More Adventures in Dyeing
17 Jul 2022 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcovePart of the process in dyeing yarn is to wash it afterwards to remove the excess dye. I like doing it on a sunny day so the yarn dries nicely afterwards. I have a wire rack I drape it over. It gets put in a nice sunny spot. If the dye is fugitive, I will know very quickly. In the case of the logwood, it did not fade one bit, not even going from wet to dry. Sometimes wet yarn looks a deeper shade.
The rack was outside the kitchen window. Honestly I'd forgotten it was there. As I was going about making lunch, I had to go into the fridge next to that window. Out of the corner of my eye, you know the spot if you wear glasses, where the lens isn't, I caught what looked like a black poodle. I jumped then looked again. It was the wool. Startled me to no end. No one in the neighborhood has a black poodle. The second time it did this, I went out and moved the rack.
I started on logwood and cotton. Some friends had been experimenting with logwood and linen. I love the shade they got. I thought I'd give it a go.The saturation looks good. I'll know more after it's washed and dried. Right now it is the color of denim from decades ago. You know, that dark, deep navy blue that slowly fades. I expect the cotton will turn out a bit heathery, at least I hope so. More pictures when it dries. Storms coming in today with lightning so I'll be offline the rest of the day. I have a lot of yarn to wind.
Have a good weekend!
The rack was outside the kitchen window. Honestly I'd forgotten it was there. As I was going about making lunch, I had to go into the fridge next to that window. Out of the corner of my eye, you know the spot if you wear glasses, where the lens isn't, I caught what looked like a black poodle. I jumped then looked again. It was the wool. Startled me to no end. No one in the neighborhood has a black poodle. The second time it did this, I went out and moved the rack.
I started on logwood and cotton. Some friends had been experimenting with logwood and linen. I love the shade they got. I thought I'd give it a go.The saturation looks good. I'll know more after it's washed and dried. Right now it is the color of denim from decades ago. You know, that dark, deep navy blue that slowly fades. I expect the cotton will turn out a bit heathery, at least I hope so. More pictures when it dries. Storms coming in today with lightning so I'll be offline the rest of the day. I have a lot of yarn to wind.
Have a good weekend!
