Oh bother :(

I wish I could go to this!

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This weekend in Washington, D.C., the Textile Museum is having its annual Celebration of Textiles festival. Learn about weaving, knitting, rug restoration, dyeing, and more with hands-on activities and demonstrations. Admission is free both days.

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I successfully dyed!

I dyed these today and they are for sale at my etsy website

Succes! Success!

FO: Jaywalkers! and more!

I finally finished them! aren't they beautiful?
Some stats and a picture!
Yarn: KnitPicks dye your own sock yarn (100% merino wool)
Dyed with varying strengths of Grape Kool Aid. Striping method found here
Yardage: 440 yards with a few left over.
Comments: Due to the diagonal stitches inherent in this pattern this sock is really inelastic. Its difficult for me to get on and off but is SO comfortable once its on. I didn't like the slip2together-knit-pass2stichesover, but it worth it in the end and gets easier as the sock goes on. Definitely would make again.


And now, some Lava Flow Socks from Sockbug. First time I tried the short row heel. I'm not really diggin' it, but there's a first for everything!



UPS dropped off a beautiful package for me today! My very own ball winder! yay! Time to make yarn cakes like a mad woman! I have to say though, this skein of yarn... the color is... less than desirable. It was my first experience with wiltons and I screwed up majorly by mixing tons of wrong colors.