A couple of months ago, I found many bags of plain white wool yarn at the thrift store. There were bags and bags of it for 99 cents each, so I figured, "why not?" and stocked up on white yarn. I've used a bit of it here and there, but for the most part it's remained unused, untouched, in my craft cabinet. At the end of the day, I am a pragmatist with two free range kids who come home with some major stains. I've been working on my laundry skills, but I don't know if I'm ready for white wool.
I was thrilled to stumble upon this tutorial for dying wool with easter egg dyes A) because it is written for children, which means I am more likely to be able to follow it and B) because we just happen to have some leftover easter egg dyes in the kitchen. I was a little skeptical about dying yarn, because it sounds like something that is just a bit too far out there for me to actually try (along the lines of making my own vanilla extract or something), so I gave it a try all by myself this first time around.
7 comments:
Wow! I love the color, and am amazed that you can do this at home. Nice job!
Gorgeous! We have a yarn dyeing party planned for the near future. I only wish I had come into the yarn the same way as you. Too fun!
I love the concept of making your own vanilla extract :)
I would never have conceived of yarn in Easter Egg dye. I love it and the color is pretty, pretty. Now, off to grow those vanilla beans!
How about this, ladies: you make the vanilla extract and I rave about how amazing it is? ;-)
I love how you wrote this post. So often I'll read a post on doing something like this and it reads like, "Pfft, I do this kind of thing all the time with my kids, and I probably sheared and spun the wool myself." ;) This was refreshingly real.
Oh, my dear, I would feel sorry for those poor sheep were I to shear them. Easter egg dyes on thrifted yarn is about as adventurous as I get.:-)
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