I am congratulating myself on a few things. First up, I finished dyeing the 35th skein of Swag Club yarn last night. Yes. You did hear me correctly. Thirty FIVE. (remember how the club was supposed to be limited to 20? Grumble grumble Paypal . . .) If T. weren’t helping me do this I don’t know how I’d get it all done. I’m ready for one of you to come visit me on a monthly basis to help me dye some swag? Any takers? Now, I’m just waiting on the other swag that goes with it this month and I can get them ready to ship out in about a week or so. And no, that skein is not Swag Club yarn. It’s for Cynthia because she totally kicks ass.
My next cool news is that I am now up as one of the new artists at Indie Finds! Check it out. It’s such a great place to find Indie swag if you’re looking for some cool stuff.
And look! I finished my first ever knitted item with my own yarn. To read more about it go here. I dyed this for one of my classes I taught over the summer to show different things you can do with self striping yarn. I think I definitely need to do some more of this even though it’s extremely time consuming. Rock on with my Socktoberfest self!
It’s pretty cool that they came out exactly as I intended. I also have my socks down to a science and there is nothing like slipping on a hand-made sock that fits perfectly. I am already through the ribbing on the second one. I can’t wait to wear them!
As always, I couldn’t pass up showing you the clouds this morning. They were so pretty as the sun came up and bounced off the bottoms of them.
Have a good day everyone.















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Write a Comment»The socks are gorgeous! I really LOVE that colorway! Can’t wait to see the swag and yarn when it comes int he mail!
Oh man - those are just beautiful. You are on lucky chickie…
I would LOVE to come help you. The whole dyeing of the yarn thing is completely fascinating for me. (Like when I worked in a hardware store and all I wanted to do was mix paint!) Will you pay for my airfare?
How much do you pay? (just kidding) Aren’t husbands great? Mine refuses to do anything that requires creativity, but when it comes to the tedious bits, he’s great.
The socks look amazing!! I love the green spots!
Congratulations all around!
Gorgeous gorgeous colorway - but the amount of work… Yikes!! Congrats on Indie Finds!!
Congrats on the Indie Finds! Love the socks. Really love the Socktoberfest colorway. Great job!!!
damn. cute. socks.
Congrats on everything else, too!
Your sock looks awesome!! And… you go!
*Awesome* purple sock. I love it. Congrats on the Indie Finds!
Big congrats! I wish I could help. I can imagine dh’s face if I told him I was running away to dye yarn. Yeah, that’s funny….;)
rock on with your sock on!
and WOW ladeee! i can barley dye one hank in a day!
I’d come and help you! (Unfortunately I’m a long way away). Great socks! I’m looking forward to seeing what arrives
Great sock!
I’d love to help - too bad you’re so far (and yet so close!). The sock looks great - I love knitting socks for myself and having them come out perfectly!
I’ll come help, just let me know. Not sure how good I am but I follow direction well.
Love the socks. Congrats on Indie.
Your new socks look great, and I am in LOVE with the Socktoberfest yarn. I missed out on catching it on sale but I’m hoping to win it during Socktoberfest.
If I lived closer, I’d definitely come help. Those are fabulous socks!
So lovely! Love them.
Great socks!
Cute socks, and congrats!
That is one FINE sock! Nice work. I can’t wait to see pics of you strutting about in the pair.
Wicked cute socks. Be glad I don’t live closer, they might disappear!
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[...] Yeah, long story, but Scout? I know you’re totally busy dyeing 35 skeins for the sock club, and that you have like 30 million orders of that Socktoberfest Yarn, but if you feel compelled to write up those directions for winding that warping board of yours…well I’d volunteer to be your slave helper for dyeing the next month’s worth of sock club yarn. Cause I totally didn’t wind the Pink Panther right, and it definitely didn’t go back on the board right, so it became a giant tangled mess. It’s almost done being wound into a nice little ball, since everytime I walk by it, I weave the ball through the tangled parts just a little bit more. I’m hoping to be done with it sometime before I die, but there is a lot of it. Hopefully Lori is blessed with patience as much as luck…did you know that this is her 3rd consecutive win on a sock yarn contest? [...]