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May 23, 2006
Dye Festival
Who says you need a hot date to have a good time on a Saturday night? When I found myself with a free Saturday evening because Dale had a band job I got right on the phone with dear Blogless Sharon and invited her over for a yarn dyeing festival. And we did festival it up a bit. There was a bit lot of wine and a bit of cheese and quite a bit of dyeing.
Since I had successfully mastered already attempted space dyed yarn, I decided it was time to try some hand painting. So, out came the dyes and the squirt bottles.
It was really simple and really fun! Following Dave's very scientific instructions, I put 1/2 tsp of powdered dye (PRO Chemical One Shot Dyes if you're shopping) and a plastic spoonful of vinegar into an 8 oz squirt bottle from the beauty supply shop, then filled the bottle the rest of the way with hot water. We then took wetted skeins of yarn and squirted them with dye. Then we wrapped them in plastic wrap and steamed them for about 1/2 hour each.
Right out of the steam pot
Unwrapped. Note the presence of wine. Just saying.
We made four skeins total and here they are hanging out after they had been rinsed until the water ran clear.
I left them there to dry over night. In the morning they were still a bit damp so I stuck them out on the deck in the sunshine. Finally, after an hour or so, they were dry and I set about re-skeining them.
Voila. Hand painted yarn. One is for my dye pal and Sharon and I are fighting over dividing up the other skeins.
Posted by Carole at May 23, 2006 7:00 AM
Comments
so pretty! looks like fun too, with the wine and all.
Posted by: maryse at May 23, 2006 7:10 AM
Re-skeining is magic.
Posted by: Ann at May 23, 2006 7:24 AM
Oooh, love that one on the very bottom there. You really took to this fast!
Posted by: Cheryl at May 23, 2006 7:24 AM
Hey those are great!
Posted by: Scout at May 23, 2006 7:54 AM
They're beautiful. One of these days I'm going to get up the nerve to try this. Mine so far has been single-color stuff. And I agree with Ann: Re-skeining is magic!
Posted by: Norma at May 23, 2006 8:01 AM
They are all happy yarns!! I love them all.
Posted by: margene at May 23, 2006 8:11 AM
Outstanding! You two make a good pair, but then, I knew that already.
Posted by: Chris at May 23, 2006 8:16 AM
Very nice. I like the purple best. Must have been fun. It's one of the few endeavors where it doesn't matter where you spill the wine.
Posted by: Laurie at May 23, 2006 8:17 AM
Color and SUN!! Wow... I need some.
Posted by: Judy at May 23, 2006 8:27 AM
Such beautiful results! I really want to try this. ;)
Posted by: Lolly at May 23, 2006 8:28 AM
Ooo pretty! My favorite is the bottom one in the second picture. How are you going to divide 3 skeins between the two of you though? ;)
Posted by: Karen at May 23, 2006 8:48 AM
Beautiful! Next weekend is dye weekend at my house.
Posted by: Kathy at May 23, 2006 8:56 AM
Ooh, pretty!! I'm very impressed.
Posted by: --Deb at May 23, 2006 9:06 AM
I love those colors! This may be a dumb question, but what exactly do you mean by reskeining?
Posted by: Leah at May 23, 2006 9:08 AM
That is gorgeous! You could go into business! Except then you couldn't drink wine while dyeing. :-)
Posted by: Amy at May 23, 2006 9:08 AM
Don't you love super scientific methods like a handful of this and a pinch of that? BTW, I think she who provides the vino should have first choice of yarn. The skeins look lovely Carole!
Posted by: amanda at May 23, 2006 9:09 AM
wonderful yarn! and it looks like a great combo to me - glass of wine, a bit of cheese, and fiber dyeing. yahoo!
Posted by: Teyani at May 23, 2006 9:15 AM
Beautiful yarn! Aren't you glad you joined the Dye-O-Rama?!? Isn't it amazing to see your plain yarn turn into beautiful colored yarn?
Posted by: Angelia at May 23, 2006 9:20 AM
Hee hee - our dyeing (mis)adventures involve liberal application of wine and whine, too! Love that purpley skein.
Posted by: Chris at May 23, 2006 9:26 AM
Fascinating. You make both processes look so easy that I may have to give it a try.
They turned out great.
Posted by: deidre at May 23, 2006 9:45 AM
Very nice! I like the purply one too. (You knew I would.) I note a darkish red in most of the skeins, almost a wine color.
Posted by: Lucia at May 23, 2006 9:50 AM
Looks nice! Have you considered selling any?
Posted by: elizabeth at May 23, 2006 9:53 AM
What lovely skeins! I like your color choices.
Posted by: Snow at May 23, 2006 10:06 AM
Those all look awesome! That top one in the bottom picture is my favorite. :)
I want to learn how to do it...AFTER my move to my new apartment.
Posted by: Cecily Stewart at May 23, 2006 10:13 AM
A Festival of Colour! They look just beautiful.
Posted by: Liz at May 23, 2006 11:27 AM
I like that bottom-most skein in particular. Nice job! :-)
Posted by: Beth S. at May 23, 2006 12:19 PM
Beeyooteeful!
Posted by: mamacate at May 23, 2006 1:13 PM
Those are all very beautiful skeins, Carole! Your dye pal will be very lucky!
Posted by: Kristi aka Fiber Fool at May 23, 2006 1:32 PM
That sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday night to me. Beautiful job on the dyeing love all those colors.
Posted by: Kelly at May 23, 2006 2:07 PM
They're just beautiful! Sounds like lots of fun.
Posted by: Susan at May 23, 2006 3:17 PM
Those turned out really great! I can't believe you can drink and dye. (Note to self: remove dyeing directions from site.)
Posted by: Dave Daniels at May 23, 2006 6:33 PM
You make it sound so easy....
Posted by: Imbrium at May 23, 2006 6:39 PM
If you can't decide, you can split the difference and send them to me. I'd be happy to help you out.
Posted by: Theresa at May 23, 2006 8:00 PM
Beeyewteeful! ;o)
Posted by: Jess at May 23, 2006 8:02 PM
Wow! Really pretty Carole. It was worth the wait! ;)
Posted by: heather at May 23, 2006 10:10 PM
Lovely! Koigu has nothing on you Carole :)
Posted by: Debi at May 23, 2006 11:31 PM
They look great, so colorful!
Posted by: Jennifer at May 24, 2006 12:18 AM
Happy Spring colors!
Posted by: Monica at May 24, 2006 9:30 AM
Happy Spring colors!
Posted by: Monica at May 24, 2006 9:30 AM
I have seen theese in person and I must say I was very impressed. Debbie
Posted by: Debbie at May 25, 2006 9:56 PM
VERY Koigu-like, only with your own twist to it. Stunning results. My dyes from PRO Chemical arrived today as well as my dyed yarn, which was done by Scout J herself, so I'm both nervous and ready to start dyeing. Thank you for the inspiration!
Posted by: Siri at June 2, 2006 2:19 AM
