Sweaters....

I finally finished these sweaters. They are for my nieces who live in Texas. Sometimes I think I must be crazy for knitting sweaters for kids in Texas where it is warm. The green one looks a little droopy on this manni. It is a size 10-12 on a size 2-3 manni. LOL Dropped them in the mail a few days ago.

Hey all you quilters...

Found an awesome site for printable graph paper. Everything you can imagine and it's all customizable. :)

I am plotting and scheming my next few quilts. :)

Having fun...

That's what crafting and sewing and all is all about isn't it? Sometimes I have just felt soooo stressed with deadlines and this project and that project and gotta get this done and that done that I sort of miss out on the fun of it all. My goal this year is just to try and have fun with each project and not stress about deadlines. At least as much as possible.

Kool Aid dyeing was fun! It was really fun. Here is a picture of one of the balls of yarn after it was all dry and rolled into a ball.



And here is a picture of the project I started knitting with it. This project will be a gift for someone special later this year.



I love how the colors just blend together randomly. The funniest part of it all is that I used cherry, orange and lemonade, so the yarn smells like fruit punch. LOL.

I have two more skeins of sport weight yarn to do. I plan to do these in blue, green and purple. It will be fun to see how they turn out. I haven't decided what to make with them yet, though. Any suggestions? I have a total of 200 grams.

Hi. My name is Linda. I'm addicted to Kool-Aid...

Well, at least to using it to dye yarn. I don't really care to drink the stuff, myself. LOL
I found some great instructions online that showed me how to do it. It is so very quick and easy!
I purchased undyed superwash merino from knitpicks.com It is super soft and looks to be really nice yarn.
I did discover, though through my first attempt that I needed much more dye than I thought. I only used 4 packets on the first try. I also realized that I probably squeezed a little too much of the water out as the colors didn't run quite like I expected them to. I put this right into the dish and colored it while in the dish. While much neater and not nearly as messy, I found it hard to get the color to saturate through all the layers well.


So on the second batch I didn't squeeze as much water out. I then tried spreading it out on plastic on the counter to color it and then transferred it to the dish. Much messier, but I like the results much more. I discovered that the red and orange go a long way! I could have probably used less of them and more of the yellow. I used 4 packets of each for this one. I am excited about how the colors ran together better on this one. Whilst trying to keep the mess to a minimum and keep my white kitten from dying herself orange, I did not manage to get a picture of this step, LOL.



I can't wait for these yarns to dry and to stitch them up into something! :) I'll post pictures of the skeins once they are dry.