First forays into dyeing my own yarn(s)

[untonuggan]

First off, thanks for all the advice and kind words I got about dyeing my own yarns!

I ended up dyeing two lots of things, one lot of commercially spun yarn (Paton's DK superwash) with Wilton food dye using the microwave and another of Wensleydale sheep wool roving with Wilton food dye using an aluminum pot on the stovetop.

For a slightly more complete chronicle, check out the Flickr set.

Here is the hand-dyed Paton's, which came out mostly in a violet purple with some hints of dark blue and some dark pink. I used "teal", "burgundy" and "violet" dyes.


( Lots of fiber geek talk and 2 medium photos )