More yarn dyeing
I must praise Dharma Trading. I bought my dyes from them. When faced with the question of forgetting the citric acid, I emailed them. Within hours, I got a reply. They suggested I wash the yarn in the hottest tap water and detergent. If the dye stays, it is good! So I washed and the dye stayed.
Ready to go
The skeins re-wound to properly mix the colors.
On Saturday, I dyed this.
My favorite colors
It is the last of my imported 100% alpaca bulky yarn. My goal is to dye all my imported yarn before I get my Wisconsin grown yarn back from Rach-Al-Paca. I have a cone (about 2 pounds) of 80% alpaca / 20% silk lace weight and over a cone of 100% alpaca sport weight to dye! I got some dyeing tips from the Wool Princess and I’ll be trying these out soon and sharing the results with you.
I’ll be consigning my yarn and a few finished items at a new shop – Art Reflections near here. I’m very excited to see how my things will do there. And Delightful Day Boutique has had requests for yarn. So I’ll be bringing in some yarn to join the felting kits already there.
These look just beautiful, quite nummy in fact, like rainbow sherbet ice cream!