Holiday Report - Part Three
I really wonder what is wrong with me... I had such big plans for this week but I haven't done $#!+, pardon my French. Then again, maybe I should say - I haven't done merde...
Here is what I wanted to do:
· organize my crafts room
· inventory my stash into a spreadhseet with pictures
· do chores around the house
· spinning
· visiting friends
...and a bunch of other things.
Here is what I've done so far:
· knitted
· played with colors and dyed some samples
· did laundry
· watched movies and knitted
· taught a class and knitted
· went to a couple of knit-ins and knitted
· bought more yarn
Other than that I feel like a big bum. I've been sleeping in until past 8am which is really late for me. Ordinarily I get up at 5am... And I have no motivation to tackle the big projects... Oh well, the more I stress about it, the worse I feel. I am going to stop now... and just forget about it for a while.
So, here is my little dyeing project. Remember the Cotswald fleece I got from my SIL from the Vermont Sheep & Wool festival? I spun a little sample a while back. The fleece is very clean but not washed, and I didn't really want to wash it because it is so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o much work.
You can see how yellow it is from all the grease - but because of the grease it was really nice to spin.
Here it is again after a little wash - you have to soak your yarn before you dye it, so I just soaped it a little:
Already much whiter and not greasy anymore.
And here is the sample after 2 minutes in the microwave in a dye of one package each of Grape and Strawberry Great Value Unsweetened Drink Mix:
I zapped it for another two minutes and the dye soaked in some more.
Here is the sample I knitted from it last night:
It is pretty fuzzy - I knitted it on size US #2. I didn't ply it - so, it's a single strand. I like the color - it came out pretty even.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I think I have to put the laundry away now and get some more stuff done before I leave to go knitting at Why Knot Knit tonight...
posted by Claudia | 12/29/2006 12:41:00 PM
3 Comments:
I can't let that be the only comment you get...your new yarn looks neat-O...I look forward to copping a feel if you bring it Saturday! Perhaps you're suffering from insufficient caffeination!
Thanks Ann - nobody is save from these stupid spammers. Like I - a peaceful knitter - wanted what he sells. But thankfully one can delete spam comments like this... See ya Saturday! And yes, you might be right about the caffeine...
The dye came out great! Thanks for posting pictures.
I've been a big bum, too, this holiday. Sometimes, you just need time to take a break--and that's worth doing, too!
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