Belated Birthday Fun

Anyone who knows me, knows that when I get into a hobby, I get INTO it! I have been knitting for about 5 years, but in the past 2 I knit every day. I watched as many of my knitting friends dyed their own yarn and wondered why. It just sounded like a lot of work. Then I began to knit "The Blankie".



The Blankie is knit from leftover sock yarn, which means it is very fine yarn. The idea behind this pattern was to use up leftovers, but it turns out NOBODY has this much leftover yarn. So, instead I joined a club of sorts that met weekly to trade yarn, work on the blanket and also to buy small bits of different colors. Then I decided I wanted to try to dye my own, in order to come up with unique colors.

Cat surprised me with a gift of a dye kit that was ordered through Threadbear. I got my kit and immediately wanted to play with it. It was SO much fun! Just like a new set of crayons with a new coloring book. My Blankie is only half done and the second half is going to be filled with my new creations.