Dying to Dye.

Just a quick update.

So after a month, let me tell you what happened to my "grand ideas".

I've dyed my own yarn. And it was AMAZING. So much fun. I first tried  to dye yarn with Rite dye. And then I got some Wilton icing colouring. Then I bought some Jacquard dyes from Knit Picks. And now I want more.

Here are some pictures of the yarn I have dyed in the past month. I didn't get to do a lot, because of school, but the ones I've done are pretty awesome.

This one was my first attempt. I didn't like when I first saw it. But as it dried, I noticed the pinks started to lighten. But I used way too much black and it kind of took over everything. You can't really see it in the photo, but the purple came out really bright. And in places I didn't know I had put the purple. I liked how the purple came out. Haven't knitted anything with it yet.

 

This was my second attempt. Meant to be Black, Red, Grey with bits of pink. Purple magically showed up. Looked pretty awesome.  Left picture is re-skeined. I started to knit something with this, but then I misplaced it. Currently looking for it.

This is my third attempt. Green, Light Blue, and black. And it came out so pretty! The blue is really pretty, the green is bright, and the black is... well... black. Except for one area. I tried to hide it in the pictures. But were the green meets the black in one area, it's kind of grey. I don't think I used enough green or black to fad the colours. Still looks pretty and I did make something with this one.

At the bottom, the colours kind of make rows of colour. and you can see the grey that I was talking about earlier. Kind of itchy because it 100% wool. Still pretty damn warm. 

This one I did for a project. Just one colour. But the way I dyed it made the colour dye differently everywhere. I did three skeins, and they each came out differently. Here are the skeins one by one.

I'm currently using this for another project than the one I dyed it for. But I love the colour so much that I have a lot of things I could knit with this. And if I need more, I can just dye some more. I remember how to do it, and I like to do this. I used Jacquard dyes for this one and I love it. I need more Jacquard dyes, the colours that come out are amazing.

I did make another one. But I can't remember what it was.

Oh, I remember. It was a Pink/Blue gradient one. It started as a pink, then fades to a blue. I didn't get any pictures. But when I knit something with it, I'll takes some.

I love dying yarn.

The other "grand idea" of making my yarn hasn't been tried yet. YET. I'm still pretty determined to try that out as well.

Other than that, I've spent the past week working on my Two Boyfriends Cardigan. And something else. I know there is something else... but I just can't remember at the moment.

Oh well.

:D