Last month Abbey and I dyed a bunch of yarn for the first time. We used dyes from Knit Picks and Kool-Aid.
We pre-soaked and rinsed the yarn in buckets.
Most of the yarn was dyed in pots on the stove.
But we handpainted a skein of sock yarn each. Here’s Abbey painting hers:
And here’s my skein pre-steaming:
The colors turned out wonderful! The yarns below are kettle dyed. The little pink skein on the right is my handspun.
The handpainted yarn turned out stunning. Here’s my skein:
Abbey and I are going to do a sock knitalong with our skeins.
I spun up my pink handspun with the red skein. The little bit of pink leftover yarn I just plied onto itself. I gave these two skeins to Abbey as a gift.
We had such a fun time dyeing yarn and will definitely be doing this again.
It looks like you both had a lot of fun, and the yarn looks completely beautful! So tempting to try, but I know what remains of my non-yarn life would just get sucked away…
Twilight, this looks like so much fun. I can’t wait to get my dyeing stuff unpacked and try out some yarn dyeing. Miss you.
Enjoyed seeing the photos of the whole process of dyeing. Fascinating to see
Anna, Deb and Cindy Lynn-Thanks! We had a lot of fun. While it does take some time away from knitting I think it’s worth it. We have another dye day planned for August.