Things Are Heating Up
A weekend of:
Sitting
Knitting
Buying
Dyeing
What are the advantages of living in a place that has unrelenting sun and hot-as-Hades temperatures in the summer?
You can set your dye using solar power alone:
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Susan | knitting, yarn shopping, dyeing
Gosh! It isn’t even very hot yet! Nice work;-)
Sounds like the perfect weekend. OK, maybe not - add a fiber fest and it would be perfect.
Tomorrow I head back to Seattle from northern California where it is currently 85 inside the house. (I do with air conditioning in the summer like Stephanie/Yarn Harlot does with heat in the winter - turn it on only when absolutely necessary.) I’ve done lots of things using the natural heat of a hot climate, but dying is not one of them. I’ll have to remember that trick. Thanks.
I did that cool “sun tea” dyeing last summer and it wasn’t even that hot, so there are ways to magnify the heat as long as the sun is out. See you Tuesday!
What a fabulous weekend! I’m green with envy, since I’ve spent MY weekend packing a 6 bedroom house with a 10 week old baby and 21 month old baby in tow.
No pity, just throw sock yarn to console me.
The dyeing looks so fun!
You are Too Hot! I am envious of your fiberlicious weekend. Looks like a great time.
We watched Last King of Scotland, too. What did you think of it?
You are so right about the solar dyeing. Perfect sport for a hot day. The drying part is pretty convenient too. I have yarn hung everywhere today. It is raining. Nothing is drying here.
Yikes! That’s warm! But it saves on electricity or gas though.
Wow–I never would have thought of just putting it out in the sun. (Guess that’s why you get the big bucks, huh?)
That was way better than my weekend, which chiefly involved paint stripper. Ugh. And finding a great big mistake in my knitting, too.
Solar dyeing sounds wonderful. A great way to save both fuss and energy.
Wow. I’m so glad it doesn’t get that hot here in the northwest. It was 97 yesterday, but I don’t think I could have done the dyeing trick. Way to go, Susan.
Progress is happening on my FCSS, and I’ll post a link when I’m done. Have a great Monday!
Wow. Hot and dry sounds fabulous right now. We’re about ready to build an ark here. How neat to have solar powered yarn!
Wonderful! It looks like the perfect weekend.
I tried frying an egg on the sidewalk once last summer but it didn’t cook all the way. However, it cooked just enough to stick to the concrete. It was the dickens to get off.
Eek that is hot!!
Yum, that solar powered casserole looks delicious!! I posted a photo of my daughter’s left over sock yarn blanket today. You can see squares from yarn you sent me. Thanks again!!!
Is THAT why it’s good to live here? Thank goodness there is something, because I am not groovin’ on this current heat snap.
Hi Susan,
I’ve been attempting sun dying. How long do you leave the fiber in the dye bath?
Cindy
Yikes!! That is HOT!
So clever.
is that a baby surprise?
Okay, tell me how to do that, dye in the sun, I mean. Can that be done with acid dye or is it all natural. Help, I have 4 skeins of bare to dye and haven’t a clue where to start…ciao
I just got the new Knit Picks catalog today, and saw your two patterns in it. Way to go.
) It’s fun to see your name in there.
Hope you’re having a great week!
OMG 140 degrees? Really? (I met J of Jknits in Newburyport MA just before she was finalized w/ Berocco’s distributor-Andra-J was VERY nice!)
You got J.Knits! I love the feel of the J.Knits sock yarn. That’s what I’m using for my Horcrux KAL socks, of which I have completed half a pair. The luscious color of my choice is Massachusetts, I suppose named for the cranberry bogs.
[The worsted weight pair went much faster, but I also had more free time when I made those. Life does get in the way of my fun. Sometimes a lot.]
Feel free to offer more suggestions on what to do with excessive heat. Oklahoma can be really wicked!
That’s too funny - setting your dye in the sun! Wowee, that’s cool… or hot!
Oh you make me laugh. You are a clever one! I can’t wait to see it dried.