Dyed Yarn Part 2 - the finished product

I decided to make a baby hat out of the yarn I dyed. Mr. Bronze Head is modeling it so nicely for me, since I haven't given it to its new baby owner yet.

I used the Baby Beret pattern from Debbie Bliss' Simply Baby. It was a pretty fast project, and knit on two needles. And that's awesome. I have tried to knit socks before, but I just don't seem to do dpns very well. And I actually took my time and did all the finishing properly, so you can barely even see the seam at the back. Only the colour pattern gives it away a little bit.

I followed the pattern pretty closely, all I changed was the colour (!) and fibre content of the yarn, and decided to do the whole brim in the contrast colour, instead of just a few rows at the edge. I like the look better than in the original pattern, and if I make it again I will probably do it the same way.

The contrast colour, by the way, is just the natural undyed yarn.

I am really happy with how the dyed yarn turned out when knit up. The colour pattern worked well to make a blendy colour effect. Now I am excited to dye some more yarn!

Dyed yarn, etc.

So all that stuff I bought at Len's mill two weeks ago hasn't really gotten much use, yet. Maybe I should mention that I am the queen of UFO's. But I have been doing stuff.

I bought wo bags of neat-o trim at Value Village in KW. One is the dangly pom-pom type, but it is off-white, so I decided I wanted to dye it. Well it didn't turn out so well, BUT I did LOVE dying it. And thanks to Craftster, I figured out why (it was probably cotton), and what I could do instead.

I can dye yarn!

It has to be animal fibre (or nylon, apparently, but I have yet to try that one), to work with the Wilton cake dyes I used. Same technique as kool-aid dying, but I like the idea of more control with the Wilton dyes. I went all out and bought the biggest multipack of dyes they had and I loved all the colours.

I have already started turning this ball of yarn into the Pompom Beret from Simply Baby by Debbie Bliss. I am planning on giving it to Ada Elizabeth, Willy and Leanne's new bundle of joy.