Yep, I had plans of photographing the entire arrival of my prize from Lina’s giveaway. I was going to photograph the pkg in the mail box, me removing it from the box; then a pic of the pkg, me opening it - - - - - you know the plot. Well, that didn’t happen. I got it out of the mailbox at the mall and tore into it. Oh, Oh, Oh, oh. Looky what I won ! ! ! ! ! ! 
If you want to learn how to dye yarn the easy way and want it shown and explained simply. You really need to go to Melody’s blog. She’s one creatively talented, smart gal. So, click outta here and check her out. Fibermainia's Yarn Dyeing
copy of Cath Kidston’s Christmas catalog you can request one from Cath's Christmas Catalog it should arrive in a week or so. Lovely items and de-lishy colors.
Our Thanksgiving Dinner was pretty much traditional. Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Candied Sweet Potatoes. We also had Hickory-Smoked Ham and Cornbread. Pumpkin pie with whipped cream topped off our meal.
Telephone conversations with sons and brothers added to the day.
Perhaps just ‘a bubble off’ with the PINK table decor.
Some of you may remember
my post in August of ‘07
Oh, gee, guess who won
PHOTO.KNIT.DOG ‘s Blogiversary Giveaway ! !
You bet I did. I won Lina’s soooo generous giveaway. Am I lucky or what.
Neck Warmer.
Finally! ! I knit and I knit and I knit, knit, knit.
Yep, yessir, it’s finished.
How could something so simple take me so long to finish?
[After all it’s just a triangle.]
And, of course, it is well worth the time.
I just can’t wait ‘til that north wind tries to seep down the neck of my jacket. No way, Jose. It ain’t gonna happen.
Melody is right! It is hard to take one’s own pic.
So, that’s it, my neckwarmer. Thanks Melody.
You guessed it, I’ve been blog hopping and enjoying every click of my mouse. I’ve met more creative people in just a few short weeks than I could ever imagine. This world of blogging is an eye-opening experience. It’s putting the world of crafters at our finger tips. These crafters are from every corner of this world and doing so many creative things. Some you could never dream up on your own. While all their activities may not be your cuppa you can discover a diverse community of talented people.
A new wave in blogland is the . . . . . Giveaway. I’ve found so many interesting blogs because of this. AND, as you may remember, I did win a Giveaway and I love my Cork Necklace [made of sustainable cork] .
So, here another opportunity to take advantage of The Internet and Blogland.
Happy Blog-Hopping.
This past week’s dreary, cloudy, over-cast, damp, drizzly weather has made a few hours of fantasy a necessity. These two magazines have filled a few hours for me.
Our gauge shows 2.28” of rain since Sunday. No a record amount but still . . . . . . .
Check of the Orangey Handknitted Hat with Handspun Trim at
then go to Phat Fiber Giveaway to see the big giveaway, of course, I plan on being the winner this time ! ! ! !
Here they are as they came home from the store. .
Now they’re dressed for the holiday ! ! ! !
I had an unsuccessful try at adding glitter to these petals – failed miserably. Have yet to add a few glue-on ‘crystals’ to attempt to add the sparkle I was looking for when I began this project.
Finished a couple of more crocheted items while waiting for DH’s physical therapy session. A productive way to spend that time. I guess DH felt we needed a little pick-me-up afterwards, we stopped at the bakery shop to have a cup of free-trade Kaldi’s decaf and a lemon bar [made with fresh-squeezed lemons, no less].
Thanksgiving Giveaway at Tea Rose Home wait until you see what Sachiko has for us. I’ve signed up as one of her FOLLOWERS.
Yes, I really did win that giveaway. It’s just taken me forever to get to the point of posting photos. If you remember my gift was through the generosity of two very wonderful gals. My new necklace titled ‘Sewing Fanatic’ was designed and created by Cat. You can see more very cool items at
The Garden Bell asked about a vinegar bath/rinse “to help set the color and brighten” the newly dye yarn.
The Berry Blue that I did in class did not have the vinegar treatment - the instructor did not include that in her class. However, I did add vinegar to the Orange and the Lemonade and will with the Lemon-Lime I’ll do after dinner tonite.
In addition to the bright colors, a yummy scent the yarn retains afterwards is a pleasant surprize.
I was going to knit a hat and scarf with the class-provided yarn but found that it was waaasy too itchy for me. Thought the Fishermen’s Wool might be better because when I felt it in the store it felt so much more softer than the wool-mohair did.
But, it too feels scratchy. Guess I’ll have to go for some of the Knitpick's Superwash Wool Garden Bell mentioned.
I may have mentioned that I took a class at Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe in Columbia a couple of weeks ago. Great class ! ! ! Look what I did - - - - - - this is Berry Blue
I came home with a skein of the wool/mohair yarn to try my hand at home. In the meantime, I picked up some Fisherman’s Wool from Hobby Lobby and more packets of Kool-aid.
The yarn needs to be thoroughly wet so that all the fibers will have an equal opportunity to soak up the dye in the Kool-aid. Then I gently squeezed out the the excess and blotted with a bath towel.
Ready for prep – I used ten packets of the Orange Kool- aid for approx 100 gms of the Fishermen’s Wool
I want to make certain that all the powder is dissolved before I immersed the damp yarn
I made sure the yarn to covered with the dye-water [well as best I could]
You can see that the Kool-aid was pretty darn orange - - can’t see my gloved fingers. I swirled the yarn around gently so as not to ‘felt’ it. After several minutes you can see that the water is becoming less orange. However, the interesting thing about the Orange in comparison to the Berry Blue is that the BB turned clear while the Orange lost it’s orange and left a milky solution. Hmmmmmm. You’ll see in a minute.
Then it was time to nuke it in the microwave enough to set the dye but not to felt it.
I used two-minute increments. In between I let it sit for approx five minutes between nuke cycles then repeated until the water felt pretty darn warm to my gloved finger.
See what I mean about the color of the water when all the dye had been absorbed? Milky. I drained off the liquid and waited until the yarn cooled and then thoroughly rinse ‘til the water ran clear.
I gently squeezed the water out, rolled in bath towel to rid it of any remaining water - laid it out on the table to dry.
Wound it into a yarn cake and added it to my new stash of Kool-aid dyed yarn.
The Lemon-Lime beckoned . . . -- -- -- . . .
Photo.Knit.Dog is celebrating her blogiversary with a very generous giveaway. If you don’t play, you can’t win ;^D
Midwest Knit Girl is another generous knitting blogger who is having a giveaway. She’s a self-professed yarn snob so we’re in for a neat yarn prize.
is the blog to visit to find out the details
AND you’ll be visiting a pretty neat blog to boot !
