A Good Day to Dye
Karen and I have been dreaming up more colors! And the other day, she sent me some yarn that I had asked for, but she sounded hesitant about. I could tell over the phone that she didn't like it but didn't want to say anything! So I decided Kool-Aid, on sale at Safeway, was the answer.
When I got the yarn, I could see that she was right: something was definitely missing. It was a nice tonal range of denim blue to a darker almost navy blue, with some purple bits thrown in. (Wouldn't you know that the before photo didn't come out?!) I whipped out the Black Cherry Kool-Aid.
The kids started to be interested, more in the Kool-Aid than the yarn, I think. I have to say that this was my first experiment with dyeing and I loved it! It was too much fun. I used four packets, heating the yarn on the stove and stirring it a little. We all watched fascinatedly as the color began to vanish out of the water and the yarn changed color.
I love the way it came out.
And really, this is excellent prep for my next foray into dyeing: pale pink laceweight cashmere. I look terrible in pale pink. And next time, I will be better at documentation. I promise!
I'm calling this color Crush, and hoping that Karen can re-create it.
She's good at that. :)
When I got the yarn, I could see that she was right: something was definitely missing. It was a nice tonal range of denim blue to a darker almost navy blue, with some purple bits thrown in. (Wouldn't you know that the before photo didn't come out?!) I whipped out the Black Cherry Kool-Aid.
The kids started to be interested, more in the Kool-Aid than the yarn, I think. I have to say that this was my first experiment with dyeing and I loved it! It was too much fun. I used four packets, heating the yarn on the stove and stirring it a little. We all watched fascinatedly as the color began to vanish out of the water and the yarn changed color.
I love the way it came out.
And really, this is excellent prep for my next foray into dyeing: pale pink laceweight cashmere. I look terrible in pale pink. And next time, I will be better at documentation. I promise!
I'm calling this color Crush, and hoping that Karen can re-create it.
She's good at that. :)
Labels: dyeing
posted by Romi at 12:00 AM
10 Comments:
Hello Romy,
I like the new colour of your yarn. I haven't dyed yet and I would like to try one day.
Have a very good day
Agnès
This looks gorgeous! I love the colors. Dyeing is so much fun, isn't it?
Julia
Beautiful color!
Very impressive! Beautiful shades. I have two skeins of laceweight in dull blues that could benefit from this. Thanks!
Qapla! LOVELY yarn. :)
It's gorgeous!
Hee - I used exactly the same title for a blog entry a while ago. We're both so clever...
That's absolutely gorgeous. One thing to throw in there, though: I got really into koolaid dyeing at the beginning of my spinning/dyeing, and I wanted to test how colorfast it was. I set some outside on the porch, where there isn't direct sun but there is reflected sunlight. Some of the colors did just fine, but one pink faded to a dirty gray in under two weeks. Just so you know. Keep that gorgeous yarn away from the sun.
You could take muckety muck and turn it into something beautiful.
That color is sooo grape Crush! Love it.
My favorite colors. Hey, does the yarn smell wonderful? Like cherries? My Kool-Aid shawl smelled like cherries for years.
I think Brenda Zuk still has it in her gallery. I am glad it is somewhere because I gave it to a friend in CO. It was fun. Your hank of yarn is lovely.
junie
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