The weather is nice enough here to take photos outdoors again! I’ve been busy, knitting, dyeing, spinning… you know, me stuff. 🙂
First up we have a felted bowl from
- One Skein
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I made the largest size, and it really ended up being too long, so I just folded it over. Simple enough solution. It was waaaay fast and easy to knit. Took me a night to knit, wouldn’t this be a great present? Maybe with ribbon woven into the sides? I used the recommended Lamb’s Pride Bulky. I really like how it turned out, that yarn always felts well. I shaped it over a mixing bowl from Ikea. It is now in my dining room, on my hutch, holding my scented things refill packs (yannow, Febreeze Noticables, Glade Scented Oils…).
Next up:
Yarn of course! It’s superwash sock yarn, dyed in chocolate, seafoam green, and ecru. With the natural white of the yarn showing in, too, because I like it that way. I dye it that way on purpose using the Jelly Jar/Stock Pot method. Works the best for me- no mess, no fuss, just mix dye, put water in the jars and the stock pot, then put already wet yarn in like so:
After about 45 minutes simmering time, the dyebaths are exhausted and a little color creeps up into the white (this was a photo early on). Later, I decided I hated the pink, and dyed that the chocolate color after it had dried. I really like the final results! I am giving half to a swap buddy and saving half for myself.
Hi, the bowl is gorgeous and I love the colour…..
I spin a lot of natural white Australian alpaca for super soft socks and sweaters and have been thinking of dying it – but it always sounds so complicated.
Your method sounds really straighforward and do-able what brand/type of dye do you use?
best regards, niftyknitter
I use Dharma Treading Company’s Fiber Reactive dyes- I put a 1/4 tablespoon in the jar with a few glug-glugs of white vinegar. The color always stays true for natural fibers (synthetics I don’t know).
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html
thank you imakethings for the link – will chase it up tomorrow.
Goodnight – it’s midnight here so I’m off to bed.