March 2, 2007

First Dyeing of Sock Yarn

I had too much fun dyeing yesterday. I decided it was time to work on my sock yarns from KnitPicks. The purple is made from Wilton's, blue food coloring and vinegar simmered on the stove. It's still bleeding a little blue, but it'll eventually wash out (and stain my hands and needles while knitting, but hey, that's half the fun!). The Fiesta is Orange, Cherry, Watermelon Cherry, Lemonade, and Lemon Lime KA. I spent more time working on that skein than I have on any other hand painted yarns.

I didn't rewind the skein from Knitpicks...it's 100 gms and is probably about an 36 inch skein. If I can, today I'm going to rewind another skein into about a two yard skein. Haven't quite figured out how to do it yet, but hey, how hard can it be???? Have to go buy some more KA, too. I was really disappointed I didn't have any blue KA. I really wanted some blue in the Fiesta one....

Can't wait to finish up my Sockotta socks and start working on the Fiesta!

F called me yesterday to tell me there was an dryer on Freecycle. I called and low and behold, my son is going to pick it up for me tomorrow. It needs a new belt, but F's confident he can fix it for me. Life will be so much easier for us (me) now. Most of the dryers in our complex don't heat up, so we have load everything in the car and drive several blocks to a laudrymat to dry our clothes. Cost of time and $$. With a dryer I can keep up with the laundry and not be dependant on my daughter's days off to do it.

The plan for today is F is coming over to help me fix the back door where the dog has scratched a big hole. The hole now, however, goes all the way up to the white spot under the door knob. We are also going to price a screen door. Now, my back door is built backwards, so the screen door will go in the inside, as it should, but will open up into the kitchen. My solid back door opens out into the yard instead of into the house like a front door would..... But that's okay, cuz the screen door will never be open except to walk through it. And the amoung of natural light in the kitchen will dramatically increase.

The Sudafed has done it's wonders and I'm feeling about 98% better than two days ago! I still sound a little stuffy, and am coughing some (useful coughing that is loosening things up), but, hey, I can think and function again!