I think most of them turned out pretty well. The darkest one gave me the most trouble because it was actually a bit of a yellow/orange-ish brown so I ended up using (brace yourself!) 3 bags of black indian tea, two bags of apple cinnamon herbal tea, some tumeric, and a bit of brown, yellow, and red Wilton gel icing coloring! I have no idea what actually did the work and what was just there at the party, but it came out like this. 
I like how it looks like the speckles are in the yarn, but unfortunately that's just bits of tea that escaped the bag and stuck to the yarn! I think when it's dry they'll fall out. Or rather, I hope they will! One of the eggs had a bit of a pink tinge and it's not really showing well in the photo, but I used tea and a drop of red food coloring which sort of gave it pinkish tinges here and there, which I really like. 
This one is the worst match of the bunch, but it was just straight tea, as best I can remember. 
Or maybe this was the coffee. It's all a blur now! The blue will be my main color to replicate the lovely background of the Styrofoam carton. I think I might have to design my own pattern for either a hat or mittens to showcase these lovelies! On a more successful note - a knitting buddy, Ginny, left me a PM yesterday that she'd been to the Treasure Barn, a great antique mall at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, which is like 2 minutes from my house that I don't visit nearly often enough, and spotted a couple pieces of Pyrex, which she kindly even gave me rough coordinates to locate - something like, "in the back of the 1st floor, with lids, and another upstairs without." It was 4:30 when I read it and they close at 5pm. Still, I threw on my coat and ran out the door shouting "Pyrex spotting at the Treasure Barn - gotta go!" Well let me tell you, there was more Pyrex there than I could handle! It was everywhere and I tried to compose myself and be selective - there are some patterns I like much more than others and I tried to convince myself to be a little picky. I was hoping they only took cash, because that would limit me to the small bit I had in my purse. Unfortunately they were all modern and offered to take plastic. Aaaand there was a leak in the roof, which the lady at the counter needed to do something about before leaving, so I got to shop longer while she worked (I think that just amounted to mopping up and finding something to catch the drips unfortunately. Had she actually climbed on the roof to really "take care of it" I could have shopped much longer! again, probably for the best since Ginny also told me there were a lot of old cookbooks and I never even had a chance to get to those.) So here's my haul:
A 1.5 liter refrigerator dish!
Two casseroles that were in a 1/2 price booth! I did find these exact ones in another booth, with lids, but I really don't use lids that much when I bake casseroles so I decided I'd rather get the 1/2 price ones! I'm not that kind of collector - I'm going to use the stuff!
A lovely 1.5 liter casserole - there are some super cupcake-cute pink and blue pyrex things that I just love! I need more!
This, which turns out to be a hostess set - thanks to the foks at the Pyrex Love Flickr group! I thought maybe it was a salad bowl set. This is a color that I refer to as "happy yellow!" and I needed it! The big bowl is really big and I think the yellow is even sunnier in real life!
That Treasure Barn is one dangerous place! It's not incredibly expensive, and they have a bit of everything! I walked around wanting everything - a little ceramic poodle, a lamp shaped like a mariachi guy, you get the idea!
Oh, one more success, which I should probably mention since I did intend for this to be a world-famous knitting blog, didn't I? Or rather, just a place where I could talk about knitting to someone other than the BF, who honestly tries his best, but can only muster so much interest! (about as much as I can muster when he starts talking about T-85 tubes vs. KT88s in amps or something like that.) You can't expect the one you love to be everything for you! So, I choose to talk about things like how much I love these socks here on my blog. And man, do I love these socks! Whoa - I shouldn't get ahead of myself - I really mean "sock" - this is just the first one! It fits like a dream - it's a 63 stitch sock, which is think is pretty typical of what I've done in the past, but there's no tightness at all, just perfectness! Well, perfectness in the pattern, but not so much in my execution - this shot is unfortunate because it shows all my screwups! The second shot is a bit too over exposed to show the mermaid tail-like lace pattern, but I'll assure you, it's great! No SSS here - I'll be casting on #2 tonight because I certainly want two of these puppies!
I always try to buy farm eggs - or you know, free range deals instead of the chicken factory kind, but I haven't been to the market much this winter, and the guy at work who used to bring them in to sell transferred. Maybe it's the fact that I haven't had a carton of these in a while that's making me crazy obsessed with them! One of my coworkers got two dozen eggs from a guy he traded some venison to and he gave me a carton because he didn't think he'd use two - so nice of him! it feels kind of pioneer-ish, except that I didn't do anything to earn them! Because the BF and I love eggs nearly as much as 
It might all not work at all, but I can always overdye. It'll be interesting at least! Oh, I added a little shot of vinegar to each, even though I think both coffee and tea might be acidic enough to not need it. Results forthcoming! 
Jen and Linette were not nearly as enthralled with my owl as I was. Make that "not at all enthralled", but after I carried it around for a while, it just felt right and I knew he was coming home with me. I also scored two Pyrex casserole dishes
to fuel my new obsession, which I think 
Oh yeah, and those two paint-by-number horse pictures in the background - another find that had to come home with me! admit it, they're fantastic! And maybe for those fond of the less kitchy, I scored this handful of silk scarves! 
Seriously - I picked up one and it was like finding penny after penny on the ground - there was another color and another color and another color! There are about 5 that are all the same - 100% silk, hand rolled edges, made in Japan, in various colors - hot pink, purples, and one acid green. Then there are a few others that just seemed to go with the set that were prints with the same tones in them. Sometimes I think of making a framed wall hanging of lots of scarves all sewn together like a silky patchwork. I do a lot of thinking though - not so much "doing". So those are the highlights I guess - there's more - a giant bag more! some clothes that need to be altered, a yellow striped scarf from the Gap, an old 70's book about houseplants - you know, the stuff that makes life fun! And speaking of fun, thanks for coming down, Jen and Linette, and for making my weekend! I love ya!
I still like it though. I also got 10 balls of what they called baby yellow, but it's less yellow than I thought it'd be - like yellow-ish off-white. 
But I still like it too. These were crazy cheap from 
The part that wasn't for me was 8 balls of Ella Rae Classic for Emily in a really fantastic grey - it's such a great color, I kinda which I'd have gotten some. what don't I wish I'd have gotten though? really. 
This picture just doesn't even show how slouchy it is - I couldn't capture the crapitude! 
I kept thinking that it seemed like my stitches ought to be tighter. I used size 2 needles because that's what I used for another fingering weight beret I made. I think I'm much looser in colorwork though. apparently. I guess it isn't throw away horrible, but it isn't quite what I was hoping for. Oh, yes, I did try to shrink it but the damn superwash I used is sort of made to 
I decided just to make a decent sized piece of fabric just for the sake of weaving it, and maybe if I do this several times I can sew them together into a crazy blanket. Hmm, now that I see in in the picture, it's a little country-ish, eh? it's really navy and light blue - not blue and white, but I don't guess that makes it any less country, does it? Perhaps when it's all together with other stuff it'll be better.
and this funny owl planter. 
All in all, it was a really nice visit, and my mom says she'll come back up now that she sees it isn't such a bad drive. It was a nice way to start the year!