The Grape Socks

This dangerous thing happened when I got comfy with the idea of home dyeing yarn.

I got fearless.

It's only wool.

It's only yarn.

I can always redye it... and how bad could it be anyway?

<~  Grape Kool Aid dyed worsted weight wool yarn

Dyed without soaking or vinegar. 

It is not in sunlight. 

It is variegated.

I think that's my thing.  Scary, huh?  I can't get stripes to work and I like variegated.  You know what you're getting, but you're not totally sure how it will knit up.   

Much better than my one and only try at making self-striping.  Yes, Dave, I will try that again, but not any time soon.  I will also return to Wilton icing tint at some point.  Right now, I'm enjoying my time with the Kool Aid, thankyou.

The socks are my 44 stitch version of the Sock Class sock.  See other post for linky.  I'm too tired and grumpy to go look it up now.  I like how they knitted up.  Like that I made them long enough to fold over the cuff.  Unlike the house socks I made for myself.  *L*

Oddly, they did not smell during the cooking process.  However, they did smell while I was knitting.

A lot.

As a child, grape was always my flavor of choice.  However, now... not so much.  It will be a long time before I use that color again.

These socks are living in my knitting basket in a zip bag til they can be sent off as a giftie.  The friend who is getting them said grape was her favorite KA flavor.  That's how I picked it. 

Oh!  And when I put the color on the dry yarn, it turned a rather worrying shade of grey.  I thought how proud y'all would be when I came back to tell you I had made grey yarn.  The three of you are so supportive and lovely, I knew the grey yarn would get a warm reception.

Thankfully, during the cooking process, it turned grapey.

Yes, that's a word.

Now the three of you can pretend you're happy to see the grape socks. *L*

♥

Comments

[KnittyOtter]

I would have been impressed with the grey. :D

I like the purple though. Looks good with the tree. Knitted up pretty cool too. :D

What's the next dye project? I'm going to *TRY* to dye tomorrow. I haven't decided what colors yet. Lets hope I don't somehow turn the cat blue or pink... although that would be fun to take pictures of... *evil cat owner*

I hope you are having a good night knitting over there. I'll be b ack later. Napped and doing the bad movie night thing now. I'll poke ya tomorrow. ;)

*HUGS*

[Cookie]

I think grey would have been kinda cool, actually. It was just disappointing to see in the steamer thingy. *L* It's all about that tree.

I did a skein of fingering weight the other night for my wool version of Cozy. It's dry now and I need to wind it. I want to work on my bamboo version of Cozy before I start with the wool. I'll need the cooler bamboo if summer ever arrives here.

If you dye the cat, make sure it won't clash with her natural orange. ;^)

I'm restarting Cozy. Yes, again. :?

*huggles*

[Ann]

I like the Grape KoolAid socks!!! When I put the grape kool aid on some socks I was dyeing it looked black...but turned a pretty decent shade of purple...

It's tricky stuff..not as tricky as that frickin' white Kool Aid though.

:o)

Ann

[Cookie]

Thankies!

It was so sad to see them be all grey. I'm not wild about their shades of grape, but it's better than grey. *L*

Ya know, every time I buy Kool Aid, I stand there and mutter about colorless Kool Aid. *L* It's a good thing I've been shopping at that grocery for ages or the baggers would be afraid by now.

Although, the one that looks like Jonny Depp already is. >:-)