adam knits!

Alright, after making quite a mess in the late hours last night, I have some sweet yarn to show off! May I offically present my first self-striping colorway, named:

For the un-EE’s out there, you can check out this link on resistor color coding. A resistor is an electrical device that basically limits or controls the flow of current in a circuit, kinda of like a pipe with rocks in it to slow down water. And since they’re small, and look all alike, they put color bands on them so you can figure out the actual value of resistance, measured in Ω’s. You can see the colors that inspired the name, and the colors I striped the yarn with in this photo: Overall the yarn came out pretty good. I used Jacquard Ecru for the cream color, which didn’t exactly turn out like I wanted. And I got a bit of color cross over on the ecru, because it took any accidental touches of the other dark colors very easily. But it looks pretty cool, and I think it’ll make a nice pair of socks. Now I just need to make a warping board, so it’s not such an arduous process next time. (You should have seen it, it took like an hour to get it untangled…I didn’t tie it off too well so it got very tangled.) Here’s a few pictures of the yarn lounging out in the garden.

Also, there’s 2 new sets on my flickr photostream: 3.6 kΩ Yarn! and garden season 2006, so go check them out!

Next in my dyeing future will be to make some sweet yarn for my Dye-O-Rama Pal, and then I’m dreaming of a new colorway, called Printed Circuit Board. :)