By rights this should be the post where I say, 'I know I haven't posted much but I have been knitting' and then proceed to dazzle you with a multitude of photos of my fantastic projects. However the sad truth is that I have not been knitting. Not true, I have been doing a very small amount but as it's a present I can't show you.
Instead I shall attempt to dazzle you with pictures of other things I have been doing.
Assembling supplies for Back Tack, which will be put together this weekend. I won't be using all the buttons, just 5 of them.
I did some more dyeing.
This was done by sprinkling the powders directly onto the submerged yarn. I used red, blue and a smidge of brown, resulting in mainly purple with intense patches of blue and red.
For this one I squirted the dye directly onto the wet skein and then steamed it. I used a mix of dark brown, red and lilac and I love how it turned out. I'm keeping this one for myself. Who knows, I might even knit something with it...
ooh love the black and white print - is that from Liberty?
Posted by: anna | May 25, 2006 at 03:44 PM
Love the the wool you dyed, I think my favorite is the reddish one.
Posted by: Paula | May 25, 2006 at 03:45 PM
I love the purple one!
Posted by: silverarrowknits | May 25, 2006 at 05:05 PM
I like both! You're not sewing something, are you?! My knitting's pretty slow as well, I seem to be buying new yarn rather than knitting old yarn!
Posted by: dawn | May 25, 2006 at 05:09 PM
Oh, pretty purpley yarn! I so know what you mean about "so, I'll distract you so you don't notice I haven't been knitting!" :)
Posted by: Chris | May 25, 2006 at 08:25 PM
I like the purple skein, but it'll be interesting to see how each of them turns out when knitted. I lined up several projects today and knitted a bit on each in turn - gave me a false sense of control!
Posted by: Brigid | May 25, 2006 at 11:12 PM
You're foray into yarn dying is impressive. I love the richness of the colors.
Posted by: Aimee | May 26, 2006 at 01:50 PM
Great fabric - I'm looking forward to seeing what it turns into. Your dyeing is impressive - are you thinking of perhaps some socks?
Posted by: Anita | May 26, 2006 at 05:20 PM
Mmm, the purple is lovely! Thanks for the notes on your methods -- I'm hoping to give this a try myself....
Posted by: Jeanne | May 28, 2006 at 04:28 PM
ahh.... the purple skein is definitely my favourite... wonderful subtle varigations. If you do another using that method, would you take some photos? I'm not quite clear on what you mean...
Posted by: Alison | May 29, 2006 at 10:42 AM
I'll have the purple skein please ;) It's gorgeous. Where did you collect all those buttons from - they are really pretty. A.x
Posted by: Amelia | May 29, 2006 at 09:34 PM