Weekend Was Fabulous

After several weeks of very warm, beautiful days, the weekend ended up cold and rainy.  New snow fell on the peaks, and while it was short lived, the temperatures were still quite chilly.  It was so cold in the house we broke down and turned the heat back on Sunday morning.

However, you don't need sun to have a great Holiday weekend. Teri, Susan and I worked in Teri's garage out of the hurlyburly rain.  Susan and Teri have both have had good results, and more experience with dyeing yarn, and they were so kind to share their expertise.  The main objective was to create a yarn for my Dye-O-Rama pal.

It is quite a production to dye yarn even if you only use Kool Aid. We dyed 4 skeins in crock pots, two on top if the stove (self striping) and four skeins in the oven and it took about six hours. The oven skeins were dyed with Gaywool and the rest with Kool Aid. The best part of the whole process was working with grrlfriends.  Teri's signature colorway, Blood Orange (on each end), was created for my pal (the second one is for my stash). Carnival, the self stripping yarn is next, and the 'Margene', a colorway Susan concocted, is in the center.  Merlot was cooked up by moi and it's a lace weight yarn. The beatufiul Blood Orange (did you think I'd ever say orange was beautiful?) yarn was mailed to my Dye-o-rama pal yesterday.  Her new obsession is orange and I hope she likes it.

Monday was a blast and you'll get full details tomorrow in my 'K is for...' post.

Tomorrow kicks off the Trek Along. Sign ups will close at 5:00 MDT today.  There are over 200 Trekkers registered, so make sure to please follow the 'roolz' soon to be posted on the blog.

Cara had the fabulous idea to have a SPIN OUT in Central Park on June 24th.  There has been an out pouring of support from the spinning community at large, by way of donations, to the event.  But, did you know you don't need to be there, in NYC, to win!?!  Read about it here and donate to Heifer International and your name will be added to the proverbial hat. (Heifer is the perfect organization for knitters and spinners to donate to, as they provide people around the world with much needed animals both for the production fiber and/or food.)  With so many prizes you have a good chance to win. Donate what you can as it's all for a great cause. Oh and don't forget to buy a fabulous, colorful T-Shirt, too!  I've ordered mine.

Comments

[sandy]

Well, I like your orange yarn better than My orange yarn. Yours is not quite the KRAFT MACARONI AND CHEESE orange that mine turned to be. I wonder if I overdyed it with some red koolaid. Do you think that would tame it a bit?
Love your mountain. Don't I say that Every time? I guess it has become my trademark comment. :)
How many more days until I see you? I'm going to count and let you know. The Margene countdown.
xo

[Cara]

Thanks Margene! I really appreciate it!

[Kelly]

blood orange is gorgeous!
As well as the others of course!
Great dye job!

[Kathleen]

Cool Margene. I am really dying to give dyeing a try. :)

[Alison]

Sounds like a good time was had! Lovely stuff there.

[Laurie]

Snow! SNOW! You've got to be kidding. Marcia mentioned that, and I thought she must have been hallucinating. (Sorry, Marcia.)

The dye results are quite stunning. I'm impressed with the saturation and uniformity. And yes, the blue in the middle, Margene color, is perfectly named.

[Ann]

I'm with Laurie. SNOW? It was flippin' hot here. And I love your orange. Nice job.

[hillary]

I really love your mountains. The dyeing results are fabulous too. I'm not really an orange person but your Blood Orange yarn is really nice.

[Rachel H]

The Blood Orange is certainly lovely, but I'm diggin' your Merlot yarn as well. I seem to be drawn towards that colour family these days. Great job.

[Lucia]

Love me that Margene! (You knew I would.)

[Chef Messy]

Glad you had a nice weekend! I just bought some of Teri's "Blood Orange" and it truly is beautiful!

[Lolly]

I love the Blood Orange! we just got some blood orange juice from the market too - it did not last long because it was so yummy ;)

[marie in florida]

ya-hoo ; Heifer!! lemme go read, i don't spin (here i always insert YET) but let's see if there's something i can do. $$$ talks and in this case walks and moos and oinks and sometimes, watch out they spit!

[Sydney]

That blood orange is lovely. You did all of that with Kool Aid? I'm so impressed.

[regina]

What a talented bunch of women! Love those colors. I, too, am impressed that you did that with Kool-Aid. Who knew?

[Nonnahs]

Great job with the dyeing! i love Blood Orange!

[Carole]

The dyed yarn looks great! Snow again? I guess I should bring my winter coat, eh?

[Miriam]

I suppose I should officially join the Trek Along, eh? How do I do that exactly? I don't see any joining instructions.

[wool winder]

Your pal is going to love the yarn.

I'm ready for some cooler weather. Can you arrange it for my upcoming trip?

[Stephanie]

Great yarn. I need to go donate to the cause and I wish I could be in NY for Spin Out - it's sure to be a blast.

[claudia]

Blood orange may be the Perfect Color.

[Dave Daniels]

That's some gorgeous stuff! Are you ready for MORE?

[lisa Co. Springs]

Very pretty colors.
We're having cool weather here too, a nice break before the sweltering summer.

[kathy b]

Margene

The garage yarn dye experience looks so successful. Hmmmmmmm, and I'd been wondering what to do with the old garage....

Thanks for the timeline; the honest 6 hour comment is really helpful. I'll have to save this for a vacation week or something.

I love your colors. DO they wear well? Wash well?

[Sylvia]

One of the things I admire about you, Margene, is how you find joy in everything you try. Thanks for sharing your dye adventure.