04.22.07
Dyeing Sock Yarn
Back in October I bought some Wilton Icing Colors and some undyed superwash sock yarn from The Yarn Place so that I can dye some turquoise yarn to make socks for my sister Doreen.
Yesterday, my knitting sensei, Margit the Fiber Fiend, invited me over to her workshop to dye yarn!!! Here she doing some fiendish dyeing as she guided me through whole process.
After a bunch mixing, squirting, squishing, and microwave steaming, this is what I got. I ended up dyeing it with all of Doreen’s favorite colors: purple, teal, and turquoise.
Here’s the view from the side.
My first hank of dyed yarn!
This is what it looked like this morning after a day of drying.
Here it is twisted up.
And finally, here it is wound into a center-pull ball, ready to knit.
Stephanie said,
April 22, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Those are great colors. It is amazing how different the yarn looks in each picture!
Alyssa said,
April 22, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Love the yarn! Margit is such a fun person to do it with too!
Margit/Fiber Fiend said,
April 23, 2007 at 10:57 am
It looks great! I can’t wait to see your socks!!! =)
Jasmine said,
April 23, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Great colors!
Cindy said,
April 23, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Awesome! Those are going to be really beautiful! Isn’t Margit wonderful?
Happy Asian Women Knitting » Smiley Socks and Orchids said,
May 11, 2007 at 11:19 pm
[...] Yarn: My very own hand-dyed at Margit’s Needles: US #1 DPs – 2.25mm (set of 5 works out nice but can be done with 4) Size: Small (size 5-6 shoe or a very slim size 7) Gauge: 6.5 st /inch [...]