sadly, jen is feeling under the weather these past two days, so we have made ourselves prisoners in my home. during our imprisonment today we knit a ton and watched endless episodes of "the closer". we both have an affinity for brenda leigh johnson.
i finished the back of my vest which is now blocking. tomorrow i have to seam it up and put in the neck and armbands. photos will be taken this weekend once my husband is home and can model it for me.
in the meantime, i began a little project. you see i am a part of the christian knitters group on ravelry, and joined in on a dishcloth swap. i have to knit three dishcloths by early august and ship them to my secret partner. well on the questionnaire for the swap my partner mentioned that she would like the dishcloths i made to have a personal touch to them. i had no idea how in the world i was going to add a "personal touch" to knitted dishcloths. i dug through all my peaches and cream, and none of the colors i owned already were anything close to what she liked. she likes natural colors, i like bold brights. i did however have 4 balls of white. then it hit me: my personal touch will be three dishcloths dyed using plant material found outside when i go on walks. i am going to do one brown with tea, and one reddish, and one green.
here is me unwinding my ball of peaches and cream for the tea dyeing which i started tonight. i am going to let it sit overnight, and finish in the morning. also tomorrow i hope to go on a walk with jen if she is feeling up to it and get plant material for the other two skeins.
here is the yarn in the dye pot. i am eager to see the finished results.
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