Dye party!
I joined the Twisted Knitters knitalong, which involves dyeing roving, spinning it, then knitting up into something. I have a bunch of natural roving from the spinning lesson oh-so-long ago, and was itching to dye it up. So I invited some peeps from the Houston Stich and Bitch over and we dyed and bitched.
Staci decided on dip-dyeing her sock yarn. This makes your arm very tired. Katherine dyed some peacock-teal yarn, and overdyed some fugly lavendar and black-gray yarn red, which made it berry-and-black colored. All were looking good.
Amy dyed her yarn screaming red, then over-dip-dyed it with Violet. Turned out awesome! Her arm was also very tired.
Sharron and Jennifer went the traditional handpainting route. Both wound up with some lovely jewel tones, although Sharron’s yarn felted (she had the sole non-superwash yarn, oops). I dyed my roving, which is still drying. Still! We dyed the yarn yesterday! All will be revealed tomorrow, when we have some natural light.
ETA: Ok, we have some natural light!
The colors came out a touch on the blue side, but you get the general idea. The purple can best be described as Intense. Hoo, boy, that’s purple. I really like the pink in there, I wish the rest of the roving was a bit lighter to match. In my defense, things didn’t look that crazy bright when I was dyeing it up on Sunday. It’s a bit reminiscent of the Punched in the Eye yarn. Ah well.
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Very cool! Can’t wait to see how it all came out.
dying is so addictive! Looks like all the colors came out great! I love the screaming red before it was overdyed!
Your roving turned out so nice! I can’t wait to see what it looks like once it’s spun. Most everything we dyed turned out differently than expected, but pretty, nonetheless.
Hey there. Sorry I missed out on the dye session. It looks like everyone’s yarn turned out nicely!
oooo, I love the roving. It’s so richly colored and nice. No felting at all? I might just relinquish my undyed roving to you and let you have your way with it.
I’m also jacking that picture of myself to post with. (hehe!)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Wish I could have been there! Looks like you had fun.
Oh, pretty! Isn’t dyeing so much fun? Your roving looks really good.
Looks like a lot of fun. Sorry I missed it. Why must these fun things happen on the weekends, when I have to work? :)
hey, i love the purple roving! looks awesome… wonder how it’ll spin!
It’s always more fun to dye with friends around. I love your colorway! Have fun spinning it!