Last year (so long ago I can't remember exactly) I had my first go at dying wool using food colouring. I planned to make a dark green so the resulting colour made me feel quite accomplished.
The yarn was originally undyed sock yarn from
Vintage Purls.
I used the yarn to knit a pair of toe-up socks in with the '
Monkey' pattern by Cookie A. I followed the '
no purl' adaption of Craftypancakes.
It was a fun knit as there were many straight knit rows and the pattern was easy to remember - which was good as I took this up and put it down over a few months.
I have been wanting to make a duct-tape model of myself to fit clothes on, so making a foot one was a good start! It turned out well - but the front part of my foot is fatter on the mannequin model than it is for real - the joy of getting over-eager with stuffing.
Read more about this project on
Ravelry.
Fabulous colour - love the pattern on the socks. Well done.
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