Monday, May 5, 2008

Bright Bottom Girl

Been thinking for some time to try my hand at dyeing yarn, so when I found someone's poor half-completed wool afghan project at the thrift store for $1.50, I snapped it up, figuring I could afford to ruin an experiment for $1.50! Between the abandoned unused skeins and the ones I unraveled (poor little afghan...), I netted 8 or 9 skeins of nice wool to play with, so I dyed some the cheater's way: with kool-aid and a microwave oven. I was so pleased it didn't turn out a mess of mud-brown, I knitted it into a soaker (a.k.a. diaper cover) with which to decorate the Girl's behind.

Hanging to dry in my studio

Wound up and ready to go

All dressed up

Showing off to Nemo

3 comments:

Opher Donchin said...

This is so cool, I'm going to show it to Liya!

axel said...

Man, are you talented!!! Doe sthe koolaid bleed a tall when washed?

Sarah said...

It seems to be pretty colorfast. You can find out more at http://www.knitty.com/issuefall02/FEATdyedwool.html

 

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