Some Roving in the Dye Pot

After my success with the Kool-Aid, I decided to use a little bit of easter egg dye that I had lying around to try dyeing some roving. This is the roving soaking in the pot with the dye.

 

I did two "colorways" of roving. This is the first, and it turned out so beautiful that it stopped Sam in his tracks when he saw it drying. The other one? Not so much. I have vague hopes that it won't come out looking like someone puked it up after a particularly... varied... dinner once I spin it up, but those hopes are very, very slim. So it's gonna be practice yarn.

 

The easter egg dyes weren't nearly as colorfast as the Kool-Aid, and I don't think I'm going to use them again. With the Kool-Aid, the water ran clear as soon as I rinsed the yarn and none of the water that dripped off had a jot of color in it. With the roving, even after I got it to rinse clear, it still dripped a bit of color. Neither of these rovings are ever going to be especially colorfast.

Done