These are actually rules governing the use of the crew car in Iron Mountain, MI. Sometimes when we fly to small, out of the way places, the hotels we stay in don’t have airport shuttles. In these cases, either the company or the hotel provides us with a car (or early 80’s conversion van) for us to get back and forth. It’s also available for excursions such as food-seeking and buying new deodorant because yours melted. I went on one of these food-seeking missions this evening, but it soon turned into a joyride towards Wisconsin. Honestly, I just wanted to check out the area and see what was up here in the middle of the Upper Peninsula woods and before I knew it, there was the “Welcome to Wisconsin” sign. I turned around before I got there, not because I didn’t want to break any more rules, but because my food was getting cold. I’m now anxiously awaiting for the sun to retreat so I can go to bed. This airline life is an exciting one!!
I’ve been dyeing again finally! I dyed much yarn on Tuesday before starting work on Wednesday, so I’m pretty excited to get home and see the dry results! I ordered a sock blank from Knit Picks which I painted with loads of different designs to test knit with the intention of making my own blanks and selling both dyed ones and un-dyed ones. I also wanted to spy on the exact dimensions/gauge/stitch counts also for replication purposes. I’ll be showing pictures of the dyeing session once everything is reskeined/test knit.
I finally knit a sample of my handpainted yarn. It’s a pair of socks, but I only have a picture of the first one. The second one is done except for kitchenering the toe and weaving in the ends. You’ll have to check my projects page on Ravelry to see both, but here’s the first one:
This pattern was from the Pattern-a-Day Knitting Calender from 2007. The socks fit really well and they were quick! The best part is the 200 yds I burned for the Ravelry Stash and Burn July challenge! I’ve also been working on Kureopatra’s Snake, a super-awesome entrelac scarf, but I fear I may run short on yarn and have to track down another skein. The stash-busting has been fast and furious, I just hope I can keep it up.
That’s all for this time. The sun is getting low and I want to be in bed by 9. Thanks for reading!
Tags: airline, handpainting, knit, Knitting, socks
July 25, 2008 at 1:22 am |
That sock turned out beautiful! I love the way the colors lined up in such obedient little stripes. I find those sock blanks so intriguing–I’ll be coming back to see how you manage your prototypes!
July 25, 2008 at 2:00 am |
I saw your blog on the ravelry thread. Your yarn is gorgeous and what a cute sock pattern. Thanks for sharing it.
Sounds like you had a bit of an adventure. I hope your food didn’t get too cold!!
July 25, 2008 at 2:01 am |
Love the blues in your sock. Haven’t started any dyeing myself yet, but I guess it is just a matter of time……. also love the petal bib in the previous post. Liz
July 25, 2008 at 2:51 am |
Great job on the handpainting! The socks look gorgeous in those blues.
July 25, 2008 at 11:19 pm |
Love the blue socks! Hey – you should put a link to your Etsy store in your widgets…
July 28, 2008 at 10:05 pm |
Wow! Your yarn looks great! I love to do those little short socks and my kids really enjoy wearing them. Aren’t they fun? Commenting from comment train on ravelry (archaeologie).
July 30, 2008 at 3:06 pm |
Oh, love the sock yarn color!!
July 30, 2008 at 11:25 pm |
Whoa, that is a super cool sock! The colors are so vibrant in that picture too. Love it