Nate found them, and they were…..
in the middle of my bedroom floor. I had gone to bed before he found them, so I had even walked by them without seeing them. I was obviously ridiculously tired that day. Nate was somewhat incredulous. But, here they are
I haven’t felted them again yet so they’re still too big, but use of a top loader has been offered, so it’ll happen when I get to it.
Also, Tuesday night was the guild meeting where we dyed the tediously wound sock yarn. It didn’t turn out remotely as anticipated, but it’s cool anyway.
I thought the green I had mixed up would have more brown in it, The center grape color would have more yellow in it, and the front color, which turned out really cool, would be striped with yellow, red, and green.
Clearly, I put too much dye on that section, because they all bled together. I realized as soon as I was done that I should have left some white space between the colors. That being said, I still like it, but I wish the back two colors were more muted.
I want to find someplace that sells high quality, undyed sock yarn so I can dye some more. The KnitPicks we worked with at the guild wasn’t too impressive. It’s thin and spun quite loose. I’d like to work with something luscious, along the lines of Koigu or Socks that Rock.
I’m feeling a little more motivated to get my dyeing kitchen cleaned up and ready to go now.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 am
Let me know if you find anyplace. I don’t like the Knitpicks either. The yarn wears absolutely horrible. They felt way too easily and they quality leaves a lot to be desired.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
WOW – your colors turned out way nicer than mine did. You’re right about leaving sections of white or using a lot less dye would have been better on the “fair-isle” section – I did leave sections of white, but the purple ended up soaking into them so now that section is an Easter-egg mix of purple, blue, and green!
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Great slippers! I like the dyeing project as well. You are way braver than I.
Check out some of the knitting projects here at the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting display!
http://www.madmuseum.org/site/c.drKLI1PIIqE/b.1506945/k.3AD7/Radical_Lace__Subversive_Knitting.htm
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:19 am
Try helloyarn.com Adrian (owner) sells some great undyed sock yarn and dye kits and stuff. if you don’t see what you are looking for: just email her. She ships fast and her customer service is fantastic!
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 am
I have no idea what “felting” is but I would have been happy to take them home to my house last night. We have a top loader.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pm
The clogs and the yarn both look very cool.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I think Henry’s Attic sells a lot of natural wool for self dying.
they have a lot of it here:
http://www.fiber2yarn.com/custom/henry.htm
Although I’ve never ordered from them and have no idea if they are reputable.
But the Yarn Barn (in Kansas) carries a lot of Henry’s Attic yarns at shows. I couldn’t find much on their web-site, but if you call them they could probably help you out. I’ve purchased from them and they’ve alway been very helpful.
Good luck! If you find any other sources be sure to let us know!