Hank wanking and yarn pirates? This knitting is pretty damn wild stuff! Who knew!!

Your mom’s sock is looking good. I’m getting ready to frog back my first pair of Trekking socks. Tried that damn swatching and math, and somehow my socks are still way too wide. Does it get any easier getting socks that fit?

I think I’ll refrain from any more sock yarn buying for a while myself, but your taste of Germany idea sounds good!

Oh man… you can’t get me excited like that. I was thinking the YP sock club sign up was tonight from your post and then I saw it was yesterday. Sad.

I wish I had a swift/ball winder. When I re-skein my balls they look crappy because I do it by hand on a toilet paper roll.

I might be interested in the “taste of germany” once I’m back in the States.. haha.

Hey… when are you guys doing another KU episode? I’m looking forward to the next one.

Hahahah - ich wußte schon immer, dass Elemmaciltur und Du SEHR gefährlich seid!! Aber ich kommentiere hier weiter, ich liebe wohl das Risiko *g*

Zum “Rehanking” - ich mag die Wolle so, wie sie gefärbt wurde, lieber, die Farben leuchten mehr und man kann sich eher vorstellen, wie sie beim Stricken herauskommen.

Deine neuen Socken sind mal wieder super - die Farbe gefällt mir auch sehr.

Wenn ich mal in die USA komme, mach ich auch beim German Taste mit, ok? ;-)
Es ist so gemein, dass man immer das haben will, was es am anderen Ende des Ozeans gibt…

Ich bin übrigens froh, dass Deine Woll-Diät vorbei ist… dann gibt’s hier wenigstens regelmäßig schöne Wolle zu sehen ;-)

Viele liebe Grüße
Tanja

I guess I am totally weird. I like the skeins as is. That way I can measure the yarn/dye repeats and make better decisions about which patterns will work with which colours.

Since I have done this, I have been much better able to stop the fugly pooling that is common to many hand painted yarns.

In fact, I have stopped buying reskeined yarn. It represents work for which I really don’t want to pay. I would rather them dye, and me decide if the colours work together for me .
-Holly

WOOT! Yarn Pirate sock club! I’m actually making special little bars of soap for Mrs. YP as a treat that will be sent out w/ the yarn… so look for some handmade soap made by ME!

Hehehe, let’s wank thoe hanks!

I’d totally do the ‘Taste of German’ were I on the other side of the ocean. But since I’m here, I’ll probably help you out with the thing. ;-)

I’d love to see the German yarn tour — such a neat idea. And YAY, I signed up for the YP club too! :)

Wow it definitely does look better ‘wanked’ - I’d be MUCH more likely to get the yarn in the 2nd photo - the first doesn’t do it justice!! That’s a really cool idea about the yarn tour - I’d love to see it. I really should find out about getting my relatives to send me some yarn from Germany LOL I see so many lovely things from there!

Another Yarn Pirate club member here :-) But I’d still be plenty interested in the “taste of Germany” idea — one can never have too much sock yarn…

So, how do you wank a hank? I love how the colors blend, but I only know how to ball a hank.

I’m too dumb to wank a hank…. I do have a ballwinder now but do you wank a hank with a niddy noddy?
Love to see the German taste thingy ;) just because I’m so tired of the ever self striping yarn by regia

I think the Taste of Germany is a fabulous idea. I’ve been “reading” … err, looking at … some German knitting blogs for a while now and there are some fantastic looking yarns that aren’t available here (in Canada).

Taste of Germany - what a cool idea! I’d be in, dude. I jumped into the Yarn Pirate Booty Club, too - couldn’t resist!

Hank wanking…I never thought of it in those terms. I always reskein my hand dyed yarns before I put them up for sale. It takes more time, but I like the idea that you can see the color mix a little bit better.

I love the idea of organizing international groups of indie dyers by country…that would take some doing, but can you imagine? This month from Germany, next from Japan, next from New Zealand…it could happen.

Love those tabi socks! I think the yarn looks better reskeined; gives me a better overall picture of the color combos.

thanks for stopping by my blog! i like the yarn reskeined too because it gives a better idea how the colors look combined. i grew up in kailua, in coconut grove area; my mom still lives there with my sister and her family. i’ve since transplanted to kaneohe - not too far away….

Love the tabi socks! I want to make some of those sometime.

I like the yarn reskeined - but I also like it in the beofre picture too. Although I think the reskeining gives a more clear picture of the overall distribution of the color in the skein.

Eeeks! German Yarn club-thingy? Please don’t. (Please do.) I totally can not yarn diet. I signed up for more clubs, including the YP one, and just placed an order with the Loopy Ewe for, yes, MORE YARN! I’m checking my budget and if I can manage a trip to Germany for Oktoberfest, you yarnies, and the Wollmeise. :)

Hi there! First of all, thanks for the comment on my blog. :) I made it my mission to scout out all the indie yarn dyers ever since I saw a list of them posted on the Internet. I still have a few to check out- but since I went on the yarn binge of the century I have to wait and knit up some first.
You know, your idea for the German indie yarns…. it is something I wish existed for US yarns too. Even the commercial ones like Fixation, Panda Cotton etc are tricky to find and the shipping adds up quickly when you place an order at every single one.
And just imagine other combos like “Around the world in 8 yarns” or “Tour Europe” or the American continent (Handmaiden, Koigu, US yarns and then Manos or Uru)…….
Love that idea……

I would definitely be interested in the ‘Taste of Germany’ if you would also include knitters from DownUnder (New Zealand)!