A little gradient goes a long way...

Mosaic-Scarf-WIP
Originally uploaded by funknitter

I had just dyed up a small ball to try out a new colourway..an earth rainbow gradient which I called Elements and I wanted to knit a swatch to see how it knits up...
On my search I found this beautiful mosaic scarf pattern from

http://www.skacelknitting.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.51616/.f

and I knew exactly that I wanted to knit it up with my tiny 50 gm ball of gradient..

Summer Gradients are coming.....

8-Ply-Cotton--Peach--Pink-G
Originally uploaded by funknitter

I wanted to test my gradient dyeing technique on Cotton yarn for a loooooooooooong time but just have no time as I am so busy dyeing all these customs up.

Last week I was asked by a LYS (Local Yarn Store) if she could stock my gradients in her store to sell.

I am thrilled by this opportunity to maybe get some more fame lol and maybe a new customer base.

She asked especially about cotton ones so I did a quick test up on 8 Ply Cotton, It is a bit paler as I wanted it to be but still really pretty....

I will dye the cotton gradient on yummy Worsted Organic Cotton....can't wait ....

The elements

earth-rainbow
Originally uploaded by funknitter

I had another colourway in mind, but my dyes had something else in mind and created an earthy rainbow. colourway....my gradients develop their own dynamics and that is the fun of creating them.. sometimes you never know what you come up with..like this a new colourway was born :

Elements Fire Water Sky and Earth...;)

Dramatic Lavenderfields!!!

lavenderfield-dram-10-Ply-B
Originally uploaded by funknitter

I have a few customers who want a Lavenderfield Ombre Gradient and I decided to finish them with a darker purple to make them more dramatic! Here is the first one of them might dye another 5 Ply on Silk/Merino/Bamboo when I dye the next one...;)

Byzantine - Noro Style

Byzantine-WIP-blue-limegree
Originally uploaded by funknitter

I love these Noro scarfs but unfortunately Noro yarn is too scratchy for my liking...a good alternative is my gradient in 4 Ply Silk/Merino which is soooo incredibly soft and alternating it with undyed yarn for a mosaic pattern like the Byzantine http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/byzantine

Summertime = Cotton time!!

Cotton-8-Ply-Misty-Berries- Spring Fling
Originally uploaded by funknitter

Summer is approaching fast and I have lots of cotton customs on the list.
I really like dyeing with fibre reactive dyes it is sooo easy.. just let it sit in the sun and rinse it after a day or two....voila!

This one is 8 Ply BWMCotton, left is "Misty Berries" with matching blue trim and "Spirng Fling" with pink trim.

New kids on the blog(ck)! ;)

new-kids-on-the-block
Originally uploaded by funknitter

My fingers were itching to try some new colour combos at the beginning of the week!
I have used 4 different brands of dyes and still mixed some colours myself.

I have certain colours which I love of different brands of dyes so I mix and match dye brands these days!

Yarn base is 10 PLy WOOlganic and the lime/teal colourway which I named" Boys will be boys" is 3 Ply 100pureWool.
I was inspired by a new t-shirt for my and I knew it had to be a new colourway...it was just screaming at me.....