Random Kindness & Dye
January 25, 2007
lightweight Socks That Rock in Watermelon Tourmaline
Let’s talk about love. The love of one blogger for another blogger. Like … for instance … when one blogger enters a contest and doesn’t win. And another blogger sends Socks That Rock in the mail, unsolicited, for no apparent reason. Seriously. Love.
With all this love around, I ditched all prior knitting plans and commitments and wound balls and cast on for a new pair of socks for me! I’m so excited, I can barely stand myself. THANKS Frickmeister! You made my day, week, month, year!
don’t make fun of my polka dot socks + pin-striped pants.
it was 6am when I got dressed and clearly I wasn’t awake yet
Then I came home and bathed the Red Scarf. Wash #1: red water
Wash #2: red water
Wash #3: pink water; will this ever end?
Honestly, I was too bored to actually test the stamina of the dye. But … as a word of warning: do not wash KnitPicks Swish Superwash in Red Pepper with your silky white ’special set’ from VS.
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Suzanne | January 25, 2007 at 2:36 am
Sweet gift from the Frickmeister! Perhaps you can block some length into Besotted, as needed.
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Dorothy | January 25, 2007 at 3:06 am
Now that is love!
Put the scarf in a large pot and add about 1/3 - 1/2 cup of vinegar or lemon juice. Bring to just boiling then put on a lid and turn off the heat. Leave the scarf in the water until it is cool. Rinse and enjoy. It shouldn’t run after that.
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Anonymous | January 25, 2007 at 11:31 am
What a kind friend you have sharing STR! Please be sure to give your opinion for those of us who still haven’t tried it.
Karen
http://nothingbutknit.blog-city.com/
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maryse | January 25, 2007 at 12:04 pm
wow, what lovely balls you have! such lovely hand wound balls.
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Lucy | January 25, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Try adding some white vinegar (a couple of cups) to your rinse water. If all else fails, you can wrap it in plastic wrap while damp and steam it for half an hour or so. If anything will run, it will be red. Good luck!
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Beth S. | January 25, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Grrrl, there is something very, very wrong with Bloglines. You *disappeared* from my feeds! I had to pop over here the old fashioned way and re-subscribe. Not cool!
But that STR… SO pretty. What’s the colorway?
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Jess | January 25, 2007 at 8:17 pm
aw, how nice! and yummy colors. like a toned-down pack of sweet tarts
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Julie | January 25, 2007 at 9:29 pm
hmmmm. apparently it is important to wash things before you wear them, huh?
I will ponder that.
Gorgeous STR, by the way.
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Laura | January 25, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Hee hee totally lovely balls!
I just started reading Fricknits and I’m not surprised. She seems like good people to me.
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JulieFrick | January 26, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Aww, shucks. Just paying it forward, friend. So happy to give you some balls! OK, enough of the balls jokes. Balls. Heh.
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roro | January 26, 2007 at 9:55 pm
There are NEVER enough ball jokes! NEVER!
That’s some love right there, that sock yarn. Sweet.
And I had to re-subscribe too! That makes twice in one week! Crazy Blogger . . .
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Christy | January 27, 2007 at 3:51 am
But what if I want it to be my special mottled pink set? The yarn is quite pretty