Dye dye dye!

Hehe, did some more dyeing the last couple nights.

No pics because camera's on the fritz.

Firstly, I soaked about 55 yds of wool in my sun jar (yes, I have a specific pattern in mind). Then I took it outside and poured two packets of orange koolaid on one side, and a packet of cherry and a packet of black cherry on the other. Didn't manage to exhaust the yarn the first day (End of august sun is in a different place than early summer sun, and I think it was cloudy too) so left it out again. Now it's the most gorgeous shades of deep orange and red. <3

The second yarn was an experiment since I really wanted some finished yarn to play with. I've got a pattern for this stuff in mind too and it's around 26 yds. I started by using a little of the leftover green from the sun dyeing experiment a few posts ago. Yes, I've been saving the leftovers in the fridge for this long. And no, I didn't end up using it all yet.

Anyways, it turned the yarn a kind of sick green, which totally isn't my thing. So I layed it out on some plastic wrap and sprinkled a little bit of leftover grape koolaid powder (which I had to crunch up 'cause the humidity had gotten to it) onto it. Just enough to make spots. Sprinkled a little more water on it to make sure it was still damp and heated some more. Sick green with purple spots...really not my thing...lol

So out comes some Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade. Mixed a whole packet into a bowl, but only put a little less than half of the yarn into it. The rest I put in clear water. I don't really feel like explaining the full setup, but let's just say I flooded the microwave. Fun stuff that is.

Took forever for the blue to exhaust. Since it was late and I was feeling pretty crappy by this point, my brother helped me carry the bowls of hot water to the basement and I left it down there. It was all exhausted this morning. It even dried quickly since it wasn't much yarn! :D