emily kausalik » tea http://www.emilykausalik.com Now hiring Gorns and Tribbles. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:29:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I've finally found what I need to be happy http://www.emilykausalik.com/2009/02/ive-finally-found-what-i-need-to-be-happy/ http://www.emilykausalik.com/2009/02/ive-finally-found-what-i-need-to-be-happy/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:01:31 +0000 emily http://emilykausalik.com/?p=229 … and it’s not friends, it’s things.

entire swap package

The entire swap package!

stitch markers

Hand-made stitch markers!

yarn

Hand-spun and hand-dyed yarn

vegan nomnoms

Vegan nomnoms!

hand-made TARDIS wallet

A hand-made TARDIS wallet!

inside of the wallet

Check out the fabric on the inside!

Talk about a PERFECT swap package! Thank you so much, KnittingHooker! You rock my world!

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yellow

yellow hand dyed wool

The above is approximately 110 yards dyed with two packets of lemonade Kool-Aid in the microwave. I decided I don’t like the microwave method very much. More on that in a moment.

creamy

creamy/tan hand dyed wool

This is another 100 yards or so of the wool dyed in a pot with some tea. The color could have been better, but I didn’t pre-soak the yarn. I know better now.

red

red hand dyed wool

This one turned out absolute fantastic! I pre-soaked the wool, about 220 yards worth, in lukewarm water and some Eucalan no rinse delicate wash. Then I stuck it in a pot of almost-boiled water with 10 packets of black cherry Kool-Aid and let it chill overnight. The color turned out really vibrant and I can’t wait to do something with this!

I definitely like the stove-top method. I’m about to re-dye that yellow yarn with some turmeric and vinegar. I’m excited to see how this turns out!

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