funk

I'm in a mini-funk. I had a long weekend -- a 5 hour practice on Saturday, followed by a 12 hour series of competition-practice-coaches' meetings on Sunday. And a dinner with a friend, a trip to the car dealership for my Honda 30,000 mile service, and some errands to run. And, on top of it all, losing an hour b/c of Daylight Savings Time. Too bad I don't have time to celebrate National Napping Day today.

So, I'm pulling out some old photos. Two weekends ago, I dyed some yarn.



The skein on the right is some of Knitpick's Wool of the Andes. I dyed it with some Kool-Aid Grape Illusion drink mix. I saw a purple package with the word "grape" and thought I was buying something purple. When I saw the orange-yellow powder, I read the package more carefully and realized that the "illusion" part was that yellow powder makes a red drink that tastes like (purple) grapes. Oh well, more red yarn!!

I tied off the skein every couple inches with a tightly knotted piece of cotton yarn. The skein looks tyedyed, and the yarn has little white speckles. I made a hat for Dulaan with this skein; photo to come when I remember to take one.

The skein on the left in the photo is a skein of apple green Lopi. I overdyed it using some royal blue Wilton paste food coloring that I had hanging around.

This photo shows the difference between the original yarn and the end result. I was going for a deeper teal color, but I was afraid to use too much dye, and the color is not as blue as I wanted. Still pretty, though.



I started a pair of Dulaan mittens with the skein, but I didn't think carefully enough, and chose a size that was too big. I nearly finished one mitten, but ripped it out since I had used about half the yarn, and still needed to finish the hand and knit a thumb. So, I'm going to reknit a smaller size soon. Not today though!