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I couldn't believe it when I saw this extra kitchen in the basement when we first looked at our new apartment. Obviously, it's going to get a lot of use for fibery fun!
Rinsing the excess dye away in the shower, using water which is approximately the same temperature as the wool, to avoid felting.
I spent some of yesterday dyeing samples for my project. Somehow because of the combination of it being Monday, early and not done coffee, I somehow managed to make my first set of samples with a 1% strength dye solution instead of 100%. Um. Heh.
The colors are pretty pastels, and I have recorded all the stupidity so I can replicate them if I like, the only thing is, this project is a hat for my husband, something tells me this isn't the palette of choice.
FAIL.