Deven and I have been dyeing yarn this week. I have 3 skeins left. They are worsted weight and holding out for baby colors for a friend. I have mainly been doing sock (fingering weight), and 1 Dk (sport) weight. Deven dyed 4 worsted weight for himself. We have mainly been using Wilton cake/icing paste dye. In the past we (all the boys and I) have used "Kool-Aid" type drink powders.
Hmm Why it flipped the picture sideways I do not know... It wasn't that way when I took it. Oh well. These are the yarns we've done so far.
The middle photo is of Deven's work. the neat thing is he had two skeins in his pot each time. Yes those first 2 skeins are from the same dyeing pot! And yet different. The other 2 were done the same way and came out more consisently, but he also chose a different color.
The bottom photo is the same dye as the 3rd hank on the 1st photo. They are slightly different. I think it's because the bottom photo is 30% Silk 70% Merino and the other is 100% Merino. Who knows. It was a lot of fun watching the colors react and change. I can see myself doing more of this more often.
I'm hooked!!!
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