This year I am giving myself a birthday gift. A Pie Are Square shawl from Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann. And since I am Always Cold, I am doing it in Moss Heather Alpaca Cloud from Knitpicks. And for that extra luxury and warmth, I am double stranding it. Even though my birthday is only weeks away, I will be knitting it for a long time and in my favorite color. Just the joy of that soft yarn running through my hands for some time to come is a great gift indeed. I feel so spoiled.
In addition, since there are always multiple projects going on here, we have some Steeler socks for a little extra support for the Black and Gold. I am woefully low in Steeler footwear, but alas, these are for fiberguy. Two mosaics with some strange bits between in a handspun sockweight superwash Merino from the Black Lamb. Very thick. My own Steeler socks come next and I am spinning the gold right now.
My current socks are green and just noodling around with a travelling rib. We dyed this last spring.
And last, for all you dyers out there, a conundrum. I have this color, which I don’t like.
It is DK weight, cabled wool yarn. I would love to hear from anyone, or everyone, about how to overdye this. I mean, what color to use. I know I can go navy, or black. But any other colors you suggest could really help me. I have a couple of pounds of it for a sweater and I just don’t think I can live through the experience in a color I hate, even with a yarn I love. I favor greens but this has a serious teal going on. Anyone ever overdye this color before? As it is winter and I dye outside, I really don’t want to be out there freezing doing dye sampling, so I am trying to save some steps and ask for help. For once.
It is DK weight, cabled wool yarn. I would love to hear from anyone, or everyone, about how to overdye this. I mean, what color to use. I know I can go navy, or black. But any other colors you suggest could really help me. I have a couple of pounds of it for a sweater and I just don’t think I can live through the experience in a color I hate, even with a yarn I love. I favor greens but this has a serious teal going on. Anyone ever overdye this color before? As it is winter and I dye outside, I really don’t want to be out there freezing doing dye sampling, so I am trying to save some steps and ask for help. For once.
6 comments:
Fuschia will make your yarn purple, (Wash Fast Acid Magenta #338), Scarlet will make it a plumybrownish purple, gold will make a squadgey green (think swamp), yellow will make it green green green (grass green), violet will make it cobalt blue.
Your choice! :)
. . . and Sara would know! Keep us posted on what you decide.
Happy shawling.
I like to over dye by tying the skien
in a loose over-hand knot, I like how the dye over dyes that way. Before the bath is done, I undo the loose knot and over dye the rest of the skien. It's all the same, but not. As for colour W.W.S.D. (what would Sara do?) love Dennyx0x0x
That's a lot of knittin! (You deserve a birthday present, and you can best predict what you'd like...)
Does all this knitting mean you might be feeling better? she asks hopefully.
Love from the frozen snowy north.
Frankly, I Like the teal, but that's just me. I had thought of adding yellow so the other suggestions are way past my idea.
'Way to go, Fiberguy -headband and socks and -oh my! Enjoy the new fascination. I never get tired of knitting. I get tired of one project and switch to another. That keeps me interested.
And Fibergal -what?! It took you just 3 evenings to knit a FB Shawl?!?? I did the Paisley Lace shawl and it took me 11 months. you must knit MUCH faster than you think. ;0)
Sorry -the above anon comment -that was me, Jeannie. I'm not used to the new versions of blogger stuff yet.
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