Archive for November, 2006

More silly little hats

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Well, I only got 11 of the little hats made myself, but with the ones I collected from guild members I was able to send off 34, and I know another member who couldn’t get hers to me in time has sent another 11 direct to Innocent.

more little hats

Dyeing is fun!

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

I decided to try some long-repeat dyeing for socks for a friend, and here it is ….

long-repeat

Bright, isn’t it?   Not my colours but I hope she will like it.

In case someone is curious as to how I did it, I wound the yarn into a long skein on my warping board (5 yard path, so 10 yard repeat), then dip dyed it.  Here is a picture of it in the first colour bath …

Long repeat dyeing

So, how did the stripes work out?   Well, like this …

Stripes