Two More Soakers

Forgot to post these last week. :) Oops! And I just remembered I forgot to snap a picture of 2 soakers that I mailed out. Bummer! :( I like to keep a record of my "babies".) Yeah, I'm a goof-ball. LOL

Rainbow with Dark Lavendar Trim - Size Small
Body is handpainted Fisherman's wool and trim is Elle Rae from LYS
FRONT:


BACK - I liked the way the colors pooled:


Pink & Peach - Size Small
Handpainted on Knit Picks Bare Bulky
FRONT:


BACK - it wouldn't be fair to show Miss Rainbow's bum and not Miss P&Ps


Just as I was finishing up the Pink & Peach soaker, I got an email order for FOUR more soakers. Yeah and thank-goodness they are newborns and smalls.

Playing Soaker Catch-up

Wow ... I haven't posted anything in almost 8 weeks. Shame, shame, shame on me! :( I will try not to be as AWOL in the future.

Let's see what we have in the way of completed projects ... ok, after seeing all these pictures I figured out why I was post AWOL. Wow, I impressed myself with my knitting productivity. LOL :)

An Acid Dye Experiment

I bought a lovely lot of acid dyes from a mama on the Wooly Wonder Forum. Yesterday afternoon during Abigail's nap, I pulled them out, wound up a bunch of small hanks, and did some test dyeing. I recorded the dye color, amount used, quantity of water, and amount of citric acid used on big index cards like this for future reference:







Here are each of the colors in light, medium, and dark shades. On a couple of the colors I might even do a pale card. I used mini measuring spoons (nip, dash, pinch, etc) that I bought at Linens N Things along with a 1/4 tsp. My method of mixing wasn't very scientific but it was standard across the board so I will easily be able to reproduce each color in the future.

Brilliant Blue


Brown


Burnt Orange


Purple


Spruce


Chartreuse


Fuschia (this is the LIGHT shade)


And here they are all hanging out together: