FO Friday: Entrelac Birthday Blanket

I didn't quite make it in time for her party on Saturday, as is evidenced by this photo (the main body was done, but I was still working on getting all of the ends woven in and the border done), but I promised my daughter that I would have it done in time for her actual birthday on Monday. I had it finished and waiting for her when she got off the bus from school. 

WIP Wednesday: Dark Chocolate Raspberry Latte Socks

I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I am to be working on these socks. I feel like for the past two months I have worked on nothing but mass produced acrylic yarn. After returning from the Wool Gathering with some new lovely, smooshy, soft, natural and hand dyed yarns, and realizing how I didn't have anything that fell into this category on the needles I couldn't help but cast on. 

A Wool Gathering: Stash Enhancement

As I mentioned on Thursday, this weekend was the Wool Gathering at Young's Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, OH.  Check out all the awesome stuff I got and feel free to be enabled yourself!

WIP Wednesday: Entrelac Blanket 2.0

My daughter's birthday party on Saturday so I have been pretty much exclusively working on this blanket for the last two weeks. It has probably doubled in size since the last time I showed it and I think I am only going to do one or two more color repeats. 

2Dye4 Tuesday: Sample Skeins with Acid Dyes

So it's been a week since I last posted. This is mainly due to the fact that starting Tuesday afternoon I had a three day migraine. Subsequently, there was very little to no knitting at all last week. Hence, the lack of posts. This weekend I was feeling better and earlier in the week I got my commercial acid dyes in the mail.

2Dye4 Tuesday: Food Coloring Hand Paint

I've been waiting on some commercial acid dyes to come in the mail and reading a bunch of books and websites on hand dyeing and decided to try out hand painting with food coloring. This is the result!    I mixed the colors myself with the little food coloring we had left in the house.

YIR: Swirl Hat and Chalice Baby Blanket

 And now for a little more year in review.

Up first is this lovely Swirl Hat by Mandie Harrington.

FO Friday: Redd Shawl, a Pumpkin Hat, and a Knitty Noddy

Well I got more accomplished this week than I thought I did. First up is the finished shawl for my husbands grandmother. He and the kids are off to Montana next week and now he's all prepared for her 95th birthday celebration. 

WIP Wednesday: Absolutely Adorable Pumpkin Hat

This week I have been working on this adorable pumpkin hat. It is based on the Punkin Head pattern by Tara Thomsen.

2Dye4 Tuesday: Immersion Dyeing with Kool-Aid and Food Coloring

So lately I've been itching to try my hand at dyeing my own yarn. I really want to try acid dyes, but I thought that before I spent a bunch of money on the dyes and pots to use since once you use acid dyes the pots should not be used for food again, I decided to start out with some stuff I had around the house just to make sure I liked it.