I finally finished this up and am now ready to dye it. The plan for this is to end up a red hat & scarf set as a special order for somebody.
Here we are with some color. as you can see from the water there is dye left. When all the dye has been taken up by the yarn, the water will be left clear. At this point, it was still tooooo pink for me, so more red went into the water.
Here's a shot of the yarn as it's draining & cooling in the sink. I wasn't quite sure at this point that I was going to be happy with the coloring. But I decided to let it dry and see where we were.
So after drying overnight the color wasn't bad, but there were some discolored spots. So, back into the dye pot she went! I let it soak a bit and then decided to add a bit of burgundy dye to even out & deepen the color a bit. Here's hoping it works, as it's dripping in my sink at the moment. Then back in front of the wood stove blower for the night.
As an aside, I love to dye & wash in the winter when the stove is going. The nice hot blower gets yarn or fiber good & dry just overnight. Plus keeps us nice & cozy! Stay tuned as I get it dried & then worked up.