the blue blog archives: last chance

This weekend was our last chance to dye our dyeorama swap yarn before being hunted down and publicly shamed for delinquency. I'm not about to get caught not doing right by my swap buddy!

I crossed my fingers and put my last skein of yarn in the dye pot. The dye gods took pity on my poor miserable yarn-ruining soul and gave me a winner.

The darker skein is the first skein I dyed for my pal. It looked so good after another wash and reskeining, I'm sending that one off to her as well. I think it might be more her colors. Telling you what I named it would give away who my pal is, so it's still a secret for now!

Bye, bye beautiful sock yarn. And thanks to Scout and the other dye swap mamas for running such a great show!

posted by alison at 8:52 am | in dye job

Comments

Oooo...the retro yarn is lovely!

From the first photo, I thought it was going to turn out orange/red and green...and I was thinkin' tomatoes. But I adore pinks and greens!

Nice job, as usual!

Donna

Posted by: Miz Booshay at June 12, 2006 8:57 AM

Both turned out beautiful! Did you have to pry your fingers open to drop them in the mail? I'd have had a hard time letting go.

Posted by: Bryn at June 12, 2006 9:10 AM

LOVE the "80's Retro Prep"! And the other skein is lovely too - your pal will be quite pleased.

Posted by: Sheri at June 12, 2006 9:29 AM

I love the darker skein - so glad you reconsidered that one. Great job on both!

Posted by: Mary at June 12, 2006 9:33 AM

Wow, the darker skein is gorgeous!
I'm glad you found something you love!

Posted by: Linz at June 12, 2006 9:35 AM

Lovely! Your pal will love them!

Posted by: Jennifer at June 12, 2006 9:40 AM

I love the 80s retro prep skein! I just came back from Cape Cod, and the stores are full of pink and green, a la Lilly Pulitzer. You could sell a lot of this yarn there!! I would love to buy some too!

Posted by: Debby at June 12, 2006 10:00 AM

Retro prep is fabu! Great work!

Posted by: Beverly at June 12, 2006 10:17 AM

Yay! They turned out great - at last!

Posted by: Chris at June 12, 2006 10:46 AM

Preppie pink & green -- next to orange/pink combo, this is my second fav color combination!
Keep up the good work -- so fun to witness!

Posted by: Leslie at June 12, 2006 10:55 AM

Pink and green. A little slice of heaven, right there. I love it!

Posted by: Beth S. at June 12, 2006 11:36 AM

They turned out beautifully! (We have actual sunshine and blue sky today! Finally!)

Posted by: Sheri at June 12, 2006 12:03 PM

Ooh, 80s retro prep is indeed a winner! I adore it.

Posted by: Silvia at June 12, 2006 12:10 PM

Gorgeous colors! See it all worked out in the end? Your pal will be thrilled!

Posted by: Lori at June 12, 2006 12:13 PM

They are both beautiful - if she doesn't want either of them, tell to send them my way.

Posted by: Kris at June 12, 2006 1:04 PM

Nice work! Perseverance paid off. Maybe now you can overdye more of the other skeins. :)

Posted by: Daphne at June 12, 2006 1:08 PM

What a beautiful job you did! I love the blue-green skein - and I bet your pal will love them both.

Posted by: mote at June 12, 2006 2:02 PM

They both came out really well!

Posted by: amanda at June 12, 2006 2:22 PM

Oh, goodness, the blues are gorgeous! (Be sure to send the link to Lolly and project spectrum!)

Posted by: The Purloined Letter at June 12, 2006 2:54 PM

I enjoyed reading your rather-long-ago-blog entry about your trip to Germany. I have lived in Berlin on and off for a number of summers, and am going back there next week to apartment-sit for a friend, so I enjoyed seeing your pics! I have also been to both of the yarn shops you mentioned, so that was fun too. At Knopfloch, the nice lady there gave me an hour long helpsession on the knitting machine...the one they had on display was exactly my model. And at Fadeninsel I bought some Regia-Silk before it was available here, as well as the sweetest ebony circular needle size 0. I'll have to visit it again.
Your blog brought back a lot of memories!
Thanks,
Sandra

Posted by: Sandra at June 12, 2006 3:04 PM

i like both of them! actually, i like the older skein more because of the deep colours. too pretty!

i'm getting worried b/c my pal hasn't let me know if she received her yarn or not... i hope it didn't get lost. i'd be really angry!

Posted by: reesie at June 12, 2006 3:22 PM

I love that retro-prep yarn! I was in college in that circa 1980 preppy resurgence, and I'm sure I had a Peter Pan-collared blouse or two with piping to match...

Posted by: Songbird at June 12, 2006 5:19 PM

I love the 80s Retro Pop--it looks like summer watermelons to me. Yummy! Did you use Kool-aid to get those colors or more professional acid dyes? They both look great!

Posted by: Karen at June 12, 2006 5:26 PM

The yarn looks lovely!

Posted by: silverarrowknits at June 12, 2006 5:48 PM

Oooh, the redyed blue & green skein is *lovely*.

Posted by: naomi at June 12, 2006 6:33 PM

I was SO gonna hunt you down too! ;)

Pretty!

Posted by: Scout at June 12, 2006 8:58 PM

Gorgeous, gorgeous! I especially like the darker one. That deep shade of blue is completely perfect!

Posted by: Faith at June 13, 2006 8:00 AM

Wow! That skein is gorgeous. I envy your swap pal. Glad you found some more dye-able yarn in time.

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at June 13, 2006 9:30 AM