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).

Clan Ross

These aren't exactly the Clan Ross colors. Those would be only red with blue and green stripes. This one has a brighter red and a deeper blue, plus some brown. But when it was all dyed I looked at it and immediately saw my mother-in-law's clan colors in it, so I named it for her.

Mardi Gras

I'm so proud of this mix. I think it's the best of the lot. I really got a great range of colors.

Tutti-Frutti

An odd skein (75% wool, 25% nylon) dyed from the leftovers of making color swatches, this one is knitting up in a fun array of colors.

Fire Lake

I like the rainbow hues of this one. On the far left is a brown and on the far right is a deep blue/purple.

Campfire

Full skein at the top of the image, and a nice detail of the red-into-yellow transition below. I'm not as crazy about this colorway, but several people have said it's their favorite of the bunch.

It's Worth the Purple Fingers

Here is yarn I dyed this past week, finishing drying at my office on Thursday a.m., thus saving me a trip home between work and sit-and-knit at my LYS.

Knitter's Heaven

I purchased a very cool skein winder from eBay. It arrived yesterday. I put it together last night and transferred two skeins to it (I wanted longer skeins for dyeing). I like this thing so much that I'm considering getting rid of my umbrella swift.

This is a piece of simple yet ingenious craftsmanship. It folds up easily (just undo the center screw and pull out the pegs) and it turns like greased lightnin'.

I also purchased a pound of blue-faced Leicester sock yarn. It came on a cone. I'm sorely tempted to knit it into a lovely shawl, then dye it, but I remind myself that I got this to dye and attempt to resell (or knit for myself). We'll see. . .

More Done, and Dyeing Prep

I finished the Manos del Uruguay scarf on Thursday night, and I've been making progress on both the red socks for my SIL Deb and the HoofleFoofle socks. I started a hat from the leftover Manos, but I'm going to frog it and save it for a felting project or something. I do not need another project staring at me, especially with all that is glaring at me from the UFO stash.

I'm going to work on the HoofleFoofle socks until they're done, then start on Deb's socks. After that, I'm going to tackle that cardigan and finally get out from under it.

Oh, and I keep finding UFOs as I dig around into stuff. Yuck.

I've gotten a few more things for my great dyeing adventure. One is a set of measuring spoons and measuring cups that will be ONLY for dyeing. I also got another plastic tray and handily holds these items. I'm going to try out several new yarns for dyeing. I've been using the Henry's Attic Kona DK superwash, but I'm also going to dry Sidhe Sock, Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Thin (just a tiny bit thinner than regular Super Sock), and blue-faced Leicester. And I got myself a large wool winder from off of e-Bay so I can have skeins up to 72" in circumference.

Lorna (my co-conspirator) and I are going to get together and try out some color mixing with some yarn swatches to see what we come up with, and then I'm going to dye yarn until my fingers are purple.

Swag Socks and other tales

Knitty.com didn't take the title pattern, but Blue Moon Fiber Arts is interested in taking a look, so I'm not posting a photo of them yet. They've been done for a while; I was just waiting to see whether Knitty was interested.

In the meantime, I'm working on the Prodigal Socks (the ones for my pastor that are done in Cherry Tree Hill's java colorway and in a waffle pattern). These socks were lost for a few weeks, then returned home. I have one done and the other is just a few rows away from the heel flap. I'll post a photo when they're done.

The commissioned Christmas socks are close to done. Sock #1 is completely finished. Sock #2 is done except for a hang tab. I waiting for Sock #3 to be finished (I've got just a few more stitches to put in the second Santa face before I move on with it) to see whether I have to get another skein of Red Heart bright red yarn to finish up these as well as the hang tab for #2.

I've gotten two skeins of Lisa Souza's "hard twist" yarn. The sock weight (Hard Twist Merino Petite) looks like it will take either a US 0 or US 1.0 needle (suggested sizes are US 1.0 or 2.0); the regular Hard Twist Merino knits up beautifully on US 1.0 and 2.0 (suggested sizes are US 4.0 to 5.0) for socks. I got a skein in the slate colorway that I'll knit up for my husband.

I've had a few starts and stops with other sock projects. I have a heavier Lisa Souza wool (in Mars Quake and Electra) that will be perfect for socks if knit on US 3.0 or 4.0, but I'm trying to decide on which pattern I like for them. The Mars Quake is for me; the Electra is for Ed.

Last night I started a pair with Blue Moon's "Socks that Rock" in Hooflefoofle and Great Adirondack's "Soxie" (find it at Ewe Need Yarn) in PlumLoco. I'm just doing a simple two-color sock but it's very pretty and lots of fun!

New to the Stash

Three new skeins from
Blue Moon Fiber Arts

Mesa (left), Backstabber,
and HoofleFoofle

All in Medium Weight.

Euroflax Linen in Neptune colorway.