Yep, I've been on the road for the last week visiting friends and family in the exotic land of the midwest. We stayed with Dan's grandparents, saw his parents, stayed with my parents, saw my grandparents, and have had a generally relaxing and fun time. Tomorrow, of course, it's back to the grind, and today it's the drive back to DC. But first a few pictures...
Hello there!
When I first came in the door at my parents' house on Tuesday, this little cotton ball of fluff was there to greet me. He'd been home for all of two hours, and was excited to have more people to love and chew on. His name is Albie, and he's just so tiny and cu-uute...
awww...
He's made the days fun - playing in the yard, chewing on everything around, and crashing hard for naps (giving Mom & I time to go out shopping!).
We also spent a lot of time in the kitchen (official puppy territory), and what better activity to do than dye yarn, using up some of that Kool-Aid I just bought, as well as some of the Wilton's icing dyes that I wanted to try out.
Mom got in on the action...
...and so did Dad!
That's right, dyeing is a family affair here at Chez Snargle. Dan did some of the winding of skeins into mega-skeins, too.
Here's the final result:
pretty!
Six skeins of sock yarn. The three on the left are self-striping and the three on the right are variegated. Mom is keeping the one on the far left (which is why it's in a ball). I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing with the rest - two will be prizes, and I'll use a few, but I know I've got a log more dyeing in me. Maybe an etsy store is in my future... What are your favorite color combos?
Bee-yoo-tiful! I love the chocolate brown with the mint green in it, reminds me of mint chocolate cookies! I just opened up my Esty store, but have yet to post anything to it. Did you find the wilton's to be easier to dye with than the kool-aid? I've heard that wilton's is more concentrated, and produces brighter colors.
Posted by: Karen on April 23, 2006 11:04 AMHow beautiful!!!
What would happen if you used the professional Dyes, I would imagine the colors would be very dramatic. Are the professional dyes expensive?
How long did it take you to do all six?
What fun! I love the greeny and the pinky/orangey (the last two on the right).
I think you should keep a running countdown for us of how many packets of kool-aid you have left after each dyeing adventure!
Nice dying! Love all the colors, but I think the brown and blue/green is my fav!
Posted by: Coleen on April 23, 2006 03:45 PMI like the brown & blue - not a color combo you see too often in yarn. How nice that you could enlist your family to help!
Posted by: Zarah on April 23, 2006 04:31 PMI like the orange/brown/green. That's why I dyed it! LOL
Mom
Oh! Lovely results! I really love them all... that brown/blue combo is really catching my eye though :)
Posted by: Lolly on April 23, 2006 08:17 PMCool colours. I think I like the pinkey orange one best on the far right.
Posted by: Mary Jo on April 24, 2006 02:44 AMwow! so impressed. my dying wasn't nearly so nice. you've inspired me to try again though
Posted by: alice on April 24, 2006 07:17 AMWell, they like your brown and my Pinky one. If they only knew it was also supposed to be brown! LOL
Mom
Oh my goodness, that puppy is so cute, I want 12 just like him!
Your dyed skeins also came out beautifully! I like the one with the reds and pinks and the pastels blues/yellows/greens. Lovely work from the fam.
I want to eat up that lime green one. It looks like key lime pie!
Posted by: Ann on April 24, 2006 10:04 AMMy faveys are the two skeins on the outer edges. What can I say? I like pink! : )
Posted by: sarah w (yes, me too!) on April 24, 2006 10:50 AMWow! You & your family did a great job! (My fav's the brown and blue/green- it'll look awesome in stripes!)
Did you totally miss the whale in the bay last week while you were out of town? I was looking for you to be on the news!
Posted by: cheryl on April 24, 2006 12:23 PMA family affair? How sweet is that!
By the way, that dog is beyond cute.
Brown and blue, sooo pretty.
Posted by: isel on April 24, 2006 11:32 PMUm, is Albie real? Because he is TOO CUTE TO BE REAL. Seriously.
The yarn looks amazing!
Posted by: Carrie on April 27, 2006 01:44 PMSnargle, this is one of my favorite posts. I love seeing your family help you! and the yarn is gorgeous. WONDERFUL. Great job. Cute puppy!
Posted by: Jenny on April 27, 2006 07:16 PMIs that a Westie? So, so cute!
I love the yarns ... beautiful. :)
Posted by: kristin on April 30, 2006 10:02 AM