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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Work-In-Progress Wednesday: Step One Done!

I've had my eye on this sweater for a long time. It's super simple, and all in crochet, which really appealed to me. When I finally decided that it would be on my list of projects for this year, I started planning the colors. I wanted it to look good, and I want to be sure I would wear it. So I ordered KnitPicks Bare worsted wool, knowing that I could dye the yarn to suit me.

I had this past Friday off of work, the first Friday in a while, so I made plans to dye a lot of yarn. But that color? After consulting DyeYourYarn, where the author has amazingly worked up all of last season's Pantone colors, I decided on a light blue-green color. The formula was simple, one part Lemon-Lime Kool-aid to 3 parts Berry-Blue. BUT! Blue and green are 2 of my favorite colors to dye, and I didn't have enough to dye all my yarn. Fortunately, I have a decent supply of food-coloring, and I added a few drops of blue to each batch to make up for my lack of BB KA. I also knew that it would be nearly impossible to make 3-4 skeins of yarn the exact same color, especially without re-skeining them together. So I decided to make one skein in a semi-contrasting color, and make the sweater striped.

I dyed yarn all day Friday, and am super pleased with how it turned out:

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So that's my work-in-progress for today- step one of "Mary Makes a Sweater" has been completed. The next step will come as soon as I finish some of my other projects that have been languishing.

Here is one of my other WIPs:
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Also, my mom made cookies:
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Head on over to Tami's Amis to check out more wonderful WIPs!
I'm also linking up with Ginny's Yarn Along this week :)
My Thursday link-up is Tricia over @ Crunchy Catholic Momma.

11 comments:

  1. That yarn is an amazing colour, and will be perfect for that sweater. I love the idea of taking the project right from the colour stage all the way to finishing - it's going to look great!

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  2. Your hand-dyed yarn looks fabulous! I look forward to seeing the sweater.

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  3. Love the color of your yarn! And the subtle contrast for the stripes. I'll be back to check out your sweater progress, for sure. Have fun!

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  4. Those are gorgeous colours! Isn't great when a plan comes together!?!

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  5. the colour of the yarn is gorgeous!

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  6. I love the yarn color...nice work! And that pattern looks SO comfy! I'm envious and you haven't even started on it yet!

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  7. The yarn turned out beautifully! I've never thought of dying my own yarn, but I may have to after looking at that website you shared. Some of the colors on there are so lovely!

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  8. I just love ripple blankets! Can't wait to see more of it. And I need some homemade cookies ASAP, ok? :D
    JNCL
    The Beauty of Eclecticism

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  9. ooh, I love the way the yarn came out, gorgeous colours :) I love dyeing with kool aid - must get more bare yarn soon!

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  10. Your dyed yarn came out beautifully, looking forward to seeing it made up!

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  11. I'm so impressed you dyed your own yarn to meet your preferences! It really is lovely. It will be fun to watch as you crochet this project.

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