Earlier this year, Jeanne and Deb and I got together at Deb’s for a fabulous day of yarn dyeing and conversation. I dyed a KnitPicks sock blank to make some more gradient yarn. (Bookfolk, just skim over this part and nod and smile.) Hmm. And apparently took no pictures of the sock blank, nor of the skeined yarn. Anyway, here’s the first sock and the proto-second sock (ie, the other ball of yarn). (Brigitte’s now noticing that this sock is about an inch longer than it was when I was at her place last month. Umm…)
“Does this photo make my tail look big?” -Chaos
Hmm. Let’s try that again.
“Oh! Yarn! And needles! Yum! My favorites!” -Mayhem
No yarn or needles were harmed during this photoshoot, but as usual, it was a near thing.
Here I am thinking – oh wow, she started the second sock!! Whoops…
Ah, seeing those brings back good memories! *sigh*
Pretty! It looks like Trekking yarn only with nicer colors!
Nice pants!
Every time you post a pair of your socks I want them… As said before, they would look SO cool with Birkenstocks. Now I wish I’d asked you to bring along your sock in progress when we met…
That yarn is just SO cool…
Proto second sock. i love it.
Looks great so far! : )
So… where’d you get these kitty pajama pants??
Sign I could use some caffeine: it took me a couple of seconds to recognize your pj pants as such, rather than as a bunch of cat tattoos. Heh.
Nice sock…
You did a good job of dyeing…the blue is fabulous. Was Bridget giving you the cold shoulder for leaving Chaos home?
The kitty pj’s are great! Nice sock, also.
You post about whatever your hearts desire and I will still read it all!!! I am not a knitter… so I have no clue when it comes to any of that… but at least I will let you know that I stopped by to say hi!! And I hope the snow has stopped for a while and it is aaalllmmmooosssttt Friday!!!
What was that word that started with “k” again? 😉
Great socks, though 🙂
Very nice. I’ve been curious about those blanks from knit picks, its probably the only way I’d try dyeing, but then I’m just not that adventerous either.
The sock looks great!
And I love the kitty jammies.
Chris- Looks great- gradient yarns are tricky to do.
The socks look really good. I can see your pjs!
Very cool! The gradient looks good!
Lovely socks! I’d say that the gradient dyeing was a success.
So, did the blank leave little white spaces where it was knitted together, was it a PITA to skein, how is it knitting up…of course answering these is optional because the chance of my putting that much effort into a sock is not too terribly great. But I like the thought of it.
Good looking socks.
Your yarn looks a lot neater than mine ever did when the cats were around.
Very nice. I love how well the gradient dying seems to have taken. While I love variegated yarns, I don’t really like working with them that much. A lot of the time they seem unplanned or haphazard. This is a nice compromise between the spontaneity of variegated and the wearability of a semi-solid.
Knitting! Oooh! Where’s that black sweater…..?
Chaos, you look adorable, as always.
I love that yarn – you did a great job!
You … knit?
Clueless about yarn so *nodding and smiling*
Love the jammy pants!
very pretty yarn!!
Pretty pretty! If I’m not careful, you’ll have me dying yet… :p
That is a gorgeous sock 🙂
Nicely done – I love the gradation. I have to be satisfied with already dyed and ready yarn…no time to spin OR dye anything. Barely time for KNITTING!