Easter Egg dye
Did you guess it? I was dyeing Easter yarn! Lots of little skeins of lace weight yarn.I was surprised at the intensity of the colors. I thought that once I added more water for the dye jars that the color would be more pastel but these are nice bright colors. The red and blue separated a bit in the purple one.
I used an 880 yard skein for lace weight Bare yarn from Knitpicks. I made 9 skeins from it approximately 100 yards each. Then I dunked them in jars filled with the leftovers from dyeing the Easter eggs on Saturday night. I put them in the microwave and zapped them for 2 minutes at a time, letting it rest a few minutes between. It seemed like it took a long time to exhaust the dye.
I was thinking of doing something with a color blocked look when it was knit up. That's why I made them each about 100 yards. I would love to knit a lace shawl. I have been reading about Elizabeth Zimmermann's Pi Shawl. I have only done simple lace patterns and would like to explore some new ones.
I am not sure about these bright colors though. They might be a bit much. They are not the pastels that I was imagining for this. Well, I guess I can always make it into socks!
Happy Easter!
posted by Denise | 8:23 PM
2 Comments:
Pretty, pretty colors!
I love dyeing with EE dyes. They can come out very different than you think, tho. The trick is to remember that the amount of water doesn't affect the depth of shade - the amound of dye molecules and the amount of wool are what matters. So to dilute the color, you need to pour out some dye and replace it with water - then you have less of the dye in the water to attach to the wool.
I hope you can come up with a pattern that shows off the bright colors without becoming overwhelming. Nice job!
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