Oh Happy Day!

I was so surprised yesterday to open up my mailbox and find a little present from Catherine from Knitt'in Around! Look at what she sent me - and for no reason either! Catherine--- thank you from the bottom of my heart... you really made my day. Those beads are so beatiful (my favorite colors even) and I love the little knitting charm! You better bet that these are going to get alot of use! The only home-made ones I have are from Amy, so this will be a great addition to my knitting toolbox!




And, congratulations Johanna! She is the new, proud owner of my first attempt at Kool-Aid dying. I am calling this color scheme Sesame Street! I knit up a little bit just to see what the stripes looked like and I was pretty happy with the color variation. I think it would made some great socks, or as Johanna suggested, a baby sweater!



And of course as soon as I saw my first dye attempt out the door, I had to make more! This time I found a few shades of green and was planning on having four different colors: a dark green, grass green, mint green, and sky blue. However, during the dying process the glass jar with the mint green color (which was great I might add) ran into the grass green color and I ended up with two similar greens, a dark green and a sky blue. I think it still looks pretty neat though :) I'll post more about the formulas I used and the dried yarn tomorrow!