or not to dye?
I ordered a kit from Pick up Sticks around Christmas time for these felted Snugs for moi. I've always thought that the outer color (sand) is a little bit boring, but I figured if I liked them I would just make myself another pair in something brighter. (This should have been the point at which the voice in my head screamed: "with who's time, money, and attention span, YOU FOOL?") The color for the lining is a robin's egg blue alpaca, which I like.
Then, it hit me. I could just get myself some kool-aid and dye that yarn! (The voice cried: "BRILLIANT! Wait a second, do you even know how to do that?")
Uh, I don't know how to do it. But I'm pretty sure I would like them a lot better if they were a brighter color, and the chances of my actually finding the time/money/interest to make another pair are, like, jack shit. One annoying setback- I've already finished one.
And it shouldn't matter, but the yarn came in those nice center pull balls and I have neither ball winder nor swift (ahem, boyfriend if you are reading this). It makes my stomach hurt to think about unwinding them, I don't have nice center pull balls very often. (And spending 45 minutes with the dyed skeins around my neck rewinding them, I do not look forward to.) So the question: Dare I dye? Question two (whichI hate almost as much as "what do you want for dinner?"): What color? Purple? Green?
Oh, and the study avoiders, I mean, endpaper mitts have somehow cast on and begun knitting themselves.
Weird.