The miracle of dyeing

I did some dyeing  a couple of days ago and was worried when I saw this:

This sight was what greeted me in my drying area. Ok, the lighting isn't great, but it was quite sad that the time spent hand painting my hand-spun yarn had been wasted. I carried on regardless and rinsed it, dried it and skeined it. Imagine my joy when all of this activity was complete, to see my yarn looking like this:

Even more exciting is the news that my yarn will find its way into the  Fibreholics boxes from April 2014. Not only that, but my fibre will be there too! If you fancy a selection of samples before you try yarn of fibre, then the box is definitely the way to go. I love the products I've had from the box in the past, and I'm sure you will too - give it a try!

More yarn... Quick note

Just a quick note.... This is my latest yarn, blue faced Leicester in colourway Indian Summer. It. Spun up like a dream and has a beautiful sheen to it. It's currently on sale in my etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/knattersknits 

It was Navajo plied to achieve this gorgeous yarn. There is approximately 120 yards of this DK weight yarn in 100g.

Fos, WIPs and other things.

Well it's been a busy old week, what with Doctors appointments, work and general household stuff. I decided not to swap my car for that particular van as it was too large to get in most car parks I go to _ a bit of a problem! I'm sure you'd agree? I am now thinking about a smaller van, but I'm not in any hurry to change.

I'm currently spinning like a mad thing, having bought loads of fibre from Sara from www.sarastexturecraft.com here are a few I've spun up. They are different. One is Tussah silk and merino (bottom picture ) and one has silk noils in it, making it very textured (bumpy). 

I've also completed the shawlette in Sara's KAL on ravelry and I'm rather pleased with it.

  

It did take several attempts to knit, and a lot of frogging, and I have to admit to getting very frustrated at picking up 240 stitches after the border, but with a little mathematics and a lot of stitch markers, it came out fairly evenly in the end. The colours are a little deeper in reality, but I'm very pleased with it. It'll make a nice evening shawl or can be worn as a neckerchief. 

I spun the fibre (exmoor blue face) from my friend Sara. Her colour ways are gorgeous, I have several more on the table waiting to be spun up and hopefully I can show you these next time....