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redhedlvr2 ([personal profile] redhedlvr2) wrote2016-05-12 12:26 pm
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Haven't posted in a while

Life has been, well, life.  Knitting and other crafts have had their ups and downs as well.  Here's some yarn I dyed back in December and the socks I knit up.  Over on Ravelry we had a flurry of excitement wrapping yarn into balls, dyeing one color, then re-wrapping so the undyed section was on the outside and re-dyeing different color.  Mine turned out so-so but the socks have been really warm and comfy to wear.




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[identity profile] sara-merry99.livejournal.com 2016-05-13 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Those socks look awesome! If that's so-so, I'm curious what it looks like when that technique really works!

[identity profile] redhedlvr.livejournal.com 2016-05-13 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

I say so-so because I still don't have a good knack for which colors go with each other. All my dyeing is done using Kool Aid or food coloring so what you might get with icing isn't necessarily what you get when dyeing wool. It's still fun though and sometimes you accidentally get results you really like.

Here's a link to The Impatient Dyer's site. Her work is fantastic.

http://missreenaknits.blogspot.ca/2016/03/how-to-gradientombre-ball-method.html