Ooops I dyed it again…

Ooops I dyed it again…

Finally, my refill for the dye pot arrived this week and I couldn’t keep my fingers off it. I was almost out of stock. Seriously. Can you believe it??

A lovely lady from Italy contacted me and wanted some Mumpitz sock glitter in the colourway Nebula. Her aim is to knit the Southern Skies shawl by Audry Nicklin. I can’t wait to see it when it’s done! What a mesmerizing pattern!! It is a knit chart of the stars of the southern hemisphere. Chapeau!!

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Southern Skies Shawl by Audry Nicklin
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Mumpitz Sock Glitter Nebula

Here is her finished shawl!!

Southern Skies Shawl by Audry Nicklin made by Andrea with Mumpitz Sock Nebula
Southern Skies Shawl by Audry Nicklin made by Andrea with Mumpitz Sock Nebula
Southern Skies Shawl by Audry Nicklin made by Andrea with Mumpitz Sock Nebula
Southern Skies Shawl by Audry Nicklin made by Andrea with Mumpitz Sock Nebula

Since the Mumpitz Sock Glitter yarns sold out so quickly I had to order more of this lovely yarn base. I like that it is not overly glitzy but has a very decent sparkle that pushes the colours even more. It’s 71% Merino / 24% Polyamide / 5% Polyester superwash fingering yarn (400m/100grams) and knits up beautifully with 2.5mm-3.5mm needles.

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Mumpitz Sock Glitter base silver

I was excited to see that it even comes with a golden glitz. I’ll need to find the right colour combination for this one soon!

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Mumpitz Sock Glitter base gold

Usually when I’m in the dye-mood I dye not more skeins than would fit on my drying rack, so this time I dyed five lovely skeins, two glitzy ones and three sock weight yarns without glitz.

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drying in progress

Here are my glitz yarns. I just love to see them sparkle and am madly in love with the new Ruby Tuesday colourway! I guess I’ll have to come up with a matching pattern idea soon 🙂

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Mumpitz Sock Glitter

These are two yarns I dyed earlier this month, squishalicious pure Merino yarn in the colourways Shaken, Not Stirred, and Splash of Colours. Which is your favourite?

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Mumpitz Merino Splash of colours

 

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Mumpitz Merino Shaken, not stirred

Aaaaaand the sock yarns wound into skeins. I could look at them all day!

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Mumpitz Sock Sprinkle Sprinkle
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Mumpitz Sock Berry
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Mumpitz Sock Aquarius

Now I really need to put them away or I’ll start another project right now… Argh!

Happy knitting!!

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