craf·te·ra·ti

I’ve had a busy weekend so far. Rainy days are pretty good for getting dyeing and spinning done.

First off I finished spinning “Tinkle Tweed”. I dyed and carded this a few weeks ago but I hadn’t got much spinning done. I kettle dyed falklands wool and tinkle light blue. Then I carded that with some brown wool that a I felted and chopped up into little bits. Then I spun and plied it.

Altogether it’s 140 yds and 6oz. I’m planning on knitting a hat out of it. This is one of the first yarns I’ve made that I’ve really planned out and had an intended use for. Plus it’s soo soft. I can’t wait to get knitting.

I also got around to dyeing some yarn for another hat project of mine. My friend asked me to knit him a camo hat but the only camo yarns I could find are 100% acrylic. Yuck! So I bought 3 skeins of Knit Picks in Andrean Silk and skeined it with 2 strands. Then I kettle dyed it with brown, chestnut, forest green, olive, yellow, and black. Or those are the dye colors I used to get the colors. I tend to a dash of this and that until I get the colors I want.

I love kettle dying. I only started doing it since I did dyeorama, but I love the results. I took some photos of the dyeing in progress but I’m having issues with that camera. So all I’ve got is this photo of the test swatch I did. I think the colors came out great and this will look fab as a camo hat.