Fri 8 Dec 2006
I should be knitting. Christmas is in 16 days and I don’t have a single thing finished, so one would think I would be knitting constantly. Ha. I spent an entire day untangling a skein of KnitPicks bare sock yarn (Thanks again, Kimba!), and then another day dyeing/untangling again. I really need to learn how to wind a warp board.
So, yarn! I really really like this colorway, although if I do it again, I think i’ll add in some coppery brown to balance the brightness a bit. I still have about 6oz of undyed roving, so I might dye it up instead and attempt to get some decent spinning done. I used Wilton Icing dyes, since I have every color under the sun and i’m too cheap to go buy acid dyes.


It’s ridiculously bright outside, so the colors aren’t exact…they’re quite a bit darker, and that orange-y color is actually a nice deep dusty rose. Still, I think they will make some fun stripey socks, even if I didn’t pay much attention to keeping things even when I warped the yarn.
I’ve also been asked to knit a baby sweater for one of my aunts co-worker’s grandson, and I have NO idea what to charge. I’m waiting to hear back on yarn preference, so I know that will play a part in deciding, but like…how do you figure up a total price? It won’t be a big project, obviously…maybe 2 days of knitting. Ugh, i’m clueless.











December 8th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
You are a whore.