So this past year I learned that animal fibers can be dyed with food coloring, heat, and an acid to set the dye. This is probably the most excited I've ever been. I've found that dying my own yarn has made me really excited about every project I make. You never know what your yarn will look like in a finished piece. This is my most recent experiment.
The yarn is just Patons Classic Wool Worsted. I made a dye bath of Wiltons Sky Blue with a little bit of Wiltons Lemon Yellow icing paste then added my yarn. After most of the color had been absorbed I added a few drops of yellow and blue store brand liquid food coloring to add depth to the color.
Here you can see the way the concentration of the yellow dye is in two areas of the dye pot. I'm thinking of making a leaf motif hat with it, but I'm not sure yet.
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