What's Wrong With This Picture?
Today was actually a better day. Even though we woke up and saw this out the window as we ate our breakfast.
On the bright side, Julie enjoys making patterns with her feet in the snow. I think that is so cool!
This, however, is just plain wrong. Those are my pitiful little tulips peeking out under the gloppy white.
Nothing wrong with this picture. Julie having fun with her little friend K.T. at knitting this morning.
Sophie was happily trying to tag along. The only thing wrong with this picture, which you can't actually see, is how filthy her hands and knees ended up after crawling all over the coffee shop. Walk, already!
Nothing wrong here. Sophie did a great job scooting around on the little play tractor in the basement yesterday.
Finally, some books from the library (these are just the two that were at hand - I've checked out five total) so I can hopefully have a better clue of what I'm doing when I start playing around with the dyes again sometime in the near future. More fancy food dyes arrived in the mail today, and my lovely neighbor across the street gave me her stash of oral syringes for measuring out the paste dyes more accurately. I'm just waiting for the blank yarn to show up. Anyone out there care to suggest a good source for blank sock yarn besides Knitpicks? What I'd really love is something in superwash fingering with the twist of Koigu, but with a bit of nylon in the mix for better wear. A skein of my finished product to the person who makes the suggestion that I end up going for!
Oh, and look over on the right. I signed up for Sockapalooza 4. As far as I know, the signups are still open, so now's your chance to get in on the swapping fun! I think I am just plain crazy for signing up for another swap right now. Like I need more knitting to do! But it will be fun, and I don't want to read about all the fun on everyone else's blog and not be in on it too. And the button has monkeys on it.
Speaking of swaps, I'm still trying to assemble my first package for my SP10 pal. It's about halfway done, and I'm hoping to get it out in the mail maybe this weekend.
Off to knit a square before bed.
On the bright side, Julie enjoys making patterns with her feet in the snow. I think that is so cool!
This, however, is just plain wrong. Those are my pitiful little tulips peeking out under the gloppy white.
Nothing wrong with this picture. Julie having fun with her little friend K.T. at knitting this morning.
Sophie was happily trying to tag along. The only thing wrong with this picture, which you can't actually see, is how filthy her hands and knees ended up after crawling all over the coffee shop. Walk, already!
Nothing wrong here. Sophie did a great job scooting around on the little play tractor in the basement yesterday.
Finally, some books from the library (these are just the two that were at hand - I've checked out five total) so I can hopefully have a better clue of what I'm doing when I start playing around with the dyes again sometime in the near future. More fancy food dyes arrived in the mail today, and my lovely neighbor across the street gave me her stash of oral syringes for measuring out the paste dyes more accurately. I'm just waiting for the blank yarn to show up. Anyone out there care to suggest a good source for blank sock yarn besides Knitpicks? What I'd really love is something in superwash fingering with the twist of Koigu, but with a bit of nylon in the mix for better wear. A skein of my finished product to the person who makes the suggestion that I end up going for!
Oh, and look over on the right. I signed up for Sockapalooza 4. As far as I know, the signups are still open, so now's your chance to get in on the swapping fun! I think I am just plain crazy for signing up for another swap right now. Like I need more knitting to do! But it will be fun, and I don't want to read about all the fun on everyone else's blog and not be in on it too. And the button has monkeys on it.
Speaking of swaps, I'm still trying to assemble my first package for my SP10 pal. It's about halfway done, and I'm hoping to get it out in the mail maybe this weekend.
Off to knit a square before bed.
posted by Shelly Kang at 11:23 PM
16 Comments:
Just a brief comment about your daughter's crawling. Crawling is a really important milestone in that it exercises the "syntonic neck reflex". This is the thingy that later helps a child in school with the triangular vision from chalkboard to paper, or book to paper, or computer screen to paper. Also helps develop a child's ability to organize written material, printing and writing etc. Kids who have missed this phase often end up in spec ed classes because they have written language difficulties. I find that now because many parents don't lay the baby face down because of fear of Infant Sudden Death Syndrome, many babies miss the crawling phase. Whereas when they were on their stomache's they would perk their head up and get that neck thing going even before they learned to crawl. I have had to teach parents to crawl with their elementary school kids to develop that syntonic neck reflex later--and the kids aren't that keen to do it either. So, cherish her crawling phase, even though her elbows and knees will get filthy.
Regarding the blank yarn for dyeing, try Briggs and Little yarns website. I dyed some of their stuff in a workshop and got excellent results, although it was pure wool, rather than a nylon mix.
I enjoy your blog.
Marlyce in Windsor, Ontario.
I am becoming a dyeing freak . . . I want to do it all the time. I've used yarn from Knit Picks, wool2dye4.com, and trekking that I ordered from Astrid in the Netherlands. I love the blanket you made, and thanks so much for putting the tutorial on the blog. Very generous of you. And I plan on duplicating it! Great blog.
Glimmer of fun in the snow this morning - some of the kids at Gameboys High School had built a cute little snowman at the entrance. I guess some of them never grow out of their love for the white stuff. I however would really appreciate seeing some green stuff.
I used Patons Kroy. I wound the balls into a skein - tying a knot to make a 100gm skein. Then after Amanda Kool Aid dyed it we wound it back into a center-pull ball.
A bit more labour but we had fun with it. That way you can also control the size of your skein.
You could use any white/off-white fingering weight yarn. A great way to take advantage of sales and/or adds & ends bins!
Your girls are adorable! That picture of Sophie on the tractor is just precious - the lok on her face!
I found wool and nylon fingering yarn at http://www.kraemeryarnshop.com/index.cfm, but have not tried it yet.
paradisefibers.net has it!
Hi -- I have a question for you -- could you email me at admin@knitgrrl.com? Thanks!
Shannon
knitgrrl.com
Maybe you cound find something here for your dying pleasure... they have tons to choose from
http://www.discountyarnsale.com/cat_undyed.cfm
I have heard that these guys make primo dyeing yarn:
http://www.louet.com/yarns/gems.shtml
And if you are looking for a smaller supplier I would suggest:
http://www.shelridge.com/
Happy dyeing!
heather s
I took a workshop on dyeing and looked through my notes. We dyes a chunky yarn at the workshop, but I wrote down "Kona Superwash Sock Yarn' - must have been a suggestion from the instructor or a response to a question. Hope this helps. I haven't been brave enough to try dyeing on my own!
Just want to say I'm glad it finally got to be possible to read your blog and even see the pictures--what lovely young ladies! The Yarn Harlot introduced us, but then, as you say, for days the crowds were too great. Nice to meet you--Jenn, Albuquerque. Won't annoy you with a weather report, though it is gray and windy
wendy is going to copy your blankie.
http://wendyknits.net/
For Dye-O-Rama last year I bought some Henry's Attic Kona Superwash and Kona Superwash Fingering from Catnip Yarns and I was really pleased with them. They've got a ton of undyed yarns available, and good prices too.
I didn't get it in time for Dye-O-Rama (my dye buddy(ies) were not left hanging, though - I had some KnitPicks yarn I dyed and sent!), so I first dyed some of the "regular", which is sort of a light sport/heavy fingering weight, just last weekend (you can see results here if you like).
HTH! I love reading your blog, but mostly I just lurk. :D
D'oh. I guess the HA Kona Superwash is actually a DK weight. Obviously I should look before I type. :)
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