image best!

Kaffe Fassett Crocheted

I was given a gift of a bunch of Rowan dk weight yarn from a Kaffee Fassett (sp?) cardigan kit. There was no way to knit the cardigan with the directions in it (several balls of yarn were missing), but I knew I'd have fun crocheting it in a basketweave pattern. Here it is in progress. it will make a nice stole (about 18" wide). This is the item my mom did some crocheting on when she found herself unexpectedly at our house one night because her power was out.

Ab-Fab In Progress

Above: Detail. Below: A look at the whole thing in progress. There are, I think, 10 different yarns, each a different color, and about five different textures. Three of the yarns are mohair, two are a kind of shiny thick-and-thin boucclé, one is a flat knit ribbon, one is a fluffy cotton-ish chenille, and one is a regular yarn in bulky weight. It's knit on US 11 needles in a feather-and-fan pattern. The kit comes in a great variety of color sets and the instructions include six different ways to knit or crochet it into a throw (or afghan, or lap blanket -- whatever you want to call it).

New Year's List Updated

Projects on the New Year's List:

• Socks for Marky (one done, 2nd sock at gusset)
• Socks for Deb (#1 near heel turn)
• Socks from Austermann Step yarn — Frogged and rewound
• Hoofle-Foofle Socks *Done • 1 Feb 2008*
• Cardigan *Done • 10 May 08*
• 8-3-5 Pullover for Marky (back done; front started)
• Scarf from bulky weight Silk Road *Done • 5 Jan 08*
• Scarf from 2 strands of Manos del Uraguay *Done • 10 Jan 08*
• Socks for Alice *Done • 5 Jan 08*
• Shrug for Mary (back panel done; working out pattern for sleeves)
• Baby Blanket for Jorge y Liliana — Frogged and rewound
• Socks for Joan (one sock done, the 2nd sock at the gusset)
• Swag Socks sample for String of Purls *2 samples done*
• Marjaana/Hermione pullover for myself — Frogged and rewound
• Scarf (non-wool) for I-Pie (about halfway along)

Christmas Stockings from Suzi

A wonderful knitter, Suzi B. from Denison, Iowa, sent photos of two Christmas stockings she knit:

On the left is a Christmas stocking I'd designed a couple of years ago. It's knit with Lamb's Pride bulky. On the right is the Purlie Fat Sock yarn, Sari colorway, knit in the Raindrop pattern (free with purchase of the yarn).

Well, this does my soul good. I'd gotten an email yesterday from knitty.com that two sock patterns I'd sent in were rejected. Nice to see that someone gets enjoyment from my patterns!