June 2008 Archives
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Dyeing Frenzy
06.16.08 | Tags: Fun with dyes | Comments: (4)I nearly used up all my stash of KnitPicks bare yarn during my last two attempts at dyeing. I think I’m done at dyeing variegated yarns. They may look pretty in the skein but they tend to mask any type of patterning whether lace or cables, and pooling - oh boy do I hate pooling. I’m trying this new more time consuming way of dyeing the yarn. I make a base color and then dump some into a squeeze bottle and then add another dye color to the squeeze bottle. This way I can get a more semi solid yarn that still has hints of other colors.
The first one is a yellow/orange (it has a little more orange than my camera can take) sock yarn that I dyed during the heatwave. I couldn’t stand turning on the stove so the color was partially set by letting it sit out in the sun. I later made sure it was really set by placing it in the microwave. I’ve always used the stove to set the dye but now that the microwave experience was so easy, I think I’ll just do all of them in the microwave from now on.
My next dye job was to dye my remaining three skeins of the bare Swish worsted yarn. I want to make a scarf/hat set for my mom that hopefully, she won’t return (lets not mention the last set she returned to me a year later because the alpaca content she felt was too scratchy for her.) I don’t think alpaca is scratchy at all and we share very similar genes so I don’t really know where she is coming from hehe. Anyways this bare yarn is a much softer superwash merino blend so hopefully she’ll like it. I just need to pick out a pattern, or design one out. -
A meme about me
06.02.08 | Tags: Misc | Comments: (1)1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Lets see, I was finishing up my sophomore year of high school, probably studying for the Regents exams. I don’t really remember much of sophomore year. I just moved to that school district at the beginning of the school year and it seems that everyone knew each other since kindergarten.2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Walk the dog
Play the Wii Fit
Start something knew to knit at home sitting in front of the tv
Thats about it, I’m trying to enjoy my last summer before med school begins which is in 2 1/2 months!3) Snacks I enjoy:
Tiramisu from Costco
Gummy colas (I eat the entire bag in one sitting)
Egg custards
Chocolate4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Pay off my debts, and anyone close to me. Open up free clinics around the world for anyone to walk in. Endow lots of scholarships and research grants. Buy a house in the country and a few alpacas.5) Places I have lived.
In Order:
Shanghai, China
Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A suburb of Philadelphia
Long Island
Pittsburgh, PA (for college, moved four times in four years around campus)
Further east on Long Island near SUNY Stony Brook for my post-bacc
Brooklyn, NY (after my last apt caught fire, as of now, I will still be here for the next four years)
Phew, thats it and thats why I don’t like moving.Shemeka tagged me but then Penelope tagged everyone who wasn’t already tagged, so I don’t know who to tag now
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FO Printed Silk Cardigan
06.01.08 | Tags: Tops | Comments: (4)
Pattern: Printed Silk Cardigan from Interweave Knits Spring 2008
Yarn: 9 1/2 skeins of Elann Callista in Boysenberry bought last year with no project in mind
Needles: #3, #4 Knitpicks Options
Time to knit: A little more than two weeks, almost monogamously
Gripes: I’m pretty happy about how this turned it, my only gripe is the author’s need to make the edges in garter stitch, I changed most of the edges to stockinette as to make seaming up easier. It took a lot of dedication and perseverance to do the finishing all in one day, I can’t believe I did it!
Thanks Anne-Marie for taking the photos, they turned out wonderful even though I had to Photoshop it bit (I added the middle button that was not buttoned!)
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