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Two Handspun Yarns x Five Dyes = OMG // Casual Friday S05E25
DescriptionIn this week's podcast, I have an update on my reverse engineered sweater, the results of my handspun yarn dyeing experiment, and evolving plans for my next vintage sweater project. Support me by buying me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designerMore
In this week's podcast, I have an update on my reverse engineered sweater, the results of my handspun yarn dyeing experiment, and evolving plans for my next vintage sweater project.
Support me by buying me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson
My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/roxanne-richardson
REVERSE ENGINEERED SWEATER
This is my Ravelry project page for the sweater
TWO YARNS, FIVE DYES
The two base yarns were a BFL/silk blend (cream) and 100% BFL (natural colors).
The dyes I used are from Mother Mackenzie's Miracle Dye Mix Kit, which I purchased from Clemes & Clemes: https://clemes.com/product/mother-mackenzies-miracle-dye-mix/
The resources I used to learn about creating a 1% dye solution were this website: https://gaywool.com/calculating-dye-quantities
as well as ChemKnits video: https://youtu.be/t8MFfTgeKic
1970s VINTAGE SWEATER
I'll be using the basic instructions for a ski sweater/Scandinavian sweater from Elizabeth Zimmermann's book KNITTING WITHOUT TEARS https://amzn.to/3B64XjU
The earliest version of this pattern can be found in THE OPINIONATED KNITTER, along with a diagram of how to use the percentage system to calculate various measurements. https://amzn.to/3z0Tgs8
These are Amazon affiliate links.
You can usually also find these books at the Schoolhouse Press website, which is the business Elizabeth Zimmermann founded: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/
Other books I am using as references include several bo
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