Crouching Tiger

My first acid dye experience = messy mess. Well, it came out okay as you can see below. The problem is that the black ran really bad while it was in the rinse after steaming. The white turned gray so I scrubbed it with soap. The white became more white again, but then I ended up with a bit of felting. I did speak with a lab tech from PRO Chemical this morning and they aren't sure what happened to the black either... I did everything right according to them. Owell, hopefully the next batch comes out a bit better!

So, does anyone know what this is?! Does anyone remember the Opal Tiger sock yarn from a couple of years back?! Yes, yes, its self-striping tiger sock yarn reborn! I still have to see what it looks like knit up, so stay tuned!




And what a day! I came home from another **** (fill in with your favorite four letter adjective) day of work to find not one, but two small packages in my mailbox!! The first is from Blossom! Thank you so much Blossom! She sent me a beautiful card with a yummy brownie recipe on the back, some lovely soap from France (where did you get that?!) and this fun, beautiful washcloth! I love it all! You are the first person that is not family to knit me something! I feel so special :)



The second present was from Ashley! She was kind enough to buy my Earth Day yarn on ebay that is going to support the Preemie Project. As you can see from her blog, she is knitting it up already! How exciting. Anyways, she sent me some stitch markers and a beautiful card! I am loving all these beautiful handmade stitch markers! I can never have enough!



Oh, and a big thank you to her for hanging out with me tonight. You are such a sweetheart... I truely appreciate your great advice :)