Episode 6 - Experimental Dyeing

The Crafty Hive

Welcome back! Thanks for joining us for Episode 6.

This week Dana and Kristi are announcing the winner of the Shalimar Yarn giveaway! WOOHOO! We'll also be discussing our WIPs and FOs and any holiday gift making we might be doing (or planning to do!).

Dana set a lofty goal of finishing four WIPs before recording the next episode. Hopefully that helps keep things on track! Kristi will be periodically harassing Dana with text messages to keep her on track.

As a topical experiment for this episode, Dana and Kristi decided to dye sock blanks! We'll talk about our "plans" and some lessons learned, but all in all it was a fun crafty experiment.

Here is a link to Kristi's sock blank (explicit language warning, lol). Here is a link to Dana's sock blank.

All of our show notes are given below, with information and links to what we discussed in this episode. Let us know if you can't find any information you need.

As always, we would love to hear from you! Have you ever tried to dye yarn? Is there a topic you would like us to discuss next? Are there any excellent tips or items we should check out? Please feel free to leave a comment, contact us on Ravelry (either by message or in the group), or drop us a note through the Contact page.

We hope you enjoy the episode. Please stay tuned for more crafty goodness, coming to your earbuds soon!

What We're Working On (a.k.a. WIPs):

• Dana

  • Knitting

    • Blackberry Bramble Cowl
      Pattern: Blackberry Bramble by Thea Colman
      Yarn: Madeleine Tosh Vintage in "Graphite" and "Begonia"
      Check out this video for info on knitting Portuguese style and this video for knitting color work using the Portuguese method.

    • SAFF 2015 in 2016 Socks

    • 5th Avenue Infinity Scarf
      Pattern: 5th Avenue Infinity Scarf by Margaux Hufnagel
      Yarn: Cascade Yarns Baby Alpaca Chunky in "597"

• Kristi

  • Knitting

    • Faerie Preserves
      Pattern: Faerie's Firelight by Jenn Sheelen
      Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton 4 ply in "483 White"

    • Dandy Basket
      Pattern: TOP SECRET in development by Kristi
      Yarn: Cascade 220 in "Black" & "Red"

What We've Finished (a.k.a. FOs):

• Dana
  • Spinning
    • Nube for Kristi
    • Nube for Barbara
• Kristi

  • Knitting

    • Gator Headgear
      Pattern: Quick Ombre Hat by Emily Dormier
      Yarn: Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted in "Bright Blue" & "Glowing Orange"

    • Queen Maureen
      Pattern: Reyna by Noora Laivola
      Yarn: madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in "Cardinal"

    • Paroxysmal Reflections 1.0
      Pattern: Mirror Shawl & Cowl by Starla Knits
      Yarn: Knitwhits Freia Handpaints Ombre Sport in "Vertigo"

What We Couldn't Resist (a.k.a. Stash Enhancement):

• Dana picked up Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool in "79 Thundercloud" and "109 Medium Gray", specifically to knit the Mountain Range sweater by Natalie Meredith (check out her other awesome sweaters!). Some Zitron Trekking XXL in "500 Pinks" made its way home with her as well.
• Kristi received her order of Birch Fire from Witch Candy Yarn. This yarn is magical.
  Kristi also picked up a sweater quantity of Araucania Huasco and a couple skeins of Noro Taiyo Sport from Baskets of Yarn during their retirement sale.
  Sheena at Casual Fashion Queen has a youtube podcast and hosted a Halloween Craftalong. Kristi won this gorgeous skein of yarn and ordered a second one because it's PERFECT for the Maple Leaf Shawl Kristi is in love with.
• Kristi is VERY excited that she got her handspun from Dana as a payback for buying lunch on the yarn crawl. It's BEAUTIFUL!
• Kristi would like to give a few special shoutouts for some gifts she received!
  • Cassie who is 58r8nity on Ravelry gifted her the On the Spice Market pattern by Melanie Berg as part of the Gift 1 Get 1 #knitterspayitforward movement. Thanks Cassie!
  • Kristi received a random act of pattern kindness on her birthday from Tiffany who is TheProjectBag on Ravelry. Tiffany was looking through projects for the faerie's firelight pattern and saw the birthday icon next to Kristi's name. She went to Kristi's wishlist and gifted her the Razzle shawl pattern. Thank you for the kindness Tiffany!
    • The contrast color on the Razzle Shawl calls for only 130 yards, so Kristi picked up some Unicorn Tails & paired it with a skein of tosh merino light in Venetian.
  • Amanda also known as mrsahunter86 on Ravelry sent Kristi the Venti pattern as a birthday gift. This is another beauty from her wishlist. Thank you Amanda!

Where We'll Be (Upcoming Events):

Charlotte Pints & Purls Dec 1st at Wine Vault

Where You Can Find Us:

We can be found on Ravelry and would love to hear from you! We would love for you to join the podcast group, if you haven't already.

• Dana is bookknurd

• Kristi is KnitasaurusWrecks

Our Ravelry group is The Crafty Hive Podcast