Mabon aka Labwork started as an experiment about 3 weeks ago,
without realising in tune with the season…
I knitted a blank of undyed Trekking sockyarn with a double strand and dyed it in the rich colors of Mabon; earthy brown, green, deep purple, warm red. While ripping the blank I started knitting the socks two at [...]
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This weeks experiments :-)
I heard of the existence of sock blanks a few months ago, but couldn’t find any info about it. Time for some experimenting! I knitted a blank of undyed Trekking sockyarn with a double strand. I dyed it in some nice colors, green, brown, purple and deep red. Next fase: I’ll rip [...]
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The third pair of the Sock Knitters Pentathlon is finished. This pattern was really a struggle to knit. It had lot’s of potential to become an UFO. I had to convince myself to carry on knitting.
Het derde paar sokken van de Sock Knitters Pentathlon …..
Wat heb ik er een moeite mee gehad om dit [...]
Read the blog: FO: SKP3 - Rattlesnake Creek
Just started the first of the new SKP; Berlin Muster.
This yarn is Wolwereld BFL Sock Yarn hand dyed in the color Ranonkel.
Vorige week kreeg ik mijn pakketje sokkenwol van Wolwereld binnen. Drie prachtige strengen, waarvan er twee al een bestemming hebben gekregen. Een er van is deze; 100% Blue Faced Leicester sokkengaren handgeverd door Gerda [...]
Read the blog: WIP: SKP2 Berlin Muster
Finished! The first pair of the sock knitting pentathlon; Jacobean.
I love this pattern; though the diamonds hardly shown in this hand dyed yarn
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Finished; the Coriolis socks from Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters. The gusset / heel seems rather baggy. I hope it will fit well…. It is a gift for my 5 year almost 6 years old nephew Tommie, who loves to get another pair of hand knit socks from his auntie. Hand dyed this [...]
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Monkey socks made from Blue Faced Leicester sockyarn, handdyed myself in the colors of blackberry in cream.
Ik heb wederom een heerlijk paar sokken aan mijn collectie toegevoegd. Het zijn de welbekende Monkey van Cookie A. Het sokkengaren is de Bluefaced Leicester van Storm op Zolder, wat ik zelf geverfd heb. Het doet met denken aan [...]
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Gems is my new pair of bed socks from hand spun and hand dyed yarn. I used several kinds of fleece; Merino, Hampshire down and some Reyeland to get a warm and soft yarn. But first I dyed the fleece in several green colors, inspired by gems like jade, malachiet, tourmaline, chalcedone and ryolit. [...]
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Proud to present …
Hollyhock
I finally dare to dye this yarn in an intense purple with black spots, which remind my of the deep dark hollyhocks in the garden. Six skeins of hand spun and hand dyed shetland yarn waiting to be knitted. The flashlight made this picture a bit to bright ….
Gisteren heb ik [...]
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