Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I've been Dyeing!!!

How easy was that!! This morning I dyed these shorties that I knitted from some wool I have literally had since 1990! I was originally going to make a cream coloured Aran jumper out of it and do have some of it knitted up but I lost interest (I think it actually went out of fashion before I got to finish it!!).
Anyway, all these years the wool has been sitting around (attracting moths!), so I thought I'd use it to make a pair of shorties for Harry...just to try out the pattern (this one) before I got some nicer wool to knit up. Mum actually knitted up a pair for me, just to see how easy the pattern was, and then I had a go...this is the result...



I wish I had taken a pic before I dyed them...you can just see some of the original cream colour on the cuffs (yes, I meant for them to be a bit mottled.). I must say, they were VERY boring before I dyed them. I love them now.
I used this method using food colouring and the microwave. Very easy and you can just do small quantities at a time.

...Then I decided to have a go at some other colours with a couple of unused balls...



The colours came up so nice & bright, now I can't wait to knit something up with this lot.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

It's finished...almost!!

I've just finished sewing the ends in. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out, and still have to get some buttons for it.
Only problem is it's ended up too small for Ella, the couple of extra rows of pattern added extra length, which is great, but it needs to be larger around the middle for her.
I keep forgetting that she is a growing girl!!
Not to worry, I have more cotton to make another one (in pinks) so will just have to have a go at upsizing it...Perhaps I'll tackle that one another day...stay tuned!!




Thursday, September 24, 2009

Still Knitting

Just thought I'd post a progress report on my knitting...I'm up to the back ties now. Wow, I'm loving this project...



I went to the Bendigo Woollen Mills yesterday...WOW...I was impressed to say the least. I loved the Bargain room where they have heaps of wool on special, I came home with some 12ply in odd size balls for a fraction of full price, it'll knit up nicely into some shorties for Harry.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

My next knitting project...



Here's a sneek peek at my next project. It's another pattern by TiKKi called 'Tropical Lily'. Hopefully it will fit Ella. I'm using Anchor magicline 10ply cotton, really nice to knit and is kniting up very quickly. I'll post more picks as I go along.