So I dyed my first yarn this weekend and Kool-Aid man was right there with me. It was pretty fun and I'll definitely do it again. It was also a lot quicker than I thought. I ended up dyeing the yarn twice to get a richer color. I started with Lorna's Laces in the Sweetie colorway. Here's a before shot:
I got this out of a clearance sale at knit2purl2.com. She was out of the colorway I wanted and substituted this. Definitely not a color I would wear. Anyways, here's the result after 4 packets of orange Kool-Aid and 2 packets of cherry.
Much better! I wanted the yellow to be orange - check - the pink to be red - check - and the purple to be a lot darker - check! I'll probably end up knitting this up with some black to subdue the colors even more (I don't think I could pull off orange, red and purple socks) and I think it'll look pretty cool. All in all a successful experience at the dye pot. You can check out more pictures of the process here.
9 comments:
Holy s***!!! Kool Aid did *that*??!! Dude that is sooo pretty! Hats off to you.
*ahem* ... Instructions please.
:-D
I just followed the instructions at this link from knitpicks.com. It was super easy.
Sweet! Thanks!! :)
Lovin' it. Sock would go with Matt's fingerless gloves (?).
You can get Lorna's (and others) sock yarn in ecru to dye from scratch too.
Very cool! I never would have thought to dye something that already had color. I love the way it turned out!
Yeah, I second what Angela said for sure.
It doesn't even look like it was ever the same yarn. Very nicely done (even if the colours are a bit hectic for me, hehe).
The yarn looks totally different and much improved. I'm part of the Detroit area knitters group but I go to the Tuesday night group in Dearborn. A knitter dude! WOW! I've been trying to talk my husband in to learning to no avail. I also believe that we have a birthday in common. I just detailed my prezzies on my blog. Don't you just love knitting goodies?
Wow what an amazing transformation. I'm sure Lorna would be proud of you!
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