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This week has not been the best knit-wise.
First, I started a beautiful pair of Baudelaire socks a while back, and this weekend I did the first heel. It came out so sloppy and big, I had to rip back (I was already doing the leg when I decided the heel is just too bad) long to the foot part. What a drag, but I did it, and the sock is so much better now!
I turned the heel with 72 stitches instead of the 84 the pattern calls for. I am using much bigger yarnd and needles than the pattern, though. The pattern itself is so beautiful and not at all so difficult as I thought.
The Kool aid dyed yarn in balls - I can't wait to knit something of them!
Värjäsin lankoja viikko sitten, nyt sain ne kerille!
I got some nice looking cat designs from Nic. Aren't they lovely? Hopefully I will get one of it on a T-shirt.
I had wanted to try Kool Aid dyeing for a while, and when I got several balls of unnamed white wool when a friend of mine was destashing, and Sinead was leaving for the US in a few weeks for holidays. What better opportunity to try! I asked her to bring some sachets, and I got them this week in the Borders Knit and natter evening. So, Saturday night I got to it. I first studied the instructions, and put the wool for a bath (pic 1).
Pic 2: The lovely colours.
Pic 3: The atelier
Pic 4: After 30 minutes of wetting the wool I got to the actual business. First try - variegated yarn with Cherry and Grape. Very nice! On this I applied the colour water with a spoon.
finished and sent off some Calorimetries and a cat bed to Ompelukerho . I got the Calorimetries' designers approval for making several of them and selling them for charity. The cat bed might be given as a present to an animal shelter (based on Princess Snowball catbed from S'n'B Handbook).
I hope they get some money for the animals with my knits!
Neuloin Ompelukerholle joulumarkkina-myytäviä!
