I've been thinking about dying yarn again for a while. Clutching hard on to my 40% off Micheals coupon, so not to loose it, I wandered through the aisles to find the perfect yarn. Lo and behold-- I found cotton-ease! They finally decided to sell this yarn in their stores! I was thrilled. I really wanted to buy a few skeins in a plumy color, but decided against it. I bought one more skein-this time in 100% wool-and got myself the heck out of the store. Well, ok, you caught me. I grabbed size 2 needles and another skein of varigated cotton yarn called "sinfonia" (made with soy), a real smooth yarn that reminds me of what the clapotis should be made out of.
I first wrapped the yarn around the chairs, lest I make that mistake again (feeding the yarn into the dye as I went..... yikes! Disaster for tangles!!), and marked it with a different colored yarn. Those will be my different sections for color... (or so I thought....)
I gave the yarn a good long soak. I let them chill for over an hour.
Although I forgot to take pictures of the yarn on the stove for well over an hour trying to get it different shades of RED. I ended up adding purple Easter egg dyes to the strawberry portion... and It washed out too. Luckily, with all the extra colors I added, it gave the yarn nice varigated colors! I love it soo much! This is what it looked like after all the many washings. It shouldn't fade that much anymore.
Here's a close-up of the different shades of color. This is why I named it "Strawberry shortcake." Strawberries, cake bottom, cream..... Doesn't it just look yummy?? 
I rolled it up pull-string style, to make sure it never tangles. Let it forever be sweet and lovely, until the day it gets knit into socks. (And may the colors always stay.)
---> I'll be going to the Dells tomorrow morning, until Wednesday night. Don't worry, I'll show you all my goodies when i'm back-- my socks, and something sexy I designed to wear over my bikini bottoms (yeah, i'm pretty conscious about exposing myself). I've been horribly busy lately. I'm hoping you'll all love it! See ya in a couple of days!
Love the colour choices Anna! =)
ReplyDeleteSo how are the Lana socks coming along? The size 1's annoy you yet? I wish you'd post another pic soon! =P
anyways, have fun up in Wisconsin & give Bucky badger my love
=)
oh yeah and I'm a brunette again. . . .
ReplyDeleteYes it was blue to begin with. The problem is my sickpal is very picky on colours & the original yarn I chose had too much orange. The Koigu was going to be a gift because she loves the yarn. Sooo when the first yarn didn't work out, I painted some green on the Koigu to maych her tastes. I never said I painted it blue, only the green.
ReplyDeleteIt's not cheating, I didn't want to do it, but at least now I have yarn that completely matches what she wants.
The cables actually don't have an effect on the sock. The ribbing I did makes them very stretchy. I was worried at first, but it works out really well.
That's really pretty. Sometimes the unintentional variegations are the best. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteLove your colours, like chewinggumm :-)
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