Sorry it too me so long to post the warping board instructions but I escaped out of town yesterday for a quick little mama-get-away up to Santa Fe with Carole and Mona. We really had fun and you can read all about it on Carole’s blog if you want. My most favorite part of the trip was the cool onyx ring and pink Scala hat I got at the Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market. (Okay, drinking my famous cosmos, hanging out with my girls and eating yummy cheese and bread and knitting wasn’t too bad either!) Stylin’ huh?
Needless to say, we had a fantastic time. Anytime mamas can have 24 hours sans kids? Yeah. Fun stuff.
Let’s get down to the real reason of this post. How can you make a warping board to make beautiful, self-striping yarn like this?
Scout’s Tarzhay - self striping yarn
Go get a pen & paper. And here we go.
Scout’s Ghetto Warping Board
Materials:
wooden board - 11″x30″x1″ I used Poplar - you just want a hard wood
7/16 woodboring bit
3/16 drill bit
2 - 3/16 steel plate round - 3 feet metal rod
# 8 washers
bottle of Gorilla Glue
hacksaw or something to cut the metal rods
metal file to file down the cut metal rods
some sort of varnish/poly to coat the wood once done
I simply asked the nice man at Lowe’s to cut the board for me. Then, follow the diagram below to mark the board for the pegs. (click for the bigger image)
Obviously I’m not a carpenter. If this doesn’t make sense please let me know. Once you have measured & marked the holes with a pencil, using the woodboring bit, go ahead and drill all of the holes. (When yarn is dyed it shrinks and that’s why the one side has two holes. You wind the white yarn on the outside holes and once it’s dyed & dried you put it back on the inside ones.)
After using the woodboring drill-bit, I then took the 3/16th bit to make the hole a bit deeper for the metal rods to be able to go in deeper. Be carfeul not to go too deep and keep it straight while you drill!
Get out the gorilla glue and make sure to use rubber gloves as to not get that on your skin. I was warned it is crazy-strong glue. Dab a little bit of glue on the flat side of the washer and insert into each hole. It should then look like this.
I then applied a clear varnish coating to seal the wood.
The next step is probably the hardest part of the whole process. You need to cut the metal rods into 5″ pieces. Once you have cut them, use the metal file to round the edges so they are smooth and won’t catch on the yarn.
And then? That’s it! Then you can go ahead and warp your board to dye up to six colors. Obviously you can do as many colors as you want. Here are a few pictures of the last skein I dyed.
Give me a bit to write out the instructions of how to actually wind the board. That’s a bit tricky and I need to figure out how to draw it out. I really hope these instructions make sense. Let me know okay!? I think I need a nap now….
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Looks like you guys had a blast. Thanks for the instructions!
Those are some awesome instructions! I get it. Now, just need to figure out the warping the yarn part.
I’m totally struggling with how to best demonstrate how to warp the board…..I’ll get it though!
Hey, wasn’t it jst this past October that you cast on your first pair of socks and wondered what your sock future was?
http://www.scoutj.com/2005/10/12/oooooh/
Heeheeeee
Scout, you frikkin’ rock! Absolutely jaw-dropping yarn. I’ve got me a looong weekend comin’ up and will definitely get the DH to whip me up a board! Hopefully my to-dye yarn comes from Knitpicks in time so I can play…
Looks great! I gotta get me some dye…
I’m totally going to get my husband to make me one of these.
Thanks for sharing!!
The dyed sock yarn, warping board instructions and cowboy hats
are excellent! Love that yarn- Great colors!
You know I’m in love with that yarn, and yeah, T is gonna have to make me a warping board!
You guys look fabulous! Love the hats. And the yarn looks so frickin’ good wound up. No really, so frickin’ good!
How do you cut the rods for the board? Did you do that yourself,or do you get the Home Depot guys to do it for you?
woohooo! This looks much better than what we did for our Kool Aid dyeing this weekend. Which was basically laying the skeins on a table and squirtgunning it. Fun, but not quite precise.
Too bad you can’t make a little video to show how to put
the yarn on the board. It would really be the best way to
explain the process. It would be Scout’s “Knitting Help” video
I am so jealous… I want to go to ten thousand waves…. that is my favorite spa ever!!
Ok, you gotta tell a dingdong newbie like me - what’s a warping board for? Is it so you don’t have to wind the yarn into a hank that is 12 feet long in order to separate it?
I think I’ll be dyeing some yarn this weekend…just for kicks…
Y’all look sooooooo stylin’!
Amy
Little confused in the supplies… is the “2 - 3/16 steel plate round” just the proper name we need to ask for at the hardware store for the metal rods???
JessaLu’s instructions for dying self-striping yarn:
Buy dye-it-yourself yarn.
Mail it to Scout.
Be eternally grateful you have wonderful friends who know how to dye and are willing to do it for you ;o)
Jess at Figandplum talked about this a few days ago. One of her suggested links made sense to me…here it is:
http://www.ysolda.me.uk/wordpress/index.php/archives/2006/03/10/making-and-using-a-board-for-self-striping-sock-yarn/
Thank you so much for those instructions–I just printed them out to give to my FIL!
Hey, Scout, did you see the Odessa KAL? You WON!!
Congratulations.
Thanks for the instructions!
Looks like a fun time out without kids. Ahhh, to have a coherent thought…
I love the colors, great job
You guys look so cute in that photo! Love the cowboy hats. And my koigu came today. It’s gorgeous!
Don’t you know how to party!!? And how to dye up some great yarn, too! I’m in awe.
Ok. So when are you sending me that yarn?
whoa you rock- thanks so much for the directions! I’m going to have to get my butt to home depot!!!
Sigh. Sounds like a fun time… I’ll be making a board this summer and following in your dyeing footsteps (sounds
dramatic, huh?)…that yarn is TOO pretty!
Wow - great instructions!! And you were just featured on Whip Up! Yeah, chicka!
(Yesterday looks like it was fabulous…)
DUDE: You’re on Whip UP! You’re such a rock star!!!
That skein looks so lovely… And you’re famous! AND another contest won! Touch you!
I haven’t even read your article yet and I’m sweating! I love that yarn!
Thanks for the instructions :). You look *hot* with that hat :).
The yarn! Love. the. colors!!! So bold! So bright! So beautiful! (so many !!!!!’s)
The get-away sound cool, too. I agree, 24 hours without kids/with girlfriends is always great!
Now I’m going to read the board instructions…
But that yarn!
That’s an amazing contraption- your beautiful self-striping yarn speaks for itself!! Just gorgeous!! Looks like the three of you had an awesome time- so glad you were able to get away for a day. Take care!
I am in love with those colors - so bright, so saturated, so GORGEOUS!
I’m glad you had a good getaway - you all look great in those hats
Those colors are truly amazing. I love it!
Grrrrrrrreat hats!!! Thanks for the instructions, can’t wait to give it a go.
That isn’t ghetto! Making it out of a board found in a vacant lot and metal pulled from a neighbor’s car is ghetto. Yours is as nice as the original!
You’ve got to get knitting this stuff so we can see how the stripes look at the particular gauge/length of stripe and stuff.
Scout, where were you when I need this warping board! YAY!!!! Thank you big time for the instructions.
Oh, by the by, I finally got my side bar figured out! You are up there baby!
love the hats…and the drinks look good, too!
Sounds like a blast, girl. Call me nest time and I’ll meet ya’ll there (or you can come to Colorado for a weekend).
OMG, that is the best. yarn. ever!
Thanks so much for the warping board instructions. And wouldncha know it? Hubby was just saying this morning that we need to go to Home Despot….
Thanks so much for the warping board instructions. Your yarn looks great!
Love the photo of you three! You gals inspired me to take a trip to Sephora yesterday.
You three look adorable in the cowboy hats! And I love all the striped yarn (and the instructions). Nice work!
wow your yarn is *gorgeous*! i can’t wait to see your finished projects made with it!! beautiful!
so cool, thanks for the instructions!
This tutorial is awesome! I think I will have Hubby assist me with this project. He gets to use the drill and I get a nice dye tool afterwards!
I’m making a warping board and I guess I’m missing something. Could you tell me how far apart the row of single pegs is from tyhe row of double pegs. I see that the rows are 2inches and it looks like the double pegs are going to be about an inch apart but I’m missing the long deminsion.
Thank you so much for posting these instructions. My house is way to small to try the chair technique. I joined
Dye o rama so I’m trying to get this put together so I can play.
I finished by board. I’m so excited ! After you answered my stupid question
it became totally obvious what the measurements were and it was really easy
to make. Your directions were great. I’ll post a pict on my blog after I
recharge the camera. Now I need to know how to wind the yarn though.
I have a guess but I’m not sure if I’m right. Do you think you could sketch out
a diagram maybe with arrows? Otherwise I could sketch out my guess and post it on my blog
then you could tell me how far off I am.
also I lOOOOVEEE the new green yarn.
Hi Scout,
i write from Wallerstein,Bavaria. I want to make such a board, too. I´ve got your instruction from your site and
i hope i can do it. But i need to know how to wind the yarn around the metal rods.
I would like to make my own wonderful self stripping yarn. Your yarn looks so great!
So could you help me, please? Greatings, Sabine
Hi!
And I have dye-o-rama coming up… If anyone can help, I’d SOOO appreciate it! Thanks. 
I had my DH make me a warping board for Mother’s Day and I thought I could figure out how to wrap it myself, but I can’t
Scout,
How do you wind the darned thing? Or rather, how do you wind it so all of the sections have the same amount of yarn. I just can’t figure it out. It seems like the middle sections would always have more yarn in them than the end sections, and I want them to be the same.
Thanks!
Thanks for the warping board instructions. Did you ever write the instructions for actually winding the yarn on? I can’t find them anywhere. I’d like them if you have them.
Thanks!
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Hi!
Nice info, big thx.
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