In this episode you can see my naturally dyed rainbow completed by adding blues and greens – dyed with indigo, onion skins and birch leaves – to the spectrum. At this occasion I am also talking a bit about the chemistry behind indigo dyeing!
As usual the episode also features the knitting projects I have been working on, this time with two finished projects and a beautiful summer top that is currently on my needles!
#summergarmentKAL Knitalong:
Come on over to the dunkelgrün ravelry group and join the #summergarmentKAL! This KAL is cohosted with Célèste from the Yarn to Table podcast, so hop on over to her ravelry group as well for a double chance to win a prize! (and check out her awesome podcast here)
Prizes!!
- Maglia Mania Yarn
Hand dyed by Swiss indie dyer Babette
Merino sport in the colorway “Confetti” – 100 g / 300 m – rainbow speckles
https://www.magliamania.com
- Midara Wool Jazz – Lithuanian yarn distributed by a Polish LYS “Włóczki Warmii” a 100% wool sport to fingering weight yarn in a rainbow gradient
kindly donated by Justyna (Jajuska).
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Finished Projects
Glowstone Socks
- Main yarn: 75% Merino wool 24 mic, 25% polyamide; dyed by dunkelgrün 🙂colorway glowstone
- contrasting yarn: Lang Jawoll superwash 75% virgin wool, 25% polyamide. color: 615
- With reinforcement thread: I held the reinforcement thread together with the yarn while knitting.
- Needles 2.5 mm (US 1 1/2) Knitpro Natural DPNs.
Dotted Amelia
- Yarn: Amélia by Ovelha Negra
Fingering, 100% Merino, 190 meters / 50 grams
colorways: 06, 08, 13, 87
loja.ovelha-negra.com - Pattern: Dotted Rays by Stephen West
- Needles: 4.0 mm (US 6)
- I enjoyed this knit so much that I finished it in only 7 days!!
Knitting in Progress
- Yarns: dunkelgrün organic merino dk in “silvretta” (lighter color) and “peppermint mouse” (darker color)
- Pattern: Morning Mist by Annie Rowden
- Needles: 3.5 mm (US 4) Knitpro, but rather 3.75 (US 5) according to my Pony needle gauge.
- Didn’t do a provisional cast on, just a long tail cast on and then picked up the stitches from there.
- Lace panel: I worked lace only on the RS rows. Check my project page if you’re interested in the details
New in Stash / Knitting Plans
- Bijou Spun Himalayan Trail: 75% Yak Down, 25% Super Fine Merino
2 oz / 200 yards. (56 grams / 183 m)
rustic looking, yet buttery soft and amazing yak fiber!
http://www.bijoubasinranch.com - my plans with this yarn: a Dovana shawl by Ysolda Teague
Spinning
BFL roving that I dyed about three years ago.
Plying my singles from a center-pull ball on an Ashford drop spindle.
Natural Dyeing
- I used 30 g brown onion skins, and just quickly boiled them in water to extract the dye and was able to dye 700g of yarn.
- The first two skeins of yarn were premordanted with alum, but for all other skeins I added the mordant directly to the dye bath.
- If you’re interested in more details about my natural dyeing techniques, join the chatter in our ravelry thread about dyeing:
http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-dunkelgrun-group/3640620/
(my indigo method is already described there in post number 10)
