Handpaint 2: Electric Boogaloo
It’s patterning!
I couldn’t wait and even though I’ve already got two socks on the go, I had to see how my yarn knitted up. I’m pretty impressed. No pooling!
My second attempt. Now I need to get more undyed yarn, and some real dyes. And an extra kitchen.
Yeah, I couldn’t wait. Unfortunately this hank is still a bit damp so I can’t wind it up just yet. I really like the colours but I didn’t do as well a job this time as I did before. In some areas it seems I didn’t put enough pigment. I hope when it’s all wound up it looks good like that, but it wasn’t my intention. I mixed Kool-Aid colours to get better shades, but in a couple of instances the colours separated while the yarn was in the oven, leaving me with a few lengths of bright turquoise and bright green instead of the dulled versions I had mixed. We shall see.
The Magic…She Happened!
Getting started
On my kitchen table (which is covered in a cheap vinyl tablecloth because it’s unfinished pine) we have a few plastic cups of Kool-Aid, a big aluminum pan lined with a garbage bag, and a hank of undyed yarn. I soaked the yarn with a bit of Eucalan for half an hour first.
A Special Colourway I Like to Call, Don’t Judge Me
It’s ugly. Jeremy thinks it’s rather nice. You say tomato…
I took a few pictures of the dying process…specifically, I took a picture at the beginning and then I forgot because I was too busy making the world’s ugliest colour combination.
I did it pretty late last night, and I forgot to rotate the hank around on the hanger before I went to bed so the part that was hanging at the bottom is still a bit damp. Once it’s dry I’ll take some more pictures. I can’t wait to see it wound into a ball…perhaps magic will happen and when the colours are all mixed up it will suddenly become stunningly beautiful. Ha ha.
Painted Ladies and a Bottle of Wine
First attempt at dying is TONIGHT!
My Knitpicks order showed up today. I bought 2 skeins each of the solid colours for lacy patterned socks. I also bought 2 hanks of the dye-your-own. I’ve got a big handful of Kool-Aid packets in some limited colours since the selection across the street sucks ass. Anyway, I think with some mixing I might just do all right. Or not…I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Cross your fingers and I’ll have some pictures as soon as I’m done.
