"Exhaust That Dye!"

When I had taken the pair of blue/black socks out of the crock pot, the dye bath was still slightly blue looking. So, I figured I would see what would happen and slipped the next sock blank into the tinted water. Here is what showed up.......blue "mist". :) I used this for the base of my next pair of socks.

Jacquard's Fire Red and Sapphire Blue were my dyes on this pair........the turquoise yarn on the ends is the waste yarn used to keep the tube from "running".

The finished sock tube.

And the finished pair of socks. They're showing as being rather "ripply" in this photo, but they will not be after going through the final step, which is machine washed/air dried.

"Dyeing a Sock Blank...."

Last Friday, I dyed the 2 strand sock blank tube that I had knitted on my NZAK. I had been avoiding dyeing it because I knew when it was done I had to unravel the 2 strand tube by hand. So finally, I bit the bullet and did it. This is how it looked in the sink after dribbling the various dyes that I had chosen for it.

And after slowly putting it into the crock pot with the vinegar infused water.

I "almost" forgot to take a photo of the finished dyed sock blank. I think I had about a third of it to unravel yet when I remembered that I needed a photo. Each ball will have approximately 1350 feet/450 yards in it when wound......enough to knit a pair of mens large socks (I wear a size 12 1/2-13 shoe and I have enough to knit a pair for me).

The 2 wound balls in natural light. I will, of course, post a photo of a finished pair of knitted socks from them.

"Dyed and Knitted Sock Blank Tubes....."

I had posted this photo earlier of this dyed sock blank tube that I had knitted on the NZAK. I do so again for easy comparison.

Before......

During.....

After.......the knitting of the sock is complete, but the toes need to be "kitchenered" together (64 needle cylinder).

This is a sock blank tube that I had dyed and wound onto a paper towel cardboard center, ready to be knitted.

The resulting pair of socks from that ball of yarn (prior to kitchenering, 64 needle cylinder).

Knitting a sock blank tube on my NZAK......

The dyed sock blank tube, ready to be wound onto a cardboard tube and knitted into a pair of socks.