I suppose deepavali would have been less hectic if i hadnt taken it upon myself to do this!-
Following my tuesday fetish, i cast on for a new pattern i am testing for
LilyGo - i have been eyeing her
Dahlia [ravlink] ever since I saw it featured on Ravelry, and i jumped at this wonderful chance. Several rows in, i decided that the yarn i had chosen wouldnt do, and i HAD to dye up some of the cotton tape i had found in George Town. This is my first attempt at dyeing from scratch.
The one kilo i needed was a tight fit for my largest pot, but i went the soda ash, direct dye and salt way, with 3 parts of rose and one part of sky blue. The recipe and process i found
here worked perfectly, and the residual waste had almost no color in it. And since i had enough yarn to justify using the washing machine, rinsing and drying were a breeze. I should probably have tied down the skeins more (they came tied up at one spot), but was too impatient. When I saw the tangles, i was : ( , but the tape untangles easily. I also seem to have mastered the knack of rolling neat center-pull balls.
I am very happy with the way this is knitting up, although i think nickel-plated needles would be better suited to this yarn than the bamboo i am using.