Patience...

...was sure needed today!  Today was spent dyeing with a microwave and gaywool dyes.  Last time I dyed I used a pot on the stove.  Today's colours turned out to be much more intense than before. 
The really bright skeins made me think of macaws when I first saw it, but when I wound it into a ball it was much different looking. For that batch I used two balls of Scheepjes Invicta Extra (210m each) which is 75% New wool and 25% nylon.  Each ball was redone on a niddy-noddy, then dyed and placed in the microwave for 6 mins.  While the yarn was outside on the porch drying, it was getting kind of windy, so I thought 'this is great it will dry the yarn quicker'.  But no sooner than you can say 'black lab puppy' (Holly) she was able to acquire a stray skein that had blown off of the railing.  I did not get a picture but you can see below that the skein was a little tangled and I was unable to completely unravel the knot she made!!! AARGH!
 

The next batch was 2 skeins of Louet Gems Pearl 100% Merino Wool 185 yards/skein.  I was trying for greens and blues with a little of purple.  I don't mind it but was not quite what I had in mind.  It will grow on me I guess.

Then I used 2 balls (reskeined) of Lanett Superwash 100% Merino wool 195 metres/skein.  The colours are toned down pink, turquoise and purple.

What do you think??

I really should be knitting on my pals scarf, but I will do that tonight.  It was such a gorgeous day today, warm but with a nice wind.
Yesterday was also nice and I was able to get out in the garden to weed and prune a few things that I had not got to yet.  It makes me feel like I had very productive couple of days off.  I still have two more off, but have been called to see if I would work today and tomorrow.  It has been pretty bad at work lately,  not enough casuals to fill the sick calls so they are calling all the time.  I would go in but find it too hard to do 12 hours because of my RA and that is what they are calling for.  The temporary part time line that I am in is only 8 hour shifts which suits me just fine.

Comments

[knitphomaniac]

What fantastic colours! Awesome work!

[Celena]

Looks great! :)