Belated Mother’s Day wishes to Chaos’ mom, Riley (black, below), from Chaos (not pictured) and his brother Diablo (white, below).
Some semi-solid yarn I dyed over at Jeanne’s a week ago. These were two skeins of white Lamb’s Pride Superwash (a truly unpleasant yarn), soaked in vinegar water in loosely twisted hanks (as pictured below, but not so tight), then liquid purple Jacquard acid dye was dumped into the vinegar water. As the dye kept exhausting, I would add more dye and swish things around a little bit. I like the effect enough that I’ll try doing this again sometime.
I have my dye buddy’s yarn all set, but I’m not going to post pictures of it until it’s sent and safely received. Moving right along – remember the blindingly bright yarn from my dyeing class at Shepherd’s Harvest? Here’s how it looks after a few turns on the old niddy noddy – socks? Or a crazy bright baby sweater? Hmm… Anyway, I think we might have been using Cushing’s dye in the class – it was in those little cellophane envelopes and we used vinegar to set it.
Tomorrow, more on the two new mice that arrived from the UK yesterday! Furry Orange Mouse (FOM), above, and Furry Red Mouse (FRM), below. FRM might indeed be hiding from someone…
that purple is really great! I;m not usually one for purple but i love the shade you got.
Of course the other bright yarn is right up my alley 🙂 love it!
I am now very much in love with Riley and Diablo too! But then how could I not be since they are related to the No.1 Chaos!
That bright yarn is fun!
Great job on the yarn dyeing!
Ooo, great hand dyed yarns! I *love* the purple ones. I did some dyeing in that fashion back in November and I’m just a sucker for those not-quite solid solids. Well done!
That cat is just plain spoilt! Now, how come he’s getting mice from the UK? Guess I’ll have to wait till tomorrow to see what his human Mama got.
The purple yarn turned out great – i love the variations! The bright yarn is still mighty bright! That’s goona need just the right project!!
love the purple yarn! too bad about the lambs pride though
so is there going to be a kal where every blogger sends chaos a mouse? I want in!!
I like the idea of a Mouse-Along
I like the way the purple yarn turned out. The bright yarn is still bright but it hides bright little mousies well. 🙂
I like your dyeing technique……..I’ve been dyeing a bit too! Fun, fun, fun!!!!
How wonderful for Chaos that he is receiving so many little cat goodies!
i want an angora bunny! i want an angora bunny!
omg those things are so freakin adorable…
hey! good news! i got accepted to university!
score one for me! knitting world, here i come… again.
yo chaos!
So ah, how does one aquire Mousies from across the pond?
If there’s a mousealong- count me in!
A mouse inside a bag. Chaos must be in heaven. 😉
That purple yarn looks great.
Love the way the purple yarn turned out. I may have to try that. Simple and easy, for my small kitchenette-ette, and lovely colors.
The purple yarn looks great, I love the bright colored striped yarn. I think you need to get a weekly delivery of mouse toys for Chaos, as they don’t seem to survive!!!
Your dyeing job looks great. You’ll have fun with the subtle variations in the purple.
And the brights- yumm! They’d make grand socks.
Mmmm… purple yarn…
I’m going to be making catnip mice soon, mostly for “Socks for Sheep,” but two for Faith’s kitties who will be moving here shortly. I’ve been meaning to ask, where do Diablo and Riley live?
That’s great purple yarn!
I love your semisolid purple yarn. It sounds easy enough to make me want to try making some of my own!!!
The cats are gorgeous! I had a pair of black and white for a long itme. They were great little guys, and your photo brought back memories.
And I AM a fan of purple, and that’s a great shade.
Happy mother’s day Riley – it couldn’t have been easy raising those two :o) Your purple yarn is SO pretty – I love that colour!
Uh-oh FOM is going to be found (and find out where all the other mice are hiding, most probably in left-sock land) :o)
The multi-yarn might be a fun EZ baby surprise jacket.
Glad Chaos has enough mousies to keep him busy 🙂
That Chaos is one spoiled boy! (because I know nothing about spoiling cats…) And the striped yarn? What’s it made of? Would it felt? Because I think that would look really cool….
I LOVE the purple! Of course, I love purple but I love your purple!!
Chaos is going to need knitted kitties to keep up with the burgeoning mouse population.
The yarn looks great.
I love the purple! And the multi-colored one would make great socks or baby sweater!
Sounds like you have been busy; and in a good way. 🙂
The bunny pics are great!
I love that crazy yarn from your class! It’s like carnival yarn.
I love that yarn!! I’d have to say a baby sweater would be wicked cute, but if you’re in a sock mood, that would be cool too;)
Chaos said if you really loved him, you’d let him pluck some angora bunnies :o)
Also there is a strong family resemblance between Chaos and Riley.
Oh my, a Mouse-Along–I’d have to sign up for that (but the first one or two would stay here for Emma and Cleo, but #3 would go to Chaos next…)
Bright yarn! How about socks with black or navy to make a stained glass look, like the reticulated patterns in Sensational Socks?
Trish
PS. Are there any online free knitted mouse patterns anyone knows about?
I think both of the yarns are gorgeous – i like bright colors.
Very nice colors, both the brights and the purples. Thanks for the warning on the Lamb’s Pride Superwash. I hear their Naturespun is great, though.
Have you tried Henry’s Attic Kona Superwash? Mmmm. It’s a pleasure to dye.