Another Beauty
In my last post, Disaster Yarn Saved, I mentioned that there was dye left over in the pot and I had dyed some yarn with it and was waiting for it to dry. Well, it is dry now and I re-skeined it and it is Beautiful! I really can’t believe I got such a nice color using only the food coloring gel. The only problem is don’t try to ask me to do it again! I just went for it and did a little of this and a little of that. To give a general run down this is what I did:
To begin I soaked one skein of Cascade 220 yarn in water with a splash of vinegar for several hours. I then added this to the pot of leftover dye that I heated to just below a simmer. I dipped in one section of the skein of yarn first and held it there for a few minutes. When I pulled it out it was too turquoise for me so I mixed up a very small dollop of purple food coloring paste with boiling water and added it to the dye bath. I then re-dipped the previous section. Then I mixed up another small dollop of food coloring this time in pink and once again added it to the pot. After mixing in the pink, I dipped the other end of the skein (which had not been dyed yet) into the pot. I then kind of eyeballed it from there and would dip the different ends of skein back and forth into the dye. Once I was satisified with the way it looked I left it to cool completely before rinsing it well. I am so pleased with the results of this one. And it amazes me too because I just winged it. This just goes to show you it really isn’t that difficult to dye yarn using food coloring so don’t be afraid to jump in and try it!
You can find the Wilton food coloring that I used at craft stores or on the web. If you are looking for more colors it is better to look online because the stores can be limited in what they carry. Amazon sells it and you can find it here: Wilton food colorings
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Food Coloring on October 15th, 2007
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