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posted by: pam (reply) post date: 05.29.06 (5:47 pm) I have a VERY good idea about who would be proud to get that colorway. (giggle) posted by: Donna (reply) post date: 05.31.06 (10:49 am) Oh, my gosh! I love it, Carolyn. I'm a sucker for bright colors. posted by: Elayne (reply) post date: 06.01.06 (1:46 am) Awesome and bright, just like you. Can't wait to get the details. posted by: Donald (reply) post date: 06.01.06 (6:10 am) Carolyn, I found an interesting technique for dyeing the self striping yarns without winding longer skeins. I knit yarn in flat pieces using an an inexpensive knitting machine. Then I dye the flat pieces in stripes. I can place two panels (skeins) side by side on the work table and accurately dye them to match so I get two skeins of sock yarn that match when knitted. The knitted panels are so much easier to manipulate and dye than longer skeins. Although this method adds the extra step of unraveling and blocking the yarn after the dyeing, I think it's certainly worth the trouble. I've done this method with the Knitpicks fingering weight merino and worsted weight yarns. You can also knit up panels and use them for blotting or cleanup when dyeing roving or other fiber to make sure that very little dye is ever wasted. Sometimes my paper towels that I've used for blotting have turned out more interesting than the actual dyed fiber. I've been using this dyeing method for making striped or graded color weft for weaving projects. - Donald (Yarn-o-holics husband) posted by: Carolyn (reply) post date: 06.01.06 (2:21 pm) Donald, That is SO cool!!! Of course I am not sure I could manage playing with a knitting machine... I tried that a long time ago and couldn't get past the instructions. You should write a book about it (or at the very least submit an article to Spin Off or something!!) Good to hear from you :) posted by: Sarah Elizabeth (reply) post date: 06.03.06 (4:02 pm) pretty! esp. love the socks. so I took that southerner test and got 80%- which put me at over 99% for my age and gender. :-o my oh my! The fact that I grew up in the south is still amazingly obvious, I suppose! ;-) |
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