Wednesday WIPing 7-2-08
Will ya looky here! Two corrugated rib socks, knitting all done. I can even put them on. Heh. The feet fit but the rib is a bit of a stretch. Well. No. It's not, and that's the problem. They just barely squeak over my heels with a bit of cussing persuasion. But, once on, I love 'em! Still have some kitchnering and end weaving to do but piece a cake. That's the goal for next week.
And then there's what happened in the dye pots. I tossed several lengths of blue faced leicester in for some solid dyeing, and then combined them into this roving. I ended up with 10 ounces of this, with another ounce or so each of the blue roving and the black cherry roving. I'm going to spin the multi as is, no angora blended in, then possibly three ply. I may decide to foof the leftover 2 colors, just to see what I get. Goal: get the singles spun.
While the rovings were drying, I tried my hand with more yarn, starting with more of the Just Peachy.
I now have probably 900 yards of this, but the intensity varies - different dye lots -
so it will have to be knit as stripes to use it all in the same project. Or I could use it as accent with natural brown. Or make a several pairs of wristers.
I'm very happy with both of these two yarns, but the photos don't show their full colors. The lighter one has about as much aqua color as sky blue but on my monitor, it shows as a paler blue. The same thing for the skein with dark blue in it.
Peppermint Ice Cream, anyone? Or Sky Blue Pink?
And then there is my favorite.
I don't have a name for this one yet, but there will be more of this colorway in the future.
Goal for yarn dyeing is simple. Do some more.

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