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messages re the dress i’m making for dd next (not accesible unless you’re a member of the group). poor dab she’s been a bit neglected recently stitch-wise. all her trousers are at half mast now. if only i could spin toddler clothes she’d be fine

for my ref, sizing. dd’s 92 high but measures wider. she’s tall for her age and another growth spurt soon wouldn’t surprise me. last time i was making her stuff she was between 86 and 92. generally the ottobre cut seems to run short and wide, people have commented that this dress is wide, and it does look it in the pix. so i’m going for 92 width but 98 length in the hope we can get plenty of wear out of it. it’s above the knee in the pictures so i figure there’s room for more length and i can always hem it shorter if it looks utterly ridiculous. i’m going to follow the 92 armscye line as again it looks wide across the chestin the pix, but cut the pattern into horizontal sections as per 98.

odds and ends picked up on spinning lists, will try to keep adding here rather than doing itty bitty posts.

after you’ve soaked and towel-squished yarn you should whack it all along the length of the skein (can do for all fibres, not just sheep). this makes it smoother. after it’s dried you can repeat wash-whack for extra smoothness. some people still like to steam the yarn after it’s wash-whack-dried.

you shouldn’t weight knitting yarns as they dry. weighting yarns makes them stretch and is designed for weaving yarns which are then expected to shrink up in the final finishing.

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more various dyeing info:

food colour mixing chart
dyeing wool with easter egg dyes this should apply to liquid food colour too
Paula Burch’s All About Hand Dyeing Fabric
how to make an alum mordant