M is for Magic

“M is for Magic” is a short story collection by Neil Gaiman.

During my session of dyeing, I started reading this book whilst waiting for my dye to exhaust.

I haven’t gotten very far in the book (kettle dyeing takes far less time than my usual dip method), but I did enjoy it.

I must admit that I didn’t think my first “Neil Gaiman” inspired yarn would be M is for Magic, I had assumed it would be Sandman, Coraline, Stardust, or any of the other ones I have written down. Funny how life changes plans.

So, I decided that my semi solid purple skein would be named after the book.

M is for Magic is as I said a moment ago, a semi solid purple, with a very subtle black overdye.

It was a mistake.

When I was measuring out my dyes prior to dyeing, I thought I measured out 2 cups of the Violet dye I was working with, and also 2 cups of the Sapphire Blue. (Which was used in the Midnight colorway)

Turns out I measured out 4 cups of the Violet and that was it.

Now I only realized that when I had the yarn in the pot, and I was pouring in the violet from two different bottles and wondering why it looked… well… the same!

That’s when I realized what I did.

I quickly made a decision to overdye it with black. (After all, that was the skein I was originally trying to create Midnight with. I did Midnight after for obvious reasons)

Now, I didn’t want it to look like it had been dragged through mud like some people’s rash of overdyes have been, so I made a point to do it subtly.

I like how it turned out. But then, I am slightly biased.

On the writing front, it is going quite well. Both stories are getting regular updates. (I generally work on only one a day, but there are some days where I add a little to both. It all depends on my mood.)