Dye, Knit, Knit, Dye...

So many fun, knitting related things to do... This weekend I let the kids do some dyeing. They always love helping me but they really had fun doing it for solo. Yesterday I blogged about the yarn the twins made, but last night my youngest got into the act and created some really cool tie-dyed type yarn.

I can't wait to knit up some socks with this stuff. It's a funky red/purple/orange/white mix.

I also finished up a few socks this weekend. The first one I made from a baby yarn. It's an acrylic and polyamide mix. I knit this up on Size 3's casting on 68 stitches. It's the Burning Rings of Fire pattern. I needed some socks that were on the thicker side since we like to sit out on the deck after dinner this time of year and watch the sun go down.

These are super soft, and nice and warm. They'll do nicely to keep my tootsies nice and warm.

After I got the kids to bed last night I also finished up another sock I as working on. This one is made from Fortissima Socka. It's a self-striping blue and gray mix - Color #0011. For this one I just used my Ravenclaw Spirit Socks pattern, making the leg portion slightly shorter so these were be true crew-length.

I really love this yarn. I knit these using Size 2's, casting on 64 stitches.

Let's see, what else? Oh, of course... This morning I dyed some yarn for a well deserving Ravenclaw. She showed her wit this term and came out on top in the Ravenclaw Riddles standings. So, she won the Ravenclaw sock yarn.

Our Ravenclaw prefers book colors, so I did blue and bronze. It's self-striping and will have a bar of blue and a bar of bronze both separated by narrower bars of white.

What do you think? Not bad for finishing up some projects this weekend, huh? Now...I really need to get my sister-in-law's vest finished since her birthday is in 4 days!