Finally!

Guess what I spent yesterday doing?

Yup! Dyeing yarn and fiber!!!!

It wasn’t easy. I was home alone with the baby and trying to work at the same time but he is getting big enough to self-entertain for longer periods as long as I’m in the next room. And since the weather is warm we were able to cook and eat lunch outside while I had the kitchen full of dye stuff.

I did find that I have to plan to do much smaller batches than I used to be able to do. Less than half of what I used to be able to do in a day when I was at peak production. However, it was still more than I’ve been able to do lately so that felt good.

Here are a couple of pics of what I did:

And I even managed to get them added to the site before breakfast this morning! I’m hoping to do it again in a few days . . . have to catch back up on all the other stuff around here first . . . if I take just one day off this place tends to fall apart . . .

I’ve also been working on my Tour challenge . . . well sort of . . .

I got a new batch of rovings carded over the past few days:

And I plied up the first bobbin worth into a slightly over-plied, very springy feeling yarn . . . and over the past two nights I knit it up into a hat:

Isn’t it cute? It’s not quite his color . . . but I’m very pleased with the way it turned out, especially since it was my first try at Navajo plying. Its kinda thick and very soft and springy feeling and I think it is going to keep some kids head quite warm this coming winter.

Okay, gotta run. We’re working on chaning our nap time (cutting back to 1) so he’s getting fussy . . .