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Second Day. The yarn cooling on the window sill after two stints in the microwave.
On the left is Grape. Two packets of color poured into a (microwaveable) Glad container with a glug of vinegar and ~1.5" of water. Put the yarn into the bowl, mix around with the plastic knife. (Use your hands IF YOU ARE WEARING GLOVES!) Cover with waxed paper. Microwave on high for 2 minutes, remove and let rest (I mushed the yarn around). Cover with fresh waxed paper and microwave on high for another 2 minutes. (I did less than the full two minutes. There was no problem with the dye, and I did not want to take the chance of scorching the wool.)
On the right: Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade. (same method as for the grape)
Note that the water is 'exhausted' in the grape bowl (all the dye has been absorbed by the yarn). Note that the remaining water in the right bowl is cloudy. The liquid started out cloudy for this color KoolAid - happened with a couple of the other colors, too. Dye was absorbed without a problem, so I didn't fret.)
Top: Lion Brand Wool, winter White, dyed on stovetop with grape, strawberry, berry blue
Bottom: Paton's Classic Wool, dark natural, dyed on stovetop with grape, strawberry, berry blue
My first Kool-Aid dyeing experiment! Peace Fleece 100% wool yarn dyed with berry blue, ice blue raspberry lemonade, and lemonade flavored Kool-Aid.
Inside the leather store overlooking the dying pits (SUCH a cool sight). You can see the yellow hides drying from the day before. They were dying hides red and brown when we were there.
"Dyeing to Get Some Colour" workshop taught by Felicia Lo of SweetGeorgia Yarns at the Place des Arts in Coquitlam, May 26, 2012
Dyeing ties for the wedding...maybe here is the green one, as our colors have turned out to be purple and green (surprising) and I didn't think he would be happy with a lavender tie.
Portraits of Egg Dye Attendees. I'm reminded of the Sunday School song. Jesus loves the little children, red and yellow, black and white....
Inspired by a a natural egg dye class, I had a little impromptu egg dying party. I winged the recipes a little too much (I learned later the right amount of vinegar is the key, and simmering veggies on the stove helps deepen the dye.) The beets and turmeric worked best. And the Red onion and spinach worked ok. The yellow onion didn't get a deep orange like I hoped, and the cabbage blue was faint. But all in all, I think I will never dye eggs with PAAS again!
Dyeing eggs for Easter. I'm not extremely creative with my designs, but Erin, Mom, Neil, and Neil's girlfriend made some interesting ones.
To dye the dress pieces, I hung up pieces of rayon soaked in soda ash solution, then painted on stripes of dye with foam brushes. I started with the darkest color and added water to dilute to get progressively lighter shades.
The frame is 3/4" PVC pipe with a bunch of safety pins on rubber bands at the top and bottom.