Yes, Virginia, there is an Easter Puppy!

Don't ya love stuffed animals? I do...and this one is holiday appropriate! So first let me wish everyone a happy Easter!

I realized last time that I promised a pic of my kool Aid dying experiment, and I didn't do it, so here:

I knit a gauge swatch, measured out how long I wanted each stripe, and then proceeded to wind the wool around 2 chairs--just like what I've seen floating around on the internet. The dying process wasn't as messy as I thought it'd be, and went rather quickly. After rinsing, I hung up this super looooong hank to dry. The day I chose to do this, it must have been 80 degrees out, and the yarn dried in an hour. Now, here's where I goofed. I just brought the whole hank into the living room and thought I'd be cute and wind it into a fancy hank for photographic purposes like the real dyers have done. Ha! It took me longer to wind this up into a ball, and I thought I was going to have tangle city!!! What is the secret for winding it after it's dry??? Put it back on the chairs and go round and round til you're cross eyed again???

I want to try this again (and again) but still can't find any cheapo wool to dye. Meaning a thrifted sweater. Every one I've found has been a "colored" one. And really, I can't see buying more wool at the yarn shop just for this purpose since I'm such an amateur. This stupid ball I did was $6.95.-and there's only 240 yards there. I used 2 packages of grape, 2 of lemonade-don't ask- and one package of cherry. The process is fun, but my results were disappointing. It will be back to the drawing board for me!