Well, I promised I'd tell you all about my adventures in dying, so be prepared for quite a story. Today I went to WalMart to get some cheapy white super saver yarn. I dug out my left over egg dyeing kit, and started cleaning out both of my sinks and counter-top. The kitchen sink is almost empty for the first time in who knows how long and next I'll clean off the counter which is covered in chocolate frosting.I was going to head back to the store when Kynan got home to pick up a few more supplies, but alas, it's almost 8 and my baby still isn't home. I miss him. Oh well. I guess this will be my big project for tomorrow. Anyway, so once my dishes started drying, I set about preparing my skeins.
The result was a pathetic looking hunk of yarn all scraggly looking on the ends. The first skein I didn't think out very well and rather than wrapping the yarn completely around my arm from hand to elbow, I just went back and forth from top to bottom holding it in my hand. Then I tied it up in a few strategic places. I then tried to twist it into a figure 8.
The next one I decided to make longer, so I wrapped it around my chair. Like a fool I wrapped it vertical first, then realized that in order to get it off, I'd have to cut it. Feeling a bit humbled by my stupidity, I began again, wrapping it horizontally around the outside. I took it off and tied it just like I used to tie my t-shirts when I did tie-dye at summer camp.
For my last and most ambitious skein, I decided to make it gigantic. I wrapped it around my bookcase. I can only imagine what my neighbors must have thought as they walked by my front window and saw me tying up my helpless bookcase. Needless to say, the resulting skein was huge. I tied it up in at least 15 places, then twisted it into a beautiful figure 8 and tied it up some more. This is definitely my nicest looking. It almost looks like it was made by someone who knew what they were doing. So now I'm all set to begin my dyeing. That begins in my next entry.
The result was a pathetic looking hunk of yarn all scraggly looking on the ends. The first skein I didn't think out very well and rather than wrapping the yarn completely around my arm from hand to elbow, I just went back and forth from top to bottom holding it in my hand. Then I tied it up in a few strategic places. I then tried to twist it into a figure 8.
The next one I decided to make longer, so I wrapped it around my chair. Like a fool I wrapped it vertical first, then realized that in order to get it off, I'd have to cut it. Feeling a bit humbled by my stupidity, I began again, wrapping it horizontally around the outside. I took it off and tied it just like I used to tie my t-shirts when I did tie-dye at summer camp.
For my last and most ambitious skein, I decided to make it gigantic. I wrapped it around my bookcase. I can only imagine what my neighbors must have thought as they walked by my front window and saw me tying up my helpless bookcase. Needless to say, the resulting skein was huge. I tied it up in at least 15 places, then twisted it into a beautiful figure 8 and tied it up some more. This is definitely my nicest looking. It almost looks like it was made by someone who knew what they were doing. So now I'm all set to begin my dyeing. That begins in my next entry.
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