Such beautiful colours. I can't wait to knit it up.
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1. The fourth round of this swap is for a skein of hand-dyed sock yarn and a picture that inspired you to dye it.
2. You must dye the yarn yourself specifically for your assigned pal.
3. The yarn must be enough to knit an adult sized pair of socks.
4. I may or may not assign pairs this round. I'm going to post a poll to see how people liked that idea last round. Assigning pairs means that you will send yarn to the person that is sending yarn to you.
5. You may send other goodies to your pal along with the yarn but you are only required to send yarn appropriate for the current round of this swap as well as the picture/postcard that inspired you.
6. You must be able to take and post digital pictures and you must post a picture of your yarn on this blog within a week of receiving it. Seeing other dyers creations is one of the best things about this swap so please, please post pictures of what you receive.
7. You must completely fill out the questionnaire and give your swap pal some guidance. You will not be assigned a partner if you do not complete the questionnaire.
Sign-Ups Open: June 22, 2008
Sign-Ups Closed: July 20, 2008
Swap Pals Assigned: July 25th
Pal should receive yarn by: August 25th, 2008
Welcome to official blog for The Hand Dyed Yarn Swap. This is a fun swap where we hand dye yarn for our swap partner. Sign-ups for Round 4 are now open. We also have links for buying undyed yarn and supplies as well as tutorials for dyeing yarn.
How do I sign up for Round 4?
Sign-ups are closed for Round 4.
Participants this round: 18
Swap is open to residents of the US and Canada. International participants will be accepted as long as I find pals willing or wanting an international pal. We had a couple of international participants last time around that worked out really well so we'll probably find pals for everyone.
To sign up, send your questionnaire and answers to swappingyarn@gmail.com. You will get an invite to the blog so that you can post to it once you are accepted into the swap.
Participants this round: 18
Swap is open to residents of the US and Canada. International participants will be accepted as long as I find pals willing or wanting an international pal. We had a couple of international participants last time around that worked out really well so we'll probably find pals for everyone.
To sign up, send your questionnaire and answers to swappingyarn@gmail.com. You will get an invite to the blog so that you can post to it once you are accepted into the swap.
Details for Round 4 of the Hand Dyed Yarn Swap!
1. The fourth round of this swap is for a skein of hand-dyed sock yarn and a picture that inspired you to dye it.
2. You must dye the yarn yourself specifically for your assigned pal.
3. The yarn must be enough to knit an adult sized pair of socks.
4. I may or may not assign pairs this round. I'm going to post a poll to see how people liked that idea last round. Assigning pairs means that you will send yarn to the person that is sending yarn to you.
5. You may send other goodies to your pal along with the yarn but you are only required to send yarn appropriate for the current round of this swap as well as the picture/postcard that inspired you.
6. You must be able to take and post digital pictures and you must post a picture of your yarn on this blog within a week of receiving it. Seeing other dyers creations is one of the best things about this swap so please, please post pictures of what you receive.
7. You must completely fill out the questionnaire and give your swap pal some guidance. You will not be assigned a partner if you do not complete the questionnaire.
Yarn Swap Deadlines for Round 4!
Sign-Ups Open: June 22, 2008
Sign-Ups Closed: July 20, 2008
Swap Pals Assigned: July 25th
Pal should receive yarn by: August 25th, 2008
Ideas for Round 4
- your favorite animal
- your favorite beach
- your favorite summer getaway
- your favorite vacation spot
Round 4 Swap Participants
Yarn Dyeing Links & Tutorials
- Dyeing with Gaywool Dyes
- Knitpicks - Gradated Dyeing
- Knitpicks - Jacquard Acid Dyeing
- Knitpicks - Kool Aid Dyeing
- Knitpicks - Tea Dyeing
- Knitter's Review - Kool Aid Colors
- Knitty - Dyed in the Wool
- Knitty Tutorial - Hand Paint Your Own Yarn
- Kool Aid Dyeing
- See Eunny Knit - Techniques: Self-striping Yarn
- Street's and YO's - Self-striping Techniques
Where to Buy Undyed Yarn & Dyes
Buy Some Yarn from a Participant
- Roaring Bravado
- Knit Fit Knitting on Etsy
- Knit Fit Kits
- Sweet Pea Fibers on Etsy
- Ellie Belly - handpainted yarn
- Ellie Belly - paper & fiber arts
- Cassandra on Ebay
- Sissies Yarn
- JanKnit Recycles on Etsy
- Fired Up Fairy on Etsy
- Inspinknity
- Bensmumma on eBay
- Alabama Fiber Dreams on Etsy
- Sally Comes Unraveled on Etsy
- Knits Yours Knot Mine on eBay
- Rocket Yarn on Etsy
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6 comments:
That's great yarn! :)
Beautiful! What was the picture that inspired it?
I didn't get a picture with it, but the yarn is gorgeous and I'm looking forward to taking my own pictures of some finished socks!
yes, i purposely didn't include the picture because it's not a postcard. it's a photo of a beach that i took myself. i wanted to print it for Christabel, but the printer wasn't cooperating. i'll post it shortly.
cheers
Ursa
i just died one color for a swap partner, orange, my first koolaid dye. how in the world do you get colors like this? i can only begin to imagine the thrill is dying this so nicely.
hi Shelley,
i use acid dyes (Jaquard and Louet's Gaywool dyes), and i use either "dip-dyeing" method or kettle-dyeing (sometimes i'll do immersion to get one solid colour then dip some sections into other colours, like a light blue overall and dip into darker blues, purples, greens, etc.). with kettle-dyeing it's placing your yarn in a pot, or roasting/baking pan all laid out in a somewhat single layer, then pouring the different dye solutions in different areas and letting them soak in/steam over heat. the higher the heat, the faster they absorb and you'll often get lighter colours and some undyed areas (which can be the result you are going for), or lower, slower heat to absorb slower for darker, more thorough saturation. also, adding a bit of water onto the yarn before adding the dye solutions will dilute the solutions some to give a lighter dye job.
that's what's worked for me so far. just playing around and most of the time it works.
cheers
Ursa
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