After knitting several Baby Surprise Jackets (also known as BSJ), the famous pattern by legendary knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann, I decided to knit an adult version for myself, the Adult Surprise Jacket (ASJ).
Here’s my latest BSJ, obviously for a baby girl:
I found a great deal on a box of 20 skeins of different colours of the same yarn, which I decided to use for my ASJ:
And, here’s my progress so far, bright!!!
Yesterday I decided to dye a blank skein of sock yarn I’d had lying around for a little while. It was gifted to me for my birthday last summer, together with a lovely bag made of Lavazza beans bags, the exact same beans that I use at home. As soon as I got the yarn, I decided to dye it with coffee, it just seemed appropriate.
Step 1 – Soak the skein in a warm water/vinegar mix
Step 2 – Prepare the dye; coffee
Step 3 – Drain the water out of the yarn and apply the dye
Step 4 – Cook the lot
I used the microwave and cooked on high for 3 mins, let it stand in the microwave for 2 mins then turned the skein and repeated the process on the other side, to be sure that the colouring would be even
Step 5 – Rinse thoroughly and dry
Step 6 – Admire the end product once it’s dry
When I saw the dried yarn, I decided to add some contrast by dyeing one half of the skein with tea. So, here goes
Step 7 – Soak half the skein in a warm water/vinegar mix
Step 8 – Prepare the dye; tea
Step 9 – Drain the water out of the yarn and apply the dye
Step 10 – Cook the lot
I did exactly the same as for the coffee dye
Step 11 – Rinse thoroughly and dry
Step 12 – Admire the end product once it’s dry
The skein ready for use
I just got three new skeins of Schoppel sock yarn, one Zauberball, one of the new Fliegende Untertasse and a skein of Admiral R Druck. They are all lovely and I can’t wait to get knitting with them!
Today, 6th January is Epiphany. In France (my home country), it is traditionally celebrated by eating a “Galette des Rois”. It’s a puff pastry cake, filled with an almond paste, made of butter, eggs, sugar, ground almond and a little bit of flour. Traditionally, there was a hidden “fève” (big dried bean) in it. The one who finds the bean is the king or the queen. These days, the “fève” is usually made of ceramics or plastic.
As I live in Germany and can’t buy it here, I have to make my own if I want one. Here’s mine from today, just out of the oven. Can’t wait to dig in!
I’m working on the second variation for my knee-high sock pattern, a cabled version. I’m using a beautiful colourway of Wollmeise called Pistazie. The colour in these pictures is not true to life, it’s much nicer in real!
Here’s a little preview:
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