I've knit up two Meret Berets (pattern by Woolly Wormhead) with the merino I dyed last week. It is much too hot to model them so I'll show you flat pictures. This is the Chalcedony colourway. And this is raindrop:
This merino is softer than cashmere. So lovely!
I'm writing my summer knitting patterns and packing my painting materials for my trip to Canada. I get so busy before I leave!
I love dying yarn! It combines several of my passions; colour, painting and yarn! Last night, I demonstrated dying to my friend Dawn.
I took two skeins of Colourmart merino and painted on acid dyes. I then steamed them and Voila, the colour is set. If you you are a knitter and don't know about Colourmart, you are really missing out: great value, (mostly cashmere), high quality yarns.
I call this colourway raindrop. It is mostly pale blue-greens with a sprinkling of lilac.
This is Chalcedony. I was aiming for a semi-solid here, the colour of a chalcedony stone in my friend Henny's (check out her website, she's a great painter) earring.
I think I got it. I'll have to see what Henny thinks.
I've also been to the Hayward Gallery to see the Walking in my Mind exhibition. Not so interested all the junk in the men's minds but delighted to discover Yayoi Kusama and her polka dot hallucinations.
Me so happy!
