Sock Summit 2009 Dye for Glory Voting Booth

My entry for the “Kettle Dyed” category is “Nudie Gnome” According to Huygen et al. 1 , Gnomes would rather be without their pants than their hats. Looks like our Gnome friends forgot something when they left the house…

This colorway uses natural dyes and non-toxic mordants which are eco-friendly, sustainable and fair-trade. The original inspiration for this colorway came from fellow Raveler CrisisKnitter who thought that a locally inspired colorway would be fun to create for Sock Summit. The colors are also very similar to “Rainbow Sherbet”, the winner of the Portland Rose Society’s competition in 2008.

Snicklefritz Yarns will have a limited edition set of 15-20 of these at Sock Summit in booth #505. It will be available in our luscious 80/20 superwash BFL and nylon blend in fingering weight as well as a small amount in a merino/cashmere sock yarn. We will also be happy to take orders at the show should you wish to have this particular colorway in any of our other base yarns.

Snicklefritz Yarns is headed by Raveler “Nannysknits” who specializes in playing with the chemistry of the dyeing process to create fun and unusual colorways that don’t flash or pool. The company is also committed to using eco-friendly dyes. When Snicklefritz Yarns’ isn’t in the lab at work (she’s does Nanotech in her day job, she’s in the studio doing the fun chemistry. :)

1 W. Huygen and R. Poortuliet, “Gnomes”, Abrams, N.Y., 1976

Again, another one inspired by the British summer and our fondness for eating strawberries with cream while Wimbledon is on.

Having such a nightmare trying to get a semi-decent photo of this yarn… I think I’ll have to see about getting Photoshop

Sock Summit booth: #204, British Yarn

Yarn will be in the Loopy Ewe Booth at the Sock Summit

This is Iris it is dreamy almost rainbow shades flowing seamlessly from of end to the other. It will be available at the yarny-goodness booth #417 at sock summit and also as a pre-order at www.valutree.etsy.com

One of my two entries in the Ravelry/Sock Summit Dye for Glory contest in the Kettle Dyed category.

This colorway is partially inspired by the Sock Summit logo. I wanted to do a colorway with the warm colors from the logo, and one with the cooler colors.

I’ve heard Portland is well known for its beer, produced by small breweries, so here’s Microbrew!

Lager, red ale, and (my favorite) stout blend in a sampler platter of tasty brews. I love this one!

I’m so thrilled by the response to this color – Thank you, everyone!

I will be doing one more session of this colorway, then discontinuing it in honor of Sock Summit ‘09. If you’d like to reserve a skein, please pm me and I’ll reserve a skein for you in my Etsy shop.

The cut off for reserves will be this Friday, 8/14. They will be dyed up next week, and in the shop by next Friday, 8/21. Thanks!

You’re not looking at a black/white photograph! This is totally neutral, just black and white with shades of grey…totally awesome. This will be available in my Ice Cream Sundae base of 75% superwash/25% nylon as well.

Entered in the kettled category for Dye for Glory, Sock Summit 2009.

You can get this yarn on etsy or at Sock Sock Summit at booth 1115.

A 75% superwash wool/25% nylon sock yarn created for Sock Summit. It has the colours of a wildfire raging across the desert, a constant but beautiful danger here. This yarn and all March Hare yarns will be available at Jennie the Potter’s booth at Sock Summit ‘09

This colorway has been developed for the 2009 Sock Summit’s “Dye for Glory” Contest. My booth number is 414-416.

This yarn is a play on the old joke, “What’s Black and White and Read/Red all over?” And also relates to the fact that lots of folks are saying that they would like to spend a day at a Powell’s bookstore while they are in Portland.

This is one of the most fun yarns I have knitted in a while!!

This yarn is part of a grouping of kettle dyed yarns that generally create random patterns in the knitting of socks, and other garments due to the manner in which it was dyed. These are non-repeatable in nature. What is available is all there will be in the specific colorway. We are using the title of “A Day at” (TM) to denote this style of dyeing.

being the foodie (and yarnie) that i am, my special sock summit colorways had to have a foodie bent with some authentic portland flavor. this one is a shout out to ned ludd’s ruby trout.

kettle dyed in deep sea blue, green and teal with some ruby spots and speckles.

this yarn will be available exclusively at the loopy ewe booth and sock summit, and after that it might just make an appearance or two at the numma numma shop.

Commercial superwash merino/tencel 50/50 yarn hand dyed in Crown Mountain Colors called Aphrodite in the colorway Peace Of Mind.
Sock Summit booth #507 and #606

Immersion dyed the Jackrabbit base the way I usually do (resists and multiple passes through different colored dye baths), this is for Dye for Glory. :D Pam of Yarny Goodness will be bringing some of my yarn to Sock Summit, so I pulled out a last minute entry. I have two more skeins of it setting, in the 6oz put up.

This yarn is perfect for this kind of deep and varied colorway. The high twist and sheen really make the colors glow.

I happen to love it. The name is a reference to the St Crispin’s Day speech from Henry V. St. Crispin is a patron saint of cobblers, tanners, and leatherworkers (and bikers, apparently), thus the many shades of brown.

The pictures are in order. The first picture has #1 on top and #2 on the bottom. The detail following and then the open hank picture are for #1, and then the second detail and open hank picture are for #2. Then the last picture is the same 2 hanks turned over. #1 is still the one on top.

These are not reskeined.

I’ll be debuting the Pin Ups line (10 colorways total so far) at the Lotus Yarns booth #101 at the Sock Summit!

Pin Ups are dyed exclusively on the Chakra yarn base - 375 yards of a gorgeous 80% superwash merino/10% cashmere/10% nylon base. It’s the softest yarn I’ve ever put my hands on!

This colorway is inspired by the forests, canyons and wildflowers in my home state of Colorado, and was designed for Sock Summit Dye For Glory - My Journey to Sock Summit 2009. I will be traveling from my home near Fort Garland in Southern Colorado, through Utah, Idaho and finally Oregon.

I’ll bee in Booth #208 - See you at Sock Summit!

Ametrine is a gem of a colorway designed especially for Sock Summit’s Dye for Glory. Get it? Ametrine - Gem? Okay, maybe it’s just me. ;) It consists of pale purple, dark pink, golden yellow, and smokey grey, kettle-dyed to provide the beautiful transitions and color variation found in it’s gemstone namesake.

Our Ebullient base is 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon. Frog Creek Fibers will be in Booth 129 at the Sock Summit which is in the corner near the Luncheon Area.

This colorway is available for pre-order on our etsy site.

frogcreekfibers.etsy.com

Sock Summit Dye for Glory submission – Kettled category. (Booth #315)

Kettle dyed in shades of aqua, deep blue, mossy greens, and earthy browns, this colorway satisfies those that love both earthy and more vibrant shades.

Available for preorder now (here), and at our Sock Summit booth.

This is batch 3 of my Dye For Glory colorway. Basically, I kettle dyed 3 batches of yarn, entirely based on the colors in the Sock Summit logo. My yarn is represented at Sock Summit by Yarny Goodness. You can purchase these colorways at: http://blairqualls.etsy.com

This yarn is 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon.

I have perfected my semi-sold red sock yarn for Sock Summit 09. The name is inspired by my friend Becky’s little red Miata. This yarn is a true red, which is quite hard to obtain and the photos do it no justice. It is entered in the kettled category. You can find this yarn in the Anzula booth, 405.

This is the colorway “crapshoot”, dedicated to the Yarn Harlot for the Sock Summit 2009. I am submitting it to the Dye for Glory Contest.
The name is in reference to what Stephanie Pearl-McPhee says about gauge sometimes. Some dyes are a total crapshoot, too. :)
In the photos, the yellowish color is actually closer to a chartreuse green. As I was photographing the skein after re-skeining it, the sun came out and lightened the colors. The whole skein is a mix of eggplant purple, some greys and mauves, and chartreuse. It was kettle dyed.

My booth number at the Sock Summit ‘09 is 800.

Vert Colorway created for Dye for Glory, Sock Summit 2009 contest for indie dyers. Kettled dyed category.
Our yarn will be at Sock Summit 2009 with the amazing Sheri of The Loopy Ewe. Thanks Sheri!!!!!!

This yarn will be at Sock Summit at the Knit-A-Bit booth (I believe #808). Sock Summit, as we all know, is in Oregon and I spent three years in Eugene, just a few hours south of Portland. This colorway was inspired by the perfect summers in the Willamette Valley - lush green forests, bright blue skies, clear cold rivers and streams and so much sun! It was heavenly.

Curious Creek Fibers ~ Wasonga 100% Superwash Merino Wool ~ I paint in my kettles to achieve an effect that is both semi-solid and a saturated watercolor.

My husband is a Charles Mingus fan and while I was developing this colorway he was listening to Meditations on Mingus, a compilation of musicians interpreting his music.

I decided to interpret what a mulberry leaf might taste like to a silk worm and I came up with this color combination.

This colorway will be sold at Sock Summit by Morgaine Wilder of Carolina Homespun and will be available at Curious Creek Fibers retailers in Fall 2009.

Thank you for those that placed orders from Lollipop Cabin during Sock Summit 2009! Your order is currently being dyed and will be shipped by the end of the month. No new order request are being accepted for this colourway at this time. This colour shall be retired.

From the Dye for Glory contest, only Laying in the Autumn Leaves Along the Pacific Crest Trail will continue to be in production.

If you are interested in purchasing yarn from Lollipop Cabin, please ask your LYS to contact us regarding wholesale orders.

About the yarn: 400 yards of organic wool sock yarn. Each skein is one-of-a-kind, individually hand-dyed in a wee little cabin with collected rain water from the Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountains.

Additional Photo: Marian Kolbel of Lollipop Cabin at the Summit on Mt. Hood, OR

“Amor” …. Spanish for Love. I could not think of a better way to express the emotion behind the art of knitting then “Love”. Creativity, inspiration, generosity, perseverance. I love knitting and all things that come with it.

“Amor” is my submission for the Kettle dyed category. Several shades of berry with a bit of Mocha all layered together in one pot create this rich and prismatic colorway. Under each strand lies several colors, each blending and marrying effortlessly.

Available in several yarn weights and bases (and fiber too!) in booth #415 under Becoming Art.

also available for preordering on my etsy Friday evening

Kettle dyed for my Dye for Glory submission. I am happy with the colors! Beautiful shades of deep reds, teals and blues, gold, a tad of green and brown. I call it “Summit”
2 Skeins will be available in my Etsy shop. Look for my yarn at Sock Summit with Dublin Bay Knitting Co.

The Sunny Feet Summit Series was inspired by a memory of the Portland area in 1994 when I climbed Mt St Helens. I have distinct memories of seeing the local mountains from St Helens, including Rainier, Hood, Adams, Jefferson. I and not completely sure that all are visible from there, but there have since been other trips to the Northwest in which the mountains have figured prominently.

Every skein in the Summits Series is focused on one of these mountains, filling the desire for a number of colorways that are also more masculine and relate to camouflage.

Hood is a Green, Charcoal, and brown colorway to reflect memories of the mountain seen from a distance and up close with family. It was dyed using a solar dyed kettle process using low impact dyes.

This yarn will be available at Fibers Grass Valley booth #305.