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<\/a><\/p>\nI knit 2 hats for my grandson. He requested the one on the right, identical to one I’d made for his little brother last year. I made the one on the left in his school colors, which he’s definitely into. I don’t know if that one will fit or if I’ll need to remake it in a larger size. I found the pattern on the internet, but didn’t mark it and can’t find it now.<\/p>\n
I decided at the last minute to dye some socks for my 2 grandnephews. I had 3 pair that I thought would fit them, so used 1 method I knew would work and tried 2 others. First up is the known method – tying in marbles with little rubber bands.<\/p>\n Then the pair that didn’t work as well – but I know how to make it work next time. Preparing to wrap the socks<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n Socks wrapped in rubber<\/p><\/div>\n One side of these socks look cool, but the ‘inside’ didn’t get any dye. Next time the rubber should be clamped onto both sides of the socks.<\/p>\n The 3rd pair was also successful. First I mildly scrunched them on a length of PVC pipe. I knew from experience that too much scrunching on the PVC would leave too much white on the socks.<\/p>\n After the mild scrunching I wrapped them in rubberized shelf liner, then tied it on with some rubber bands.<\/p>\n I like the results of this experiment.<\/p>\n Those socks got mailed out yesterday.<\/p>\n Now I’m working on a modified circle shawl. I used an online random stripe generator<\/a>, going through at least a dozen variations produced, and warped with 8 colors of 8\/2 unmercerized cotton. I’m using an interesting flecked wool for the weft. We’ll see how it all works.<\/p>\n I also hand painted a bunch of 8\/2 tencel, preparing for a series I’ve mentally planned in black and white. This dyeing has also been a learning experience…the black hasn’t always behaved well, even though I actually did dye samples (regular readers will know I almost never sample).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n