Weeeeell, as my last official fun act of Spring Break (which by my count ends at 4PM today, the start of the week's first class), I took the Red/Blue yarn and overdyed it with Blue Moon Berry on the stove top. It would have come out great, I think, the red muted to a perfect blue-red, had I not been so overzealous. I peeked in after the first packet and it still seemed a little bright, and I thought the water looked pretty clear, so before it was done I added just shy of one more entire packet of blue moon berry to the dye bath. It appears to have come out more burgundy / grapey / wine colored than red. The blue became even more vibrant, which I love, and all the white spots were filled in with light blue. Just a little too much blue to go around. Where the yarn was tied, though, and less of the blue absorbed, it ended up being just about the color I was going for. Live and learn:
Anyhoo, this dyeing is addictive! As soon as I finished this batch, I was cooking up other combos in my wee mind. I'm thinking of ordering just a crapload of the Andean Silk to dye to my heart's content, or maybe even the Color-Your-Own Sock Yarn from Knitpicks.
Posted by jess at March 21, 2005 12:49 PMThe colors you used look great! Isn't dying yarn fun? I took a year of weaving and silk painting back in college, and dying the yarn (for weaving) was always the best, albiet messiest, part.
Posted by: Prim at March 22, 2005 5:18 AMWow! I love it! I think I'm going to become a yarn-dyer! That burgundy colour is just... wow.
Posted by: Theresa at March 22, 2005 2:09 PMOooh ... and yet one more comment: Me, too, I just ordered a bunch of the knitpicks sock yarn to dye into various "summer colors" to use as a new Charlotte's Web probject. Have fun!
Posted by: Jenifer at March 31, 2005 10:43 AM