Well I did it I had so much fun:woohoo:
I went to Wally World and bought some Lion Brand wool got my koolaide and my baster . Went home soaked the yarn in very warm water with a little vinegar. mixed 2 packets each of grape ,cherry and lemon-lime. Since this was the 1st time ,when I was adding the dye with the turkey baster I got some of the colors to merge which I didn’t want;) but It’s okay. I then put the yarn on a plastic platter and nuked it for 2 min then let it rest for 2 then nuked again for 2. the water was clear after the second go in the microwave. It made the kitchen smell good. I gently squeezed the water out, put the yarn in the spinner and hung to dry, twisted it into a hank and that’s all she wrote I’m hooked…my camera is out of batteries so I scanned it on my printer but it’s prettier than the scan:mrgreen: Thanks for looking
so pretty! Your yarn turned out much nicer than mine. Did you un-skein the yarn or just dye it as is? When I tried to dye the Lion wool, I undid the skein to try to make self-striping–after dying and drying, it had untwisted itself into individual plys (big big mess). I want to try again, but not sure where I went wrong. Thanks!
that’s all she wrote I’m hooked…my camera is out of batteries so I scanned it on my printer but it’s prettier than the scan:mrgreen: Thanks for looking
also you can try rolling it up an a towel to help get some water out.