I finished knitting this hat for my brother. It is done with recycled yarn and is shown here modeled by the lovely and talented Emma.
I also dyed another skein. So from this one $4.00 Goodwill
sweater (I didn't think of taking a picture until I already unraveled the sleeves), I got 480 yards of lovely dyeable yarn. It would have been more, but I was having trouble unraveling one of the sleeves. The yarn kept breaking and I got so frustrated that eventually I just flung the whole dumb sleeve in the trash.
5 comments:
That unraveling of yarn trick seems like a brilliant idea. Why don't more people do that?
Alright. I want to do this! Do you always use wool? Mark's mom is going to knit matching outfits for the boys and it would be fun if I could find enough yarn to dye myself. Tell me your secrets.
I can't believe that one sweater has 480 yards of yarn.
how do you dye the yarn? They are all turning out really pretty, I'd love to try that!
Here is a great tutorial for dying the yarn.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/FEATdyedwool.html
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