Hey...
I have wool drying atm for 3 NB Vanilla Soakers atm just freshly dyed...
Gosh I cannot believe its been nearly 2 years since I dyed wool last...
And, yeah I have a thing for French.. so expect my colourways to be "French" inspired!
My dyeing expedition today:
I first off threw 100gm 8 ply into the laundry tub to soak.. and then thought whoops I really should have divided that up and skein it out properly.
Each nb soaker only needs 55gm...
40 for body and 15gm contast waistband and leg cuffs....
*note this is only for the NB size knitted in 8ply"
So with the other 100 gm i had,
I skeined up 40 gm for another soaker,
then 15 gm trim for it...
then skeined another 2 x 15 gm trims to go with it.
Much thanks to my darling husband who kept Nathan distracted and cooked dinner as well as turned the skein winder for me while i held the wool and untangled lol!
I put the rest of these skeins in with the other 100gms that were soaking.
I did a boy colour way with the single 40gm lot ... like a Primary colour rainbow .. with blue, red and yellow, letting it muddle a little between the yellow and blue to create a nice green.
Which I have aptly named
"L'arc-en-ciel de Rouges, Bleu et Jaune" which roughly translates to
"The rainbow of Reds, Blue and Yellow"
And then I dyed the Big 100gm lot - realising I would have enough there to do two soaker bodies and have some leftovers!
This little beauty has been named:
"Déesse Noire" - which translates to Black Goddess
With a mix of Fuschia, Black, Tuquoise and a grapey purple
One of the soakers will have a matching Barossa Trim - "Sombre Viole"
And the other will have a bright pink -
"Fuschia Brillant"
I cannot wait to get this dryed to take some photos in the daylight and reskein to take some more!
I will upload pics of the wet wool, these have been taken with my iPhone, so excuse the poor quality!
with its matching trim - Desert Pea
