Colors....make my fiber addiction

Hi! I blame it on color! Colors everywhere and depending on my mood, the shades and tones may vary. I love mostly every color....there is one that I don't and that is yellow...just not a plain old yellow. I love yellow with other colors, in stripes and variegations, blocks, squiggly lines and objects on paper, fabrics, etc. and yellow in the world like the sun and flowers...just not what I would pick for me to wear. Sorry, other than my sturdy yellow rain slicker..no yellow pants, shirts, sweaters, socks, shoes or undergarments for me ;) Although, my dream kitchen walls do want to be a light pastel yellow...with lots of windows....to dream huh!

I have a fiber addiction...whether it is a gorgeously colored yarn or piece of fabric, it is the colors that draw me to it. Secondly it may be the pattern of that particular item. But it truly is the color.. (this is a post to fulful many things today!)

This I received Monday and can't stop petting it...it screams COLOR to me...and it even has yellow in it and that's ok!










All Things Heather superwash sock yarn in "Tie Dye". This colorway enticed me from the beginning and I couldn't wait to receive it. Winding it was pure joy. I never really paid attention to looking down at the yarn as it is winding before. I mean I do pay attention as it is leaving the swift and making sure it doesn't get knotted, etc...but I just looked down at it and it was so amazing, the way the colors ran off the swift onto the winder! I wanted to redo the whole ball again but I held off. I will be enjoying this knit (not that I don't enjoy others, but what can I say...I am a color addict!)

This is my answers to the Dye-O-Meme-a-Rama for my pal! (see told ya color was the preface to the rest of the post!)

Your favorite colors? Red, blue, green, brown/blues together, pinks, purples, blacks, burgundy

Preferred yarn weight (Fingering, Sport, DK, maybe even Worsted)? None, I like them all...but right now it is more fingering or sport...because of socks :)

Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn? Both

If your buddy is able to do so, would you like a variegated, self-striping, or self-patterning yarn?
Yes! I like all types, whatever you are up to making...I am a newbie dye'r also. ;)

Would you be interested in a wool blend sock yarn (nylon, tencel, silk, acrylic, alpaca, etc.)? Maybe the nylon or tencel, whatever you choose will be fine, superwash even better but not required...as this yarn is for meeeeeeeeee!

Imagine the perfect colorway. What would you name it? this is soo hard...blue chocolate, um Blossoming spring, Fiery Autumn.... is this enough?? LOL!

What was the biggest appeal to you for joining this dye-along? Stepping out of my comfort zone by producing the colors, not just buying what appeals to me. YIKES, am I scared now!

General yarn/fiber questions:

Have you dyed yarn/fiber before? No

If so, what's your favorite dye and method? Don't know yet, but I'll be trying kool-aid and easter-egg dyes

Do you spin? No

Have you knit socks before? Um...Yes!

Do you use sock yarn for just socks or in other patterns too? Afghan squares

What are some of your favorite yarns? Lambs Pride bulky and worsted, Knitpicks sock yarns, shine and Wool of Andes, Patons Classic Merino, Cascade 220, Noro silk garden, almost anything but Manos...

What yarn do you totally covet? Sorry, nothing specific comes to mind...something soft or silky.
I've never tried Cascade sierra or any jaegar yarns...one day :)
Favorite patterns? Purses, bags, socks, and sweaters...although I've yet to complete one!

Any pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object? A nice sweater in a soft yarn that I wouldn't have to look at the price per skein...I would see the color first..you know ;)then it would be the softness of the yarn..then I would get 1 or 2 skeins over what that pattern needs...never once looking at the price or finding yarn subs...that would be a dream.

Favorite kind of needles (brand, materials, straights or circs, etc)? I prefer circulars in bamboo, addi turbos, inox express, and trying to find plain old inox gray ones. I have a Denise set I use also and a few metal ones in weird sizes.

If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? Cashmere, soft and springy LOL!

Nothing to do with knitting/yarn/fiber in any way but seemed kinda fun:

Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack? Um..er..chocolate, jelly beans, altoids cinnamon gum, clove and beemans gums, gummy bears

What's your favorite animal? fish, they stay in a tank ;)

Do you have pets? What are their species/names/ages? My family has a dog Belle, Bloodhound-4 yrs and a Siamese cat- Sapphire 1 yr.

If you were a color what color would you be? um Red ;)

Describe your favorite shirt (yours or someone else's).. Chambray/denim worn comfortable shirt

What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature? Sunsets and Gerber Daisies

Tell me the best quote you've ever heard or read. ?? :)

Do you have a wishlist? No

Anything else you'd like to share with the group today? Hi! My name is Zonda and I am a color and fiber addict!



I am ending this post with....surprise, no color! This is my shipment of plain ole fingering weight yarn! Left: wool/tencel blend-1sk; wool/nylon blend-2sks; superwash wool-2sks
My the dyeing force be with me...I just want at least one of these skeins in a colorway worthy enough to send forth to my dye-o-rama pal! :)