Showing posts with label dye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dye. Show all posts

Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year, New Adventures

I've decided to try something new in 2010. I used some of my Christmas money to buy undyed yarn and dye from Knitpicks.com and I plan to start dyeing my own yarn. I might even start tomorrow.

I got the box today, and I am very pleased with the texture of the yarn. I'm particular about yarn being soft, so I was very leery of buying yarn without the opportunity to feel it first. I ordered two different types of undyed yarn: a merino/nylon 75/25 blend, and a merino/silk 70/30 blend. Both are fingering weight, and are nice and soft, although the wool/nylon blend is actually softer than the wool/silk blend.

It will be interesting to see how the yarn takes dye. I have some ideas about the kinds of effects I want to create, and how I might get there. I imagine it will take some experimentation. I hope I bought enough yarn.