#yarn colorways

[mysticbatmakes]

This was my initial thought for how to dye the Batty colorway, but decided it needed it's own space.

Say hi to Mystic.

It's really difficult to capture this one on camera!

Mystic is a mix of a cool pastel purple, and a cool minty color. It turns this really pleasant grey where they overlap and mix. It's really subtle compared to all the other things I have dyed, and I really find it to fit it's name sake!

I feel like this would make some really pretty garments, or something lacey. I will likely be visiting this color again later, even if only to dye up a sweater's quantity for myself ;)

Currently, I have 10 skeins available on a 100g sock base.

[watcherofthevoide]

pls reblog for larger sample size thanks

@wolfythewitch this is for your shawl btw :)

[roboticchibitan]

I am thinking of using these sun and moon Granny squares but use this fingering weight yarn I already have instead of buying worsted weight yarn to make a celestial themed Granny square Cardigan.

I dyed the blue yarn myself using Jacquard acid dyes colorway sapphire blue and I have approximately 1,470 yards of it but I don't think that's enough for a crochet Cardigan that's big enough to fit me. Crochet takes more yarn than knitting and I'm not even sure I could knit a Cardigan big enough for me out of it either. Unfooooortunately, this was one of my first dye experiments and I'm not 100% sure I took notes. I will have to check.

The yellow all I have is this half a skein of what I think is Madelinetosh Merino light in colorway Candlewick. Idk i've had it for literally a decade. But I think it'll be enough because I don't plan on having moons or suns on every square. I'm planning on alternating between four small squares sewn together where two are plain blue and two are patterned, and one big Granny square. I would draw what I mean but I am too tired to do that right now.

It took all of my self control to not buy the pattern today. It's only $5.25 CAD which is like $3.97USD/€3.65. But my gf got fired so I'm trying to keep frivolous spending to a minimum. I considered asking if a fiber arts mutual would buy it for me but honestly what they all SHOULD be doing is spraying me like a naughty cat whenever I talk about starting a new project before winter holiday gifts are done.

[artsy-apricot]

I finished another pair of socks!

[unfinishedsweaters]

[catdadacd]

i've always known when I started buying yarn from independent spinners and dyers it would become a problem. there's a certain rush that comes with knowing that the yarn you bought comes from a blue-faced leicester sheep called Trudy.

[invinciblerodent]

I've always wanted to make a full size blanket or a bedspread, so I'm promising myself now: 2025 will be the year I finally commit to crocheting a temperature blanket.

Yes, it'll be pretty expensive. Yes, it'll take a long time. Yes, it's a big commitment. But I've wanted to make something similar for years, and what is squirreled away "fun money" for if not to indulge in hobbies, goddamn it.

[delta-lethonomia]

Me: a desiccated husk, eternally caught between “sick enough I’m miserable but healthy enough it’s not worth taking medication for,” feeling the anxiety about updating, applying for jobs I don’t want, stressing about whether or not to take the classes I need for a graduate program I’m not sure I want to commit to with a deadline fast approaching

Also me: you know what would fix me? Spending oodles of money on yarn so I can knit a fancy sweater

[unopenablebox]

the other gift they got me is a very lovely sunset color hand-dyed 8/2 tencel cotton warp. putting them two for two on buying me incredibly on-point well-chosen yarn for my birthday despite the fact that they have no interest in fibercraft themself and have only ever researched it to get me gifts.

[typheus]

Split for sleeves n decided to do sleeves first instead of the body like i usually do. Cause i dont feel like playing yarn chicken :p

[petirrojo57]

I bought the Bittersweet cowl pattern (check it out on Ravelry, it’s got this cute almost Robin Hood-ish vibe) a while back but never had the right yarn for it and it languished in my “I want to knit that” collection. Then I bought 2 skeins of Malabrigo Chunky even though as a non-superwash yarn I couldn’t use it for Hats for Sailors and I had no set project in mind but the feels, the color! (It’s Whales Road which I’ve used in a pair of socks and several hats, so I am established as a lover of this colorway.) Guess what: it was the perfect weight and just the right amount for the cowl (my leftover scrap is about 30” long). Success!

This was my first end-of-day stopping point and I wrapped it up in another 2 days of intermittent knitting and now it’s drying (so slowly) after its wet blocking. But it will be glorious (and did I mention cute?) to wear tomorrow and throughout our current/upcoming arctic cold snap. It also looked cute on the husband, but he’s not a fan of things around his face unless they’re snug and this is cozily loose and drapey.

[mysticbatmakes]

The warmest colorway I've made so far?

Love Potion~

This was fun to blend the colors out! I mostly work with blues and greens, so it can be a real challenge for me to find colorways that really inspire me without blue...

These are up for grabs on my Ko-Fi shop!

https://ko-fi.com/mysticbat/shop

[buttercupyarnart]

I ripped out the Moonless Pullover I'd started (RIP, the yarn is a great color, too bad it's not fit for purpose) and started a Filigree Tee, designed by Julie Knits in Paris! I'm enjoying working on something small, lightweight, and simple after months of working on a complicated blanket that weighed multiple pounds by the time it was finished. The Blanket of Doom was definitely worth it, but I am beyond glad to be out of Endless Blanket Nightmare Land! Pro tip, don't crochet a worsted weight queen size blanket in summer time. Maybe don't do it at any time, ever. ...maybe I'm a hypocrite who's already considering making another one because there's a super cool pattern I really like.

[psychosynchrony]

I decided to get back into knitting over the weekend (after 10-11 years of not knitting at all) and--in a remarkable show of self-restraint--decided to just use what I still had in stash and make a basic scarf to get back into the rhythm of things.

Friends? I have nearly THREE skiens of fucking lion brand homespun to get through. T_T

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: DAYSWORK by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel.

Up next! This was an impulse buy (the authors had an event at a bookstore I frequent; serendipity), but the cover was enchanting and I'm fascinated by the structure--the whole book looks like little prose vignettes.

Featuring my own dayswork as of late: knittery! I made a cowl for myself so I don't have to battle with a scarf when I just want something easy between my sinuses and the winter air, especially when it's as cold as it was this weekend ("feels like -11°F" was a very persuasive argument against getting out of bed, but the birds needed me). At least the snow on the frozen pond was pretty!

[thechurn]