Our CSM venture- Socks Made On 88

MrB is the cranker in this venture. He creates hand-cranked knitted wool socks made on our Circular Sock Machine, we call Brigadier 88! It is the #88th Erlbacher Gearhart Knitting Machine newly made. Me, MsB is the cranky assistant (not) :-) that runs the business side of things,networking,doing the sock tags,yarn ordering,kitchener stitching and more. MrB is studious,and is constantly cranking out new pairs of SOCKS Made on 88! Our story and my blog unfolds here... it all began Jan.3, 2012

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Dyeing Leftovers Orange and Blue

Here are my 3 small hanks of leftovers just itchi' to get handpainted by msb!

Orange Kool Aid and some water wiating for some yarn to become Orange!

Here I am going to use my new-to-me crock pot insert to put in the microwave to cook the coloured yarn. I am dyeing two small hanks with BLUE food colouring that I had mixed with water and vinegar a previous day to get ready, as I am always game for Blue!

Here are the two small hanks in the crook pot ready waiting to be cooked.

Can you see this magnificent Orange, it is also going to cooked in the microwave but I think if I recall correctly I put this hank in a freezer bag. This one was not done in the crook pot. I wanted to experiment and use some variety of methods to see what I liked doing the most and what turned out satisfactory for me now and gauging things also for future dyeing projects also. I took notes too!