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Wouldn't you like to be knitting here....

This is for all of my Hawaii knitter's who are always knitting in paradise. We all envy you!! Knit and enjoy. The island of Moloka. Sunset

Kool Aid Dyeing, Oh Yeah

I have a new wheel, a Lendrum folding wheel from Paradise Fibers, I love it, of course it’s the only wheel I know or how really used so I’m biased. I started with roving to play with, then I had purchased about 12 or so oz of white merino at a fiber fair. I decided I would spin all of this and ply it. My logic was after that I would have a good idea of what I was doing. Which I think worked fairly well. Some snaggles at first. My first three skein of plied handspun. Woot…. Well I’m not sure what I had planned for this, but I just fondled them for a while, they were so soft and squishy, and made me smile. Some where along the line I decided they needed color. (I know some of these photos I have blogged before but I am so enamored by Kool Aid dyeing that they are having a encore presentation) Numerous online bloggers recommended Kool Aid for my first foray into dyeing. Even so, I was a bit uncertain as I started, after all this was my first, plyed handspun yarn. Off

Lace weight yarn giveaway!!

The lace weight yarn goes to…… Marie from Knitted Gems , Syd is pleased Send me your addy and I’ll post it off to you! Congratulations! I’m digging in my stash for the June give away, I’ll let you know shortly. May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies. Technorati Tags: Knitted gems , May give away winner Knitting