Can you stand one more crafty thing from me? I don't know what's gotten into me lately. Last week I dragged out the Kool-Aid and dyed a skein of yarn.
It didn't come out exactly how I had intended, but I like it a lot. I told Pea he'd know right away what my inspiration was, and the minute he looked at it he said "July at the Beach???". Which, of course, was totally wrong. The inspiration was SUPPOSED to be our house if it EVER gets finished in my lifetime when it's all done. The siding is tan, the trim will be white, and I plan to use navy blue and burgundy for accents on the porch and some of the trim. But he's right, it did come out more patriotic than I had intended. Pea thought it was very Tommy Hilfiger. (Didn't Ralph Lauren have a red, white and blue collection too? I thought so, but couldn't find any pictures on-line. I guess Pea won the designer debate.) In any case, I'm quite happy with the shades I managed to mix up, and I can't wait to re-stock my Kool-Aid stash and see what else I can come up with.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Am I getting on your nerves yet?
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Pretty!!
Very pretty
Very nice - can't wait to see it wound into a ball ;)
Your yarn is lovely! Don't worry about what Pea thought--men think in a totally different way and would probably never pick up on the house theme. Life would be so much easier if they thought like women! Tee hee!
Those are awesome colors!! All that with kool-aid? Love it!
on my monitor, the color that i guess is blue looks rather sage green, so the combo strikes me as autumnal. Blue is, i'm sure, pretty too!
Oh wow I love that! Is that sock weight?
You did a great job! I am hoping to get mine up on my blog by Friday (if I am feeling up to it..I havent dyed it all). I havent used Kool Aid in so long!
Katt
That yarn is so pretty!! I've never tried to dye my own yarn. Looks like fun.
I think it looks lovely!
You really just used cool aid to dye that? WOW!!
that's so neat! you can knit up the yarn and get some color satisfaction until the house is finished.
The colors look sort of autumnal on my monitor too. I'm just amazed at the great colors that come from Kool-aid!
Woah! What can I say? This is perfect, absolutely perfect! What a great colorway, and the yarn looks so soft and yummy and delicious - fantastic!
It's very pretty. I can't believe you got those results from Kool Aid!
Love it!
Nery
Wow - that's some of the prettiest Kool-Aid dyed yarn I've seen!
Looks great Karen :)
Great job on the yarn! You go with your crafty self!
O.K. I'm just saying the same as everyone else. I can't believe those colors came from Kool Aid. Please give us more details on the flvaors used...please, please, please.
I love it!!! There is never too much crafty to be shared!!
That's it. We can't be friends any more. You are just way to clever for me.
I LOVE IT! How come everytime I see sosmeone dying yarn I get the notion to go do it too! I would like to try some hand painted yarn.
Oh and your Christmas carol, is perfect! Merry Merry!
Wow! What can't you do??? I know that your house will be finished soon. Really. :)
And....
more about the wow....that yarn is wonderful!!!!! Love it!
Oh WOW! I dye yarn with Kool-Aid but semi-solids are all I can manage. This is amazing!! Well done.
We're renovating at the moment - can't wait to finish. The noise is driving me insane. x
PS: I found you via Dipsy D and have added you to my bloglist.
Omigod I love it!!!! To me the shade screams "November"!
holy cow! that's amazing! how did you do that? is it self-striping? must read next post before blathering...
lovely--simply lovely xoxoxox
You did a beautiful dye job with this yarn! I like how you tried to match the colors of your house:)
Wow! You got some seriously professional looking results there! Mind sharing your technique?
Jessica
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