Buttercup Lake Yarn
Here I am, being a good little Bee with the latest in this week's pile of FOs!
This one is super old - from back at the start of the year! I dyed it at the start of January, spun it at the end, and plyed it in February.
I had dyed the top for my Chapter Two yarn, and my Chapter Three, and I much preferred the Chapter Two - I think because it had more than two colours in it. So when I received my bumper pack of Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade Kool Aid, I decided to use just it and some Pineapple... and blend them in the middle.
The resulting skein is blue, yellow and green - really bright and summery, hence the same.
Of course, like most of the skeins I dye, it's not really my colours! But I can certainly admire it :)
Breed: Cheviot
Fibre prep.: Commercial Top
Colour/Dye: Natural white fibre dyed in the mircowave with Kool Aid (2 sachets Pineapple; 3 sachets Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade)
Weight: c. 100g
Yardage: 119 yards
WPI: c. 13
Method: Wheel spun on Haldane Lewis
Spun: Can't remember!
Plyed: 2-ply, using 'Lazy Kate' #2
I was actually quite shocked when I got the final yardage - I had thought that it would have been a lot more! It certainly doesn't feel super thick, but it is deliciously round and squishy.
I'm not really a yellow person, but the little curls of green are gorgeous!
This one is super old - from back at the start of the year! I dyed it at the start of January, spun it at the end, and plyed it in February.
I had dyed the top for my Chapter Two yarn, and my Chapter Three, and I much preferred the Chapter Two - I think because it had more than two colours in it. So when I received my bumper pack of Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade Kool Aid, I decided to use just it and some Pineapple... and blend them in the middle.
The resulting skein is blue, yellow and green - really bright and summery, hence the same.
Of course, like most of the skeins I dye, it's not really my colours! But I can certainly admire it :)
Breed: Cheviot
Fibre prep.: Commercial Top
Colour/Dye: Natural white fibre dyed in the mircowave with Kool Aid (2 sachets Pineapple; 3 sachets Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade)
Weight: c. 100g
Yardage: 119 yards
WPI: c. 13
Method: Wheel spun on Haldane Lewis
Spun: Can't remember!
Plyed: 2-ply, using 'Lazy Kate' #2
I was actually quite shocked when I got the final yardage - I had thought that it would have been a lot more! It certainly doesn't feel super thick, but it is deliciously round and squishy.
I'm not really a yellow person, but the little curls of green are gorgeous!
posted by TheKnittingBee at 11:22 pm
2 Comments:
Pretty yarn!
I'm in a UFO finishing-up phase as well. It takes so long!
Thanks! I'm just so lazy at actually posting the finished projects on my blog. Most of this week's reports are for projects finished months ago!
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