Its a rainy cloudy day here and I just don't feel like doing the things I should be (laundry). So I took a few pictures of my newly dyed yarn. Like I said before one went pretty well I think and the other bombed bad! So I decided to go with the crock pot method to dye this up. I think it worked really well. Now I probably should have waited to do the first one because my two year old and four year old thought that it would be a good idea to dump half of my green lemon-lime packets on the floor! Grrrr. But I decided to give it a go anyway... this is what it looked like in the crock pot.
and then finished still hung up from drying
So kind of a disappointment there.... but I plan on buying more lemon-lime tomorrow and over dying it. Check back for the results.
The second one was much more of a success. My DD Alexa had just gotten home from school and helped me on this one... she maybe the key in successful dying. We used Pink Lemonade, Strawberry and Black cherry on this one, four packets of each.
Here it is in the pot not a great picture, it was starting to get dark already. Have I mentioned I loath time change? Well I do.
And the finished skein... Alexa named this Vampire ;)
I think I'm going to knit up a Damson with this.
I have some more base dye coming in the next few days and some acid dye that I can't wait to play with! I'm also trying go get my DH to get me a spinning wheel for Christmas. Like we don't already have yarn and fiber coming out of or ears! I'll have to teach the boys to knit to keep up with all of it.
Now back to my regularly scheduled laundry!
~Am
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