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Look Ma … I Made Pretty String!

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I’m just going to let the pictures do the talking:

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Cotton yarn used to make my number 8 ties before putting the yarn in a vinegar soak.

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Tied up and waiting for the vinegar soak

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Yarn spaghetti!

3:1 water to vinegar ratio

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Post vinegar soak.  Waiting for the dye-bath.

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Paas Easter egg dye.  I used only one pellet — the purple one.  Of course … 😀 

I had a major score with these at the supermarket.  Got a ton of boxes at .50 cents each!!!

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Purple or navy blue?  Not so sure now but I’m about to add something else …

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1/3 Special K protein powder mix.   Doesn’t the mixture look like the top of my Clorox wipes can?

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In the dye-bath.

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Drying on my balcony …. aka the fire-escape.  😛

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Spring Dream. 

Dried and ready to be caked. 

The colour is more saturated in some areas than others but the overall colour on the skein is definitely consistent.  I’ll be messing around with some more food dyes then on to the big leagues — acid dyes.  Dyeing will definitely in my near future; I can see myself becoming addicted to this.

Potential project: Slouched Tuva Hat by Turvid

Yarn used: KP Bare Worsted

Craft book used: Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece by Gail Callahan (I can’t say enough about this book.  A review to follow).  Added to library in 2012.

Hope you are having a lovely creative weekend — no matter what your craft/medium is!!!

Blue Boy

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I know my blog’s tagline says “Intertwined: Craft & Life”, but you’ve been getting alot of life lately.  LOLOL!   To up the ante on the craft side,  that sonogram picture that made me boo-hoo-hoo here, is moving me to do a shades of blue version of the blanket below.

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My dilemma is picking a palette.  I’m drawn to the three below and have yarn to complete any one of them.  So many luscious choices, so little time.  😀

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I’m leaning towards to last one — Colour Escape — since the baby’s mother and I have Caribbean heritage and are used to views with the vividness of the third choice.  I’ll sleep on it some … I have a little time to decide.   Since Hannah was gracious enough to let me tag along in her CAL with my own pattern (since I’m a crochet newbie) I’ll use the time to decide which palette I’ll work with since I’m using this pattern as my blanket for that CAL.  I will also use  the prep time to do a test swatch and see how it holds up in the wash (the CAL starts June 1st).   A swatch will be a good idea too since the minority of people who did this project (17 out of 328) used DK yarn instead of worsted.   The swatch will help me decide if I should stay with DK or move up to worsted weight yarn.

Mr. Matthew Carter P is supposed to be here in mid-August.  That time is usually hot as all get out in NYC.  My plan is to make the blanket a little bigger than the original newborn design so he could use it in Fall/Winter 2013.  Depends on how it washes or the weight (with all those bobbles), I might add a flannel or cotton backing for his comfort.

Feel free to give me your opinions on palette choice in the comments section.   With all the things I have going on right now, I better get to it!  😀