Yarnphetamine

N7 Socks Mass Effect… the game series that I’m very fond of. And I’m taking about the original trilogy (Oh Andromeda what a wasted potential). I was already familiar with Bioware’s games like Neverwinter Nights, and it was natural that at some point I would play those games. Between me and my partner, who actually introduced me to Bioware’s games, he is the bigger fan. Therefore I thought I would make him N7 socks since these are pretty simple to make. These socks are actually version number 2 since the first ones were a little bit too loose. So this time, I made more ribbing on the leg. Other than that the rest of the pattern is done like a basic wool sock. The N7 logo is sewn afterwards using duplicate stiches. Only thing that is left now is the test run, so will see how the sock perform and do I still need to do some “product development”. I used Novita 7 Brothers yarn in black color for the base of the sock. For the N7 logo used some leftover and embro

Dyeing yarn has been on my mind for a while now. I remember taking a course on dyeing and finishing of textiles in the university roughly 10 years ago. As a part of the exercise of the course we dyed samples of wool fabric with acid dyes. So this prompts the idea of dyeing yarn myself. However I decided to take an easy start and dye with food coloring, to be precise with Kool-Aid. I got 20 different flavors, even thou some of the colors were technically same. I tested 10 g skeins in four colors: white, natural white, beige, and light gray. I also had 20 g skein of white to dye one end of the skein. The rule of thumb is to use one package of Kool-Aid for 50 g skein. There were tons of instructions on the Internet, but the basics are the same. First the skeins were soaked in warm water from 10 min to 1 h. First skeins I soaked for about 30 min and after taking them out I always put new skeins in. I warmed up about 1,5 l of water almost to the boiling point and then

Pikesocks made for my very own fisherman. After I saw this pattern on the magazine I thought this would great form my partner since he likes to fish. And I feel that pike is very common fish for Finns so the design was just perfect. Unfortunately the pattern can only be found in Finnish. I used DK weight yarn 75% wool, 25% yarn in three different colors: natural white , denim and green multicolor.   At the time I didn’t have much experience with multicolored knitting and it ended up to be so tight that he couldn’t get the on. In the end I did these three times over before the size was right. So this could have been way too difficult for my skill level, but I did learn a lot. Practice makes perfect, right? And I’m not afraid of any challenge so I will take on project that might be bit difficult in the future. Especially if I see a design that is too good to pass up. Also this is officially an U.F.O. turned into a F.O. Since it probably had bee