Happy September folks, I think that I ambitiously started this blog here and as most ambitious practices that one would want to turn into habit, after a few (in this case just two) posts it got swept up in the ever busy waves of life and retreated into the back round. That being said I have thought about it from time to time and frequently resolved myself to coming back and revisiting it. As a procrastinator of course that kept getting pushed back and pushed back. So now here I am over a year after the beginning trying to start again.
Friday the weather finally calmed down and gave us temperatures cool enough for me to finally get around to overdyeing the yarn I have for my Rhinebeck sweater. I am planning on knitting the Carbeth Cardigan By: Kate Davies Designs. I was gifted some beautiful Owl Buttons from a Ravelry friend that I will be using. The yarn is Willabaa it is Australian Merino Wool. it is an 8ply, DK weight, it was gifted to me by yet another crafting friend who I know through the knitting group I used to attend in Carroll Gardens a few years ago. The yarn was originally a beautiful pale seafoam green which while complimenting the color of the buttons as it was. It just was not speaking to me as a good sweater color. I really wanted a nice neutral colored sweater to wear this fall so I decided that I would finally make this my dyeing experiment. Dyeing is something I have wanted to try and do for a very long time, being the person that has crazy dreams of starting my own little dye business like so many other people have done. (who am I kidding, I am a linecook in NYC I have no time or space to do anything that crazy, maybe in a different life) I picked up a big enamel pot and a respirator mask from my local hardware store. Then I picked up a few more things (gloves, cheap wooden spoons, tongs, and some large aluminum roasting pans) from the dollar store in Windsor Terrace. Ordered some acid dyes from Dharma Trading and waited for the day the heatwave would break and I could finally Dye the yarn. (I originally had done a very small test batch with little miniskeins I wound off one of the big skeins so I could decide the actual color.)
I had a lot of fun with it but it is definitely not a lot of fun to do in my little tiny apartment kitchen where I am scared of getting extra dye and water everywhere on surfaces that I also use to prepare food so while it is a nice every once in a while project I can't see myself doing it as frequently as I once had dreamed of doing.
Of course the yarn is still hanging up in the shower because two days later and it is still damp.
Friday the weather finally calmed down and gave us temperatures cool enough for me to finally get around to overdyeing the yarn I have for my Rhinebeck sweater. I am planning on knitting the Carbeth Cardigan By: Kate Davies Designs. I was gifted some beautiful Owl Buttons from a Ravelry friend that I will be using. The yarn is Willabaa it is Australian Merino Wool. it is an 8ply, DK weight, it was gifted to me by yet another crafting friend who I know through the knitting group I used to attend in Carroll Gardens a few years ago. The yarn was originally a beautiful pale seafoam green which while complimenting the color of the buttons as it was. It just was not speaking to me as a good sweater color. I really wanted a nice neutral colored sweater to wear this fall so I decided that I would finally make this my dyeing experiment. Dyeing is something I have wanted to try and do for a very long time, being the person that has crazy dreams of starting my own little dye business like so many other people have done. (who am I kidding, I am a linecook in NYC I have no time or space to do anything that crazy, maybe in a different life) I picked up a big enamel pot and a respirator mask from my local hardware store. Then I picked up a few more things (gloves, cheap wooden spoons, tongs, and some large aluminum roasting pans) from the dollar store in Windsor Terrace. Ordered some acid dyes from Dharma Trading and waited for the day the heatwave would break and I could finally Dye the yarn. (I originally had done a very small test batch with little miniskeins I wound off one of the big skeins so I could decide the actual color.)
I had a lot of fun with it but it is definitely not a lot of fun to do in my little tiny apartment kitchen where I am scared of getting extra dye and water everywhere on surfaces that I also use to prepare food so while it is a nice every once in a while project I can't see myself doing it as frequently as I once had dreamed of doing.
Of course the yarn is still hanging up in the shower because two days later and it is still damp.
Process pictures
Hanging to dry
Owl Buttons!
I will bring this to a close and hope to be back soon. There is so much I would like to share here, many projects to talk about. I will leave you with a picture from Wash who is living the good life of a cat.
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