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September 12, 2005
Dyeing (not dying)
In between bouts of feeling sorry for myself, I spent a wonderful Saturday with Kerrie, dying yarn for Hipknits. It was a lovely day, despite the rain. I had such fun, being the type of person who finds peace and quiet (not even the hum of a computer), yarn, colours, and horses, fun. We got through quite a lot of dying, I thought, though I know Kerrie was disappointed that we couldn't get to the large consignment of silk (it being held up in customs). It’s been such a long time since I’ve done any ‘messy play’, or since I've mixed colours... I’ve been thinking non-stop whether I could manage any dying at home without entirely sacrificing my white kitchen cupboards. The only down side was the traffic getting home; the A406 north circular on a Saturday evening – should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever driven in London. But I did see some spectacular lightening displays.
The best part of all? Some yarn of my own to bring home! It’s still drying in my bathroom (the weather has been dank and humid, not at all conducive to good drying). Some merino and some cashmere sock yarn, and lots of that glorious silk. I’ll try and take some pictures this evening.
Thank you Kerrie for inviting me to play – I’ll definitely come again! And thank you so very much too to Jenna, who made us spaghetti carbonara for lunch (the poor girl was half-starved because we lost track of time and didn't turn up to eat til 3 in the afternoon).
Posted by Anna at September 12, 2005 09:17 AM
Comments
Thanks so much for all your help, I felt so guilty sending you home after all that hard work. I'm glad you enjoyed it though.. Expect the silk to be dry around Wednesday I think, the sock yarn may be dry today. Mine is nearly there!
Posted by: kerrie at September 12, 2005 10:01 AM
Now that sounds like fun!
Posted by: Tracy at September 12, 2005 10:16 AM
That sounds like lots of fun!! I've been dying to get my hipknits silk ;)
Posted by: yuvee at September 12, 2005 11:01 AM
Glad to hear you had fun. Hee hee, though it sounded like a lot of hard work to lazy old me :)
Posted by: erin at September 12, 2005 11:37 AM
that sounds like a great day! just a conincidence - we had spectacular lightening storms on saturday night as well (and also on friday).
Posted by: jacqueline at September 12, 2005 01:39 PM
Glad you had a better day. I have yet to try dying my own yarn. It's on my to do list though!
Posted by: Carolyn at September 12, 2005 01:53 PM
Cashmere sock yarn...that sounds like heaven. Can't wait to see what you'll make with it!
Posted by: Ashley at September 12, 2005 02:51 PM
Wow, that sounds like fun! I want to try that, once I get over my knitting sock fear, lol!
Posted by: Liz at September 12, 2005 02:54 PM
Sounds like so much fun! Looking forward to seeing those pictures soon.
Posted by: Miss Twiss at September 12, 2005 05:24 PM
sounds like great fun!! i have never tried yarn dyeing, but i'm hoping to do that one day.
Posted by: blossom at September 12, 2005 10:06 PM
Anna, I loved looking up my own life number (3) after your last post, but as much as I like what my own birthday produced, I doubt either of us can or should be reduced to a number. Those things are only as true as you believe them to be. As someone who has suffered through her own bouts of depression I can tell you I wouldn't want to be labelled an 8 on the wrong day, and I doubt you do, either. You are so much more than that to all of us out here in cyber space - creative, kind, generous, and wise. Be sure to remind yourself of all those wonderful traits in the hard times. And if you can't - send me a note. I'm happy to send a reminder your way.
xox,
Posted by: Julia at September 12, 2005 11:24 PM
Sounds like a fun day! Thanks for the link in your prior post by the way...turns out I am a life path # 9.
Posted by: Vicki at September 13, 2005 06:51 PM