Green Churro yarn
I bought this lovely green churro fleece at last year’s Wool Fest.
Unfortunately the dye bled. After I finished running it through the drum carder my fingers were blue. I spun it up and again my fingers became blue. I washed it with white vinegar and think I saved the dye. More blue came out, it’s not as vibrant in yarn form but hey, it’s still green.
I contacted the vendor and was told that this sometimes happens, even with commercial yarn. Sigh. It’s not like I was expecting a refund since I had already manipulated the fleece. But I would have appreciated an “I’m so sorry about that.” Thankfully this is the only fleece I bought from her. Needless to say, I won’t be buying from this vendor again. To her credit she did give me some washing tips. However, I’ve never had a commercial yarn or fleece bleed dye this bad.
I spun this yarn up as a bulky single yarn. Doing singles is much more difficult. It’s not nearly as consistent as I’d like. But it was good practice.
Since Churro is so scratchy I’m saving this for a bag project.
Add comment May 12th, 2009
