Purple & Orange
Trekking #81 socks for a friend's birthday, yesterday. Toe up, Addi Turbo #2 circular, Magic Loop. Heels and toes reinforced with a second strand of Heritage Heirloom 4 ply sock yarn. 3 x 1 rib over 56 stitches.
The sunflowers and black-eyed susans are from a friend from her garden. The asters we picked up the road in the mountains yesterday.
The skein? The world's ugliest yarn, dyed by yours truly, in honor of Project Spectrum. C likes it so I guess he gets a pair of socks knit from it. Don't you think I really could use a week at Yarn School with Adrian to learn a little more about dyeing? Maybe next year. Or it might be better for me to stick with natural dyes?
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I don't think it's ugly at all - great colours . Can't wait to see C's socks . I love your posts ,always amazing pictures and the glimpses of life in your part of the world . Thanks for sharing .
Posted by: Frieda | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 04:01 PM
Love the purple! Goes great with the pictures you took. I took a class on dying fabric, really enjoyed it but ended up with fabric that felt like sand paper. I would love to learn how to dye yarn. Anyway, I think it looks great.
Posted by: Melissa | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 04:19 PM
As I was waiting for the ugliest skein in the world photo to load (it took three times as long as the others), I wondered what on earth it was going to look like. But I like it! I reckon it will knit up beautifully and can't wait to see the socks.
Posted by: suse | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 02:30 AM
I like your yarn but I know what you mean by the dye challenge it never looks like we think it should.
Posted by: judy | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 08:45 AM
Those socks are so beautiful. I'm now realizing that I much prefer the look of socks that are knit toe-up. I need to muster the nerve to try it one of these days...
I don't think your died skein is ugly at all! Those colors are very beautiful together! Keep it up...
Posted by: Amber | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 09:24 AM
I love that skein of yarn! Very fall-ish and yet not too dark at the same time. Great job in my opinion.
Posted by: Jill | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 03:06 PM
The trekking socks are so pretty and I think your hand dyed yarn is going to surprise you and give you something to smile about when you knit it :-)
Posted by: Kim | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 07:14 PM
I don't think your yarn is ugly at all! It will be interesting to see what it knits up like.
Posted by: marti | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 08:13 PM
heck, send that yarn my way if you dont like it!
Posted by: Tola | Saturday, September 01, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Wow, love that colorway of trekking!
Posted by: Julia | Monday, September 03, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Yarn school looks like sooo much fun. It is good to learn all techniques - whatever you learn will probably add to and enhance what you know about natural dying. Getting away along for a few days . . . what a wonderful luxury when you have small children.
Posted by: Beth in Seattle | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 at 02:15 PM
I agree with the others....I rather like that skein of yarn. The colors are unusual but go together beautifully. Can't wait to see it knit up.
Posted by: Sarah R | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 at 12:38 PM
I love that yarn! :)
Posted by: Say | Thursday, September 06, 2007 at 02:35 PM