One of the things I did last weekend was dig around in the cabinet I use to store yarn. (It was originally an entertainment cabinet. I feel this is fitting.)
Among other things unearthed from the deepest recesses, I pulled out remnants from the time years ago when I tried my hand at dyeing sock yarn. A Ziplock bag full of little pots of unused Jacquard dye powder, and eight skeins of very light fingering yarn (430 yards/100 grams) that had never sold.
These skeins hadn’t sold online, they hadn’t sold at a crafts fair I attended. Even I didn’t want them, and I was the one who had dyed them in the first place.
“Hmm,” I thought. “I bet I could overdye these into colors that I would like better and possibly knit into shawls, should the mood ever strike.”
Three batches of stovetop dyeing later, and here’s the result.
Not bad! I think the bright blue skeins in particular would be perfect for a Bigger On The Inside.
Win! I especially like the darker blue in the front. (Not that I want to buy it. I wil NOT buy yarn in 2013. So far, so good.)
Nice! Blue is certainly my favorite, but I actually like all of these. Good job!
ermagerd, dat teal
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(Yeah, I know I am mixing some memes. Totally worth it.)
Do you have any ‘before’ pictures. These look really great.
I didn’t think to take any before pictures… too bad, because that was a good idea! Oh well.
you should totally make fingerless mitts out of the blue and sell them online
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not that i would buy them or anything *nonchalant whistle*
Oh my goodness. If you make the Bigger on the Inside with that blue, I will spas out for three years. It has TARDIS print!
Hey, we must be psychic or something. I am planning to take the “Bigger on the Inside” motif and make a pair of socks for a guy friend of mine. Wish I had thought of dyeing my own yarn!
They’re all beautiful. Nice job!
According to the Style Blogs that I read, blue is very ‘In’ for 2013. So there you are, right on trend!
Hooray!
But really, you can’t go wrong with blue. I’m not sure I have ever thought, “What an ugly shade of blue.”
those are awesome shades of purty