31 May 2006

Here it is!

Here are all three skeins, hanging to dry. I dyed these on Saturday.

This...


...and this...


...and this...


...turned into this. This was the first skein. I think I was a little stingy on the dye because I knew I had two more skeins to dye, and wanted to make sure I had enough (mixed up) for all of them. I could have mixed up more dye, but didn't want to.


This...

...and this...


...turned into this. See the pinkish/purple? In real life it pretty much looks purple. That's from the blue that I used. It "bled" and turned this purple-y color. It looks cool.


This...


...and this...


...turned into this. This is the third skein I dyed. I used plenty of dye on this one. This is the yarn I'm going to be sending to my Dye-O-Rama Swap pal. She wanted water-y colors for a certain pattern. I like it. Again, it reminds me of the colors in the water around the Florida Keys. I was born in Key West (although, we only lived there til I was about a year old), so that's one of my favorite water examples.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my dyeing. I am now out of dye-able yarn, so I won't be doing any more for a while (I have the QP's school AND her summer day camp to pay for - which doesn't leave me with too much yarn money!).

Today, I'm putting away our fall/winter clothes. It's been in the high 80's and 90's here all weekend (and Monday and yesterday). Very yucky! It wouldn't be too bad if it weren't so damn humid, too! Oh well. This is how the weather is in Pennsylvania.
MAKE it a great day!

10 comments:

Carole Knits said...

Fabulous yarn! It looks really really beautiful and I love the colors you chose. You have a lucky dye pal!

Nancy Wetmore-Mathews said...

Beautiful job way better than my first stab at dyeing. I so love a good blue!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful colorations! Those are something to be proud of!

Emma said...

wow, they're all beautiful. I think I actually like the one with the white the most! Lovely.

Anonymous said...

The yarn you dyed is stunning. It does remind me of the water around Key West.
Karen
http://nothingbutknit.blog-city.com/

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous yarn!

Jay said...

Wow... just the sort of colourways that I love. Those blue tones are gorgeous together. What are you going to make out of them!?
I'm just breaking out the winter woollies as winter is upon us in this part of the world, and I am hoping that next year I will have more winter woollies!

Heather said...

Yum! What great yarn colors! They do look like watery goodness!

spinnity said...

Hi Angelia, I got your package today -- June 8 -- and THANK YOU for dyeing this beautiful, watery yarn Just For Me. I so appreicate your thoughtfulness and creativity. What a great swap the Dye-o-Rama has been!

spinnity said...

October 2007 update: Hi again, Angelia! I wanted you to see the finished socks I made with your *gorgeous* water-themed yarn. I can't tell you how many compliments I get on this yarn and the beautiful colors. I really encourage you to keep working with color - you have a serious eye for this!

Finished "water color" socks - http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinnity/753160907/

Big, big love to you for bringing this beauty into my life, from spinnity - at - yahoo - dotty dot - com