the promise of new knits

I love winding yarn. Transforming a skein into the ready-to-knit position, seeing how the colours blend, and having a stackable item afterwards! I only wind when I’m ready (or at least almost ready) to use the yarn, and I just love all the promise of new projects that they hold.

Euroflax linen:
euroflax linen

Socks that Rock mediumweight in Rose Quartz:
STR rose quartz

Raggedy Cotton that I dyed at the store:
dyed raggedy cotton

Isn’t it cool? I’m not much into novelty-type yarns, but this one is 100% cotton (and of course, dyed by me). I’ve got two big skeins, 225 g each. We’ll see if my project idea works out…hopefully I’ll be able to start soon, but I have so very many other things to do and knit at the moment!


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6 responses to “the promise of new knits”

  1. Alice from france Avatar

    The linen yarn colors are awesome! I like the chocolate like of the cotton yarn, the colors are really great. Makes me wanna eat it! ^_^

  2. Kelly Avatar

    Lovely colours and photos!

    Is it just personal preference not to wind the yarn until you are planning to use it, or is there something I should know??? (I wind on purchase so I’ll be ready when fancy strikes!) Just wondering…

  3. ktb Avatar

    I love the yarn you dyed!! So pretty!

  4. adrienne Avatar

    I love winding yarn too!! Those are beautiful colors!

  5. Leigh Ann Avatar

    Well, thank god I’m not the only freak. I get some incredulous looks when I tell the people at my LYSes not to wind the yarn because I enjoy doing it.

  6. Denise Avatar

    Oooh that raggedy cotton is interesting looking.. what yarn is it?
    Inquiring minds want to know!

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