February Blues.....

So now I know why I don't blog all the time, I have such a hard time trying to link things, get frustrated, loose anything that I've written, urgghh!!!



Ok, lets try this again. I'm trying to tell you about the sweater that I knit for my sister-in-law, Martha. The pattern is "Cosima" by Berroco. Made with Peruvia Quick, also by Berroco. I do have to say, it turned out loverly!!! Will attempt to post a pic here. Ok, still not able to..... Now see, if you were on Ravelry you could look on my projects page and see it here. I've done some dying of sock weight yarn and even though I've not had much success on my etsy site or on yarnygoodness, I have been able to sell some at my local LYS and to my wonderful friends.



I am currently participating in a St. Patty's Day swap. My swap person live in the UK. I'm excited, as I've never had an international partner before. I've already sent her a package as a suprise, now I will try to send out the rest by the end of February.



Well, that's all for now! Have a great weekend.

I guess I have.....

disappeared, that is. Not much going on I guess. Lots of knitting, always knitting! I recently learned how to spin on a drop spindle, so I do a little of that now. I've definately caught the spinning bug and would love to get a wheel! I have several spindles getting filled with singles, but have yet to ply any of them. I will try to get pictures when I do. Here is where I would like to get a wheel. I saw one at Rhinebeck. I didn't try it though. My DH love Vermont, so I'm gonna try to talk him into a trip this spring. Speaking of Rhinebeck (aka the sheep & wool festival) I'll leave you with a picture of me and my peeps taking a brief rest from shopping at the Fest!

No, I haven't disappeared....

Shoot-Alot! I have not writtin in so long!!!

Well, I have been doing alot of dying, sock yarn that is...... Nancy at Spin A Yarn took 3 skeins on consignment and two sold that evening!!!!

I'm also going to be selling my items on Yarny Goodness!! This was an invite and I have to say that I felt quite special to be asked.....:)

The above photos are some of my color options, the top one is "VB Knock off" and the one under it is "Fall Magic".

My Etsy Store

Hey Check out the items in my Etsy Store! New yarns coming soon!!

Welcome!

Here is the little outfit that I made for my new nephew: Gannon! My pictures are really crappy, sorry....

I haven't seen the little bugger yet, but I have seen pics and he is too cute. Weighed in at 8.2 lbs last Thursday.

I had a very nice weekend. Some knitting accomplished. The first sock for my DH completed and second sock started.

Tah, Tah for now.

More Creations

So here are my accomplishments from last week.... I'm calling them (left) Neg-Patriot and (right) Orange Pecan. I really enjoy the process and am trying to learn how to control the color. I need to get better at color intensity. Also going to try to sell some on Etsy. In other knitting news... I finished the hat/kimono for the new nephew. I have not heard if he has made it into the world yet. It was supposed to happen yesterday.

Have a great Labor Day!!!

My own creations

A few weeks back I decided to try my hand at dying my own sock yarn. Here are the results:

The first thing I did was to soak the skeins in water/vinegar solution for about 4hrs. Then I got out all of the supplies that I had been collecting for such an occasion and began mixing up dyes. The first set of dyes I use were RIT. I mixed the dry dye into a jar of water/vinegar solution ( I did not use any type of measurement, just "a little here-a little there) then I put the solution into a squit bottle. I started out with the skein on the right. I first used a yellow, then red, then black. As you can see the yellow disappeared!! I think I squirted too much dye and too close together. I then wrapped it up in clear plastic wrap and stuck it in the microwave for a minute or two. I think it could have use one more ZAP but I was anxious to see results. Not bad but also not exactly what I was looking for. So, on to the second skein. The one on the left I used Wilson Cake dyes. Mixed it with the same water/vinegar solution and applied it the same way. The cakes dyes are more like a jelly and even though I thought they were mixed well, The colors came out spotty and multi-colored. For instance, the blue came out purple and blue, the green were a few different shades of green and what was supposed to be "burgandy' came out pink. Again, not bad, but not what I was looking for. By the way, the black and yellow on the left skein are the RIT dyes and I also nuked this skein a few times. I then rinsed in luke warm water and left them to dry. I like the way they look in the skeins!!!! So much so that I don't want to wind them into balls or knit them up into socks!!!