more kool wool!

yup. that's right. i dyed the rest of that ball of yarn night before last. was going to just do what was left as one ball, but as i wrapped it into hanks, i discovered many places in this yarn where it had been knotted back together. grrr! so i removed the knots and ended up with 5 hanks instead of one. it actually made it more fun because i was able to try a few different color combos instead of just one. i even let bubba try his hand at painting one of the small hanks of yarn--he really enjoyed it too!

ball #1: "citrus"
colors = orange, slammin' strawberry-kiwi, and lemonade


ball #2: "surf 'n' sand"
colors = berry blue, orange


ball #3: "Maui sunset"
colors = orange, cherry, slammin' strawberry-kiwi, lemonade

ball #4: "smooshed berries"
colors = berry blue, cherry (smooshed together to make purple!)


ball #5: bubba's yarn (he chose the colors and painted this himself...with a little help from mommy)
colors = berry blue, lemonade, cherry


i think half the fun was coming up with names for each color combo. it really got my creative juices flowing though! and i have plenty more kool-aid. just need more undyed yarn to paint! :-)

kool wool!

what's that cooking? nope, it's not food...


...it's yarn!



tonight i decided to try my hand at hand painting (dyeing) yarn. i had a skein of lion brand fisherman's wool in "natural" that bubba gave me for Christmas just begging for some color. i really had no clue what i was doing, but i found instructions to follow here. the best part--i could use up some of the old kool-aid packets i've had sitting in my stash for years! so i chose to do 4 colors: berry blue, pink lemonade (i ran out and used a little strawberry too), lemonade + a little berry blue to make a bright green, and also ice blue raspberry lemonade.

here's how it looked while cooling:

now it's hanging over my tub to dry. then i can wind it into a ball and start knitting! woohoo!

yarn is so much fun! i just can't get enough!!!!!