Wine, Dye and Knit III
Not counting other crafty things we've done at my house that also happened to include yarn, dye and wine (which happens quite a bit!), I hosted a 3rd Wine, Dye and Knit party at my house. In addition to the usual suspects, Aubrey, Zona and Rachel, we also were joined by "JayJay" and Amanda. We took over the entire kitchen - all 4 ranges, the eat-in nook, the dining room, the entryway, the floor,the bathroom, and every single countertop and table top. I 
wish I had taken pictures-- didn't even think of it, for it was surely a crafty delight.
OK, get your visual and imaginative brain cells ready. I'll have to describe it...Picture 2 long-armed table top swifts, an umbrella swift and a ball winder on a 6' long dining table with wine glasses scattered around any available corner or space. Then around the perimeter around the table and the rest of the dining room were everyone's bags of yarn and roving. In my kitchen nook, which is connected to the dining room through a pocket door, my round 45" breakfast table was covered with food, yarn, more wine
glasses and yummy (and beautiful!) muffins (made by Chefs Amanda and Rachel). Then all the counters and ledges in the kitchen were covered with dye supplies, dye pots, cups, spoons, more dye supplies, yarn and rovings. The kitchen sink was filled with
piping hot dyed yarns waiting to get a rinse bath, while the floor had more tubs of dye supplies, yarn and Aubrey's giant ball of roving. The shower stall in the bathroom was filled with wet colorful yarns, and it stunk like it too. Well, the whole house smelled of wet wool. 
Luckily we used citric acid, not vinegar, which can burn your nose if you do it for hours. Yep, we dyed for hours. I think it may be due to the yet-to-be-researched addictive qualities of wool. I will offer some of my hand-dyed yarn if someone can give me and Zona a reasonable and scientific explanation proving our theory on the addictive qualities of wool. Even non-knitters and non-crafty people always want to touch and ooh and ahh over wool. Why?
Pictures: top - a lacy scarf I knitted then dyed; middle - a hat I knitted, then dyed; bottom - Aubrey's big ball of roving that she left behind. My kitties were surely happy with her forgotten roving!
wish I had taken pictures-- didn't even think of it, for it was surely a crafty delight.OK, get your visual and imaginative brain cells ready. I'll have to describe it...Picture 2 long-armed table top swifts, an umbrella swift and a ball winder on a 6' long dining table with wine glasses scattered around any available corner or space. Then around the perimeter around the table and the rest of the dining room were everyone's bags of yarn and roving. In my kitchen nook, which is connected to the dining room through a pocket door, my round 45" breakfast table was covered with food, yarn, more wine
glasses and yummy (and beautiful!) muffins (made by Chefs Amanda and Rachel). Then all the counters and ledges in the kitchen were covered with dye supplies, dye pots, cups, spoons, more dye supplies, yarn and rovings. The kitchen sink was filled with
piping hot dyed yarns waiting to get a rinse bath, while the floor had more tubs of dye supplies, yarn and Aubrey's giant ball of roving. The shower stall in the bathroom was filled with wet colorful yarns, and it stunk like it too. Well, the whole house smelled of wet wool. 
Luckily we used citric acid, not vinegar, which can burn your nose if you do it for hours. Yep, we dyed for hours. I think it may be due to the yet-to-be-researched addictive qualities of wool. I will offer some of my hand-dyed yarn if someone can give me and Zona a reasonable and scientific explanation proving our theory on the addictive qualities of wool. Even non-knitters and non-crafty people always want to touch and ooh and ahh over wool. Why?Pictures: top - a lacy scarf I knitted then dyed; middle - a hat I knitted, then dyed; bottom - Aubrey's big ball of roving that she left behind. My kitties were surely happy with her forgotten roving!
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As a grateful attendee of Wine, Dye, & Knit III, I can confirm everything in this post, especially the wonderful company and the delicious food. With all that goodness in one place, it's no wonder the yarn looks so good! Thanks Anne for hosting such a lovely event!
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