I (we, joint effort with 11year old) are delighted with our first attempts at "grown-up" dyeing! Relatively easy with the Corkwood starter kit and a few hints from You-tube. We started with undyed skeins of 100% merino sock yarn and actually mixed the ammonium sulphate into the dye-baths (not sure if you're supposed to do it this way - but didn't have any violent chemical reaction!) and then used squeezy water bottles to "paint" on the colour. The dyes are really strong once "cooked" (8 mins in the micro-wave) and I felt a bit like an alchemist - really unsure of what was going to happen - but that's part of the fun. I'm definitely going to keep a "dye-diary", and I'm definitely going to be doing some more. I feel a whole new yarn-range coming on!
Friday, 19 February 2010
First proper attempts at dyeing!
I (we, joint effort with 11year old) are delighted with our first attempts at "grown-up" dyeing! Relatively easy with the Corkwood starter kit and a few hints from You-tube. We started with undyed skeins of 100% merino sock yarn and actually mixed the ammonium sulphate into the dye-baths (not sure if you're supposed to do it this way - but didn't have any violent chemical reaction!) and then used squeezy water bottles to "paint" on the colour. The dyes are really strong once "cooked" (8 mins in the micro-wave) and I felt a bit like an alchemist - really unsure of what was going to happen - but that's part of the fun. I'm definitely going to keep a "dye-diary", and I'm definitely going to be doing some more. I feel a whole new yarn-range coming on!
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