Bogger's New Look

8/30/20 Update!  I've been working with the New Blogger.  I plan to publish two posts September 1, 2020.  We'll see if all goes well.  Thank you, Marilynn

 

8/5/20  Today, looking at more details about the New Blogger, I read Legacy may not be available after the end of August.  When I have a post.... I'll give New Blogger a good try, but this might be the conclusion of the blogged projects and new "free" patterns.  I apologize for (being an ol'dog) any disappointment you may experience. 

Thank you, Marilynn

8/5/20 See, I'm trying!  I just found "new post" in the New Blogger, it was probably there all along!  Take Care!

8/30/20 Looks like New Blogger added some (English) words near the symbols/buttons. 

July 5, 2020 Too many thoughts, let's see if I can pull a few together. And Blogger has a new look! I tried the "New Blogger", but had difficulty finding a button as simple as save, or preview.

Hovering in the upper right corner seemed to work. I found the preview. It is the eyeball. Don't hit the paper airplane until you are ready to publish. LOL: the ol'floppy disc is the save icon. Do any of you youngsters even know what that is/was?  And, < > changes the format of this edit page.

I am heading back on the Legacy.

I'll keep updating this post as I work my way through the new look. Thank you, Marilynn

7/7/20  I edited some of the above 7/5/20 thoughts/comments.  Now, I need to try adding some photos. In the New Blogger, this seems to be one step, rather than holding a few in a folder to grab as needed.  That will work for me, because I usually have my photo files in good order.  Now, let's try resizing, moving, adding a caption.  As I grab the photos to move them, they seem to loose their captions.  OK, with a click I lost one of the photos.  I placed the (center) photo back in sequence, not too frustrating.  I'll "edit"click it off to the left.  Yep, the captions do not seem to be attached to the photos.  Wow, a couple more clicks, and two photos are not there.   Oh, because I opened two photos at the same time, they seem to be connected.    Sorry, you didn't see all the steps.  Here are the results:

smaller with a caption

to the left with a short caption

larger with a caption.

Still 7/7/20 In New Blogger, as I clicked the eyeball, I got the message "Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop-up window."   I'll toggle back to Legacy to get a preview.  OK,  I'll  save, and back arrow Blogger (left corner) to close this project to get back to the option for Legacy.  That is enough for today!  Take care, Marilynn

7/18/20 I am ready to draft a "new post".  I am not seeing that option in Blogger's New Look.   I'll be working in Legacy. 

Swift, ball, swift, and dye a Rainbow

7/18/20  I am including the date because I will probably publish this post as I finish the shawl.
Tools: Swift, ball winder, scale
Materials: 200grams of fingering yarn, 3 packets of PAAS egg dye, string for ties, pint containers, water, vinegar, rubber gloves, microwave-safe dish.
Additional supplies: measuring cups, cookie sheet, microwave, cooling rack, sink, tablecloth, apron, towel.


TODAY, I tried to recreate a technique I used last summer to dye yarn in three colors.
I remembered, that technique proved quite troublesome to wind the hank of yarn into a ball.  Today, I couldn't get the hank to cooperate to start this dyeing project.  I tried plan A, then B, and settled on plan C to dye one hank of yarn in three colors. With  two hanks, I'll have 6 colors.

 Resource:SOCKS, SOCKS, SOCKS; Edited by Elaine Rowley, (1998) 2007, p72, Dye-Your-Own Socks by Traci Bunkers.
ChemKnits Tutorials
Swatching Different PAAS Easter Egg Dyeing Kits on Yarn (2020 SMSMS Night 1)

Here is the process:

I placed the bare yarn on a swift.
I wound the yarn into a cake, removed the cake from the winder, and placed it on a scale.

I rewound 33grams into a small cake, and gently moved that and the remaining yarn back to the swift.
I opened the swift to very a wide circumference, taped the first tail of yarn to the swift, and twirled the swift to re-skein the 33grams.  I tied that in 4 places.
I adjusted the swift circumference slightly smaller, and gently pushed that yarn down.
I placed the remaining yarn on a scale,  twirled the swift to re-skein the next 33grams, and tied those strands in 4 places.
Now, I twirled the swift to re-skein the final 33grams, and tied that in 4 places.

I had a second hank of yarn, and repeated the process.

I was ready to dye the yarn with 3 packets of PAAS egg dye tablets.

I presoak the yarn for 30 minutes in 4 cups water & 1/2 cup vinegar.
I fill 6 pint jars with 1cup water & 2Tbs vinegar. I sorted and added the dye tablets.
I carefully squeezed out the excess presoak solution, and placed the yarn in rainbow order in the jars.
I pour the remaining presoak solution to fill the jars.   I let this sit for 30 minutes.

I removed the yarn from the jars, and places the yarn in small plastic bags and a microwave-safe container.   I microwaved for 2 minutes, let it rest for 2 minutes.  Repeated this 4 more times.
I let the yarn cool for an hour.

I rinsed, washed with a little dish soap&water, and rinsed again.

I rolled the yarn in a towel, then placed it on a drying rack to dry!
  
7/20/20, updated for rewinding the yarn into two cakes.

I placed this hank on the swift with the blue ready to wind.  I snipped the ties around the blue and carefully started winding.


Then, I placed and adjusted the size of the swift, snipped those ties, and wound the green.

Finally, I placed and adjusted the swift for the yellow, snipped the ties, and finished winding the ball/cake.  I was very happy this process went well!

The orange, center red, and pink hank did not go as smoothly.  I solved that problem by taking the red & pink on and off the swift, getting an extra couple hands from my husband, and at one point releasing the ball winder from table to thread through the tangle. After doubting myself and the process, in the end it all worked out.

  The winding took less than an hour even with the frustration of the tangled red. The 400 yards of yarn was wound into two balls/cakes, and ready for knitting!

Please follow the link to Rainbow over Circle Creek Shawl!

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