Rainbow Tie-dye sock
Here is my really long hank of kool-aid dyed yarn. It was about 10 feel or so. We put it over 2 chairs in the dining room so it could be wound up for knitting. Carl helped me wind it into a smaller hank on my niddy noddy. He kept saying it looked like a rainbow so we have dubbed it the Rainbow tie-dye yarn.Then we put it over the backs of 2 chairs and wound it into a ball. Carl loves this part--he does the winding.
Usually he is pretty good about going slowly and stopping when I need to straighten out the yarn but sometimes he gets in a hurry!
He loved watching the ball spin around with all those pretty colors.See his hands? He was patting the ball into shape after squashing it. Ahem....
I started a plain vanilla sock with it...well I guess it is a Rainbow Tie-dye sock. I am almost to the heel turn. The stripes are looking great! We are going to have to try this again!
posted by Denise | 8:05 PM
6 Comments:
Awesome sock yarn! The sock looks wonderful.
Looks Awesome!!
The socks look great Denise. I wish I had some little ones to do projects like this with. Can't wait to see the socks finished.
I like the colors and the way they look knitted up in the sock!
The sock is looking great.
These are wonderful socks! I love using KA to dye with. Have you tried Wilton's icing colors yet? You have to add citric acid or vinegar, but the colors are not compound (so they dont split as badly) and they are much cheaper and more concentrated then KA.
Purple in KA or EE dyes is problematic in that the blue and red split. You have to keep them at a higher temp for longer to make sure all the dye strikes. It's just harder to use in a rainbow dyeing project.
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