When life gives you yarn leftovers,
Just add KoolAid! (and/or other food dye)
And BAM!
Now you’ve got something splashy to play with!
Those fun and fruity leftovers, plus a little bit of peachy orange from a previous dyeing adventure, came together as a big floppy hat
Which then spent some time in the washer and dyer, and resulted in
As the Kool Aid Man would say,,,,”Oh Yeah!”
It seems I just can’t stop.
I thought I could just turn off the “hatting” once the need for hats evaporated.
But the urge persists.
(Still a little bit damp from its final bath. Will fluff out a little more when it’s completely dry.
I think it needs a blue pompom.)
Perhaps because it’s so easy to start another. No need to plan and measure and swatch and such.
Just cast on.
I’m also having second thoughts about Burr. Maybe I just need to get started knitting.
I’ve got about 750 yards of the Chone yarn ready to go,, and could do the rest on a spin-as-you-go basis.
But I’ve found myself distracted.
Out of nowhere, an urge to knit something Argyle hit me mid-week.
The sudden need for Argyle socks.
Yeah, I’m all over the place. 🙂
And now I’m spinning some fiber left over from the Little Bow Market holiday sale. A Chone blend.
Would actually look really nice worked into Burr if I run short on yardage.
And speaking of Little Bow Market leftovers, I’m happy to say that my remaining hats and mitts are now available at Northwest Handspun Yarns in Bellingham. So if you regret not having picked one up a couple of weeks ago, you have another chance!
If you’ve been on the blog lately you might have noticed that I’ve been busy for the last couple months making hats in preparation for the Bow Little Market Holiday Festival.
It occurred to me just recently that I might need a better way to display the hats than just laying them out on the door that I’ve been using as a table.
This weekends’ DIY mission: Hat Stand for Holiday Market!
Do you recognize the materials?
A small tomato cage and three wire hangers never looked so good!
Plus some tennis balls, and a few stray balls of yarn-
Ta Da!
In other news, Jonasson Farm had their fall Fleece Sale on Saturday, and I just happened to be in the neighborhood. 🙂
I went there specifically to get more dyed mohair locks
but came home with a Border Leicester lamb fleece as well.
I tried, but I couldn’t resist.
Egg production is up!
Or, should I say, egg thievery is down.
And the crows are no longer hanging around in the tall trees bordering the pasture.
I’m calling it a victory.
We’ll see if it lasts. But for now I’m pretty pleased with the results of the netting.
And, we moved the SheepCam today- so the view of the boys is no longer obscured by the crowproofing. 🙂
In wool news, I washed the last of my Spring 2015 Chone wool last weekend,
And have been slowly getting it picked and fluffed. It’s really neat how his wool has been getting softer and crimpier over the last few years. His lamb fleece wasn’t much fun to work with, but he’s come a long way! One more reason to love the crazy little dude
I haven’t been spinning much recently, but hat production continues apace-
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