Another night to dye for . . .

(Pictured left to right are Yvonne, Destiny, Meghan, Julia, Nichole, and Mims)

We have had yet another successful dye night! The girls pictured above are showing off the 2nd batch of beautiful yarns to emerge from the pot (see the 1st batch here ).

We dyed all kinds of yummy things, including Kona Fingering, Jeannie Sock Yarn, Panda (bamboo) Sock Yarn, Merino/Tencel Sock Yarn, and Meghan and Mims each dyed some of their own handspun. And we all chose to dye up some of the new Sterling sock yarn from Kraemer Textiles. Let me tell you - this stuff is BEEyooteefull dyed up!  The silver (yes, real silver) and silk just make it have the most lustrous shine without being overbearing. (For more info on Sterling you can read Clara Parkes' review here.) The weather cooperated wonderfully and we had a blast.

Here's a quick update on the Dollar and Half Cardigan:

Back is blocked, sleeves are begun (two at once), and I am distracted by other projects on the horizon . . .

Oh - and remember the Leaf Lace Pullover from Loop-d-loop by Teva Durham?  I knit it back in 2005 with double-stranded Cash Iroha (many, many balls of Cash Iroha!), and I was never happy with the fit. If you look closely at the picture (or more closely than I did at the time), you can see that the shoulders are VERY slopey, to the point of droopiness. I've never been happy with the fit, and while showing it to Nichole a couple of weeks ago she pointed out the plain truth that I could just rip it out and use the beautiful yarn for something else! So?

Rrribbitt!

Comments

[penny]

ooh!! what will this beautiful yarn become? i think your sweater was pretty, but i agree those shoulders are difficult to fit.

what fun on dye night! i so wish i could come crash your party. :)

[Yvonne]

I remember that green sweater. You were knitting it when I first starting coming into the store.

[kaetlyn]

that yarn is so wonderful, BOTH batches! what a fun get together! cannot wait to see how the dolar and a half looks when it is all done!

[Mokihana]

You folks had so much fun! I wanna come to the next dye night!!

[Destiny]

Thanks for the blog comment. After this weekend, it was so nice to come home to something NICE. I am re-thinking who I have in my bubble. Nichole has great wisdom in the givers/takers poll on people. Chat soon.

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

Hurts so good...I hate having to rip, but when it's over and you have all that beautiful yarn just waiting to be knitted, it's like a rebirth!

I need to get me some fiber friends. That looks like so much fun!

[Sabrina]

Oh a fun dye night! Wow the shoulders of the leaf pullover are SO slopey...strange pattern. What are you knitting for its reincarnation??