Aging and Dyeing

I had yet another birthday last week.  I thought that once you reached a certain age (thirty-mumble mumble) you didn't have those any more.  I'm happy to report that I was mistaken.

Hubbie woke me with a birthday song and cake.  I would like to say that I had a healthy breakfast instead, but what am I supposed to do.  The cake was practically daring me to eat it.  So I did. 

Hubbie later treated me to a lovely lunch at P.F. Chang's and iPhone accessories.  But one of the best parts of the day was the sunset. 

I know we've talked about sunsets before and I have to say that this one was particularly spectacular.

The colors were remarkable even as the sunset started to fade.

Thanks Mother Nature for my fantastic birthday present. 

Also, I found out earlier this week that GiGi had some pictures of the results of our winter dyeing. 

 My dyeing efforts.

 GiGi's dyeing efforts.

Notice a color pattern emerging.  It's really a great thing because then we don't have to steal each other's yarn.  (Hey!  I doesn't count if she doesn't notice it's missing! ;-D )  Thanks GiGi for the pics!

Waiting patiently for my birthday yarn to come in,

Joyce

Dyeing with GiGi

When I was visiting Gigi last winter, we dyed yarn. A lot of yarn. It was Knit Picks Bare yarn in multiple different weights and fiber contents. We used Kool-Aid and vinegar to dye the yarn and came up with a wide variety of colors. Knit Picks has a great Kool-Aid dyeing tutorial on their website. 

We also had our own preferences for color. These preferences became apparent as the yarn was drying in Gigi's bathtub.  Gigi dyed in mostly blues and greens whereas I produced mostly orange and red skeins.

Unfortunately, due to the untimely death of my computer's hard drive this summer, I have lost the tons of pictures that I took during the dyeing process.  But I can show you what one of the skeins dyed in Strawberry looks like worked up.

I knit this scarf for a friend and am happy to say that he loved the color.

Gigi and I had great deal of fun dyeing yarn and there is even talk about doing it again this winter. 

It's especially fun to do in your jammies,
Joyce