FO: One sock no longer an orphan, and a dye job (bioengiknitter)

I still haven't started on the second Rainbow Sock, but the orphan Spring Twists sock now has a mate!

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Pattern: Spring Twists, by Jeanie Townsend, which can be downloaded when you join the Townsend Socks KAL Yahoo group.
Yarn: Knit Picks Essential, in Grass. These only took 56g! They're shorter than the pattern specified, but not that short. I'm already using the leftovers...
Needles: US1/2.25mm
Gauge: 8 st/in
Notes: I accidentally started the first sock doing only three cable twists per repeat instead of the four in the pattern. I decided to just leave it, and thus my socks are a little shorter, not a bad thing when it's already in the 80's here some days. I'm happy!

I also did something totally fun with my knitting group that I'd never done before...dye yarn! Wendy had us all over to her house where she had a super-cool setup in her backyard with tables tilted so the water ran off the back and everything. There was Knit Picks Bare in every weight, Koolaid in every flavor, and margaritas. Obviously, we had a ball. I dyed some red, some blue/green, and some stripes! Kelie made her own warping board and she brought it (she has more photos of the day posted too). I wound some fingering weight to make stripes (with her pulling the yarn off the swift for me as I went, a HUGE help!). Here it is during the dye process, with Ice Blue Raspberry, Lemon Lime, and Lemonade. The clear one is just water, I was afraid if I left it out by itself the other colors would wick into my "white" stripe.

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