Knitting with Your Handspun?

I just started working on a Baby Surprise Jacket with my Koolaid-dyed hand spun yarn:

What projects are you working on using your hand spun yarn? What have you made from yarn you have spun? What projects are you planning for your own yarn?

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 16, 2011 at 3:06pm

Indeed! I'm sold!

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on January 16, 2011 at 6:21pm

Elaine, I'm so glad you decided to finish this. I agree that today retailers need happy customers and KP makes me happy!

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on January 15, 2011 at 2:51pm

Elaine, The first dyed fiber I worked with was a merino/silk blend from a place here in Ohio called Tuscan Grove. I got it all spun up without it coming off in my hands, but when I went to wash it, it bled like crazy. I rinsed it several times and it was still bleeding. They must have used way too much dye in the bath for it not to exhaust any better than that.

Permalink Reply by Victoria Dowding on January 16, 2011 at 4:24pm

I just recently dyed yarn, fiber and knitted items with KP asid dyes Red and Blue neither ran much when I washed it or got on my hands. I think Peggy is right about too much dye. I just kept adding fiber until all the color was taken up by the fiber. You might try soaking in vinegar to set the color. I did a dark blue and white color work stocking and kp said to soak in vinegar and I never had bleeding problems after that.

Permalink Reply by Connie Condra on January 9, 2011 at 10:51pm

This is beautiful! I love kool-ade dying. You an get such great colors with it.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 10, 2011 at 5:15am

There's a lot of information on the internet about dyeing with Koolaid. I was experimenting and got lucky. It's fun to do, though, the process isn't difficult, and the dye is permanent. My socks have survived many washings in the machine. It's a nice way to go if you don't know whether you want to do much dyeing. You can always switch to acid dyes later.

Permalink Reply by slavetobeads on January 12, 2011 at 7:02pm

I know everyone has been busy. I finally got some pictures of some of the wool I spun and knitted up. I guess I over spun them. The first one knitted up ok but the second one kept knitting sideways, I knitted it in kp and garter and it worked up ok except that my dps were too small when I switched over to them for the decreasing. I guess I will fix that later.