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Dying to Dye Yarn

Sat Jul 4, 2009, 3:47 AM
  • Mood: Delighted
  • Listening to: water simmer
  • Reading: Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Watching: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Playing: fiddle
  • Eating: nothing
  • Drinking: coffee!!
So, for the past couple of months I have been dying to dye some yarn! I've been so nervous to try it that I've been doing tons of research on the processes and what I've found is that everyone does it differently! And (barring a few necessities) you can pretty much do it however you want. The beauty of this art is that it is totally unique to everyone. For animal fibers you can use name brand acid dyes, Wilton's Cake Dyes, Kool-Aid, and other food dyes and get incredible results. The plethora of websites and blogsites describing these dyers' dying adventures is great! It's wonderful to see how each individual does their process and see the beautiful results. As I am typing this, I myself have gone on a great dying adventure, results pending, lol. I tried to set myself up efficiently, but it quickly turned in to a very trial and error process :lol: which, I guess, is the basis of any experiment. I am truly enjoying my adventure and am photo documenting the whole process! As soon as I am finished I will post the whole enterprise. As it is, I must go check on the yarn cooking on my stove!

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  • Current Residence: Central Texas
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Small to medium, I think...
  • Print preference: Matte
  • Interests: drawing, crochet, painting, sewing, photography, tattoos, Mykl and Daniel
  • Favourite movie: Donnie Darko, The Matrix movies, What the Bleep, The Devil's Advocate
  • Favourite band or musician: Neil Young, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine, Fleetwood Mac, Tori Amos, Blind Melon
  • Favourite genre of music: classic rock, and newer indie-type stuff
  • Favourite artist: Van Gogh, Olivia de Berardinis
  • Favourite poet or writer: Laurell K. Hamilton, Mykl Clark
  • Favourite photographer: too many to pick
  • Favourite style of art: just about everything
  • Operating System: caffeine, nicotine
  • MP3 player of choice: 80G iPod
  • Shell of choice: chocolate
  • Wallpaper of choice: silk
  • Skin of choice: 2 shades whiter than milk
  • Favourite game: Trivial Pursuit
  • Favourite cartoon character: Jessica Rabbit
  • Personal Quote: you never know at what point in someone elses life you've just walked in on
  • Tools of the Trade: pencils of all kinds, camera, crochet hooks, yummy yarn, and natural beads

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thank you for the fav Rys...long time no speak :)
i hope all is well

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