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One of my favourite gifts to give this year. For months it filled us with anticipation, knowing just how gratefully and gleefully it would be received. My sister lives on a student budget and has just gotten into knitting. This means that she’s constantly running out of yarn to knit.
Rainer and I hand-dyed 800g of worsted weight yarn for her. We mixed burgundy with brown, made it pretty concentrated, and didn’t stir much. We hoped for a yarn that was richly coloured and semi-solid, something that would complement her colouring and look good as a sweater. It looked so very, very dark when wet in the pot that I panicked a bit. It dried up nicely, though, and so I found paper to compliment it and made my own labels.
Katie’s got a sweater already picked out: the sleek hoodie Katje.
Rudra is a Hindu god associated with the colour red.
Handmade Homeschool 
yum yum yum love that rich colour!
Ooooo, I love this yarn. I spent all Christmas morning smooshing it, and still sometimes take it out and smoosh it.
I can’t wait to knit with it, but I’m also excited that I’ve turned it into the carrot for working on my thesis (for every 2 hours of thesis work, I can work on the Katje for a half hour). I think I’m going to save up the hours and spend one full day on the sweater, but I may not be able to wait that long!
Thanks again, so much, for such a wonderful, thoughtful, amazing gift!
That is such a unique gift! I like the yarn, the color, the label, the pattern picked out and the thought!!! 🙂
What a great gift! I love the color, and her patten. My sister is graduating this year and knitting seemed to have slipped off her radar, but she had the needles out at Thanksgiving…gave her a pair of Fetching fingerless gloves for Christmas. I’m hoping for many years of knitting with her.
gorgeous stuff!
beautiful color
What an amazing gift! So thoughtful, and obviously really well received – success! 🙂
Clapping for your latest creative endeavor. And also because you are such a thoughtful person.