tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post114709239628827533..comments2023-10-29T04:04:09.469-07:00Comments on Red Dirt Knitter: Inspiration and Fried OnionsSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295619596931784900noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147527372449240532006-05-13T06:36:00.000-07:002006-05-13T06:36:00.000-07:00Hi Sere! btw I love saying your name!I didn't spin...Hi Sere! btw I love saying your name!<BR/><BR/>I didn't spin it. I wish I could spin, maybe someday. It's Knitpicks Dye-Your-Own sock yarn.<BR/><BR/>I soaked it in a tepid water and vinegar..enough vinegar to make the kitchen smell like salad LOL.<BR/><BR/>Then, with the koolaid colors mixed up rather strongly (I think I used two packs to a cup of hot water), I spread out the long skein on my counter with plastic sheet underneath. Actually I use one of those plastic table cloths cut in half. I put the colors on in stripes across the yarn skein..not longways. Dang I should have taken pics.<BR/>They were probably about 3"wide with a tiny bit of white in between so hopefully the colors wouldn't completely merge. I used syringes but foam paint brushes work and so do squirt bottles like you use for hair color or ketchup :-)I just happened to have syringes.<BR/><BR/>Then, I put the first part of the skein into the crock pot kinda twisting it around the bottom. Then I just continued to coil the yarn on top of itself. I tried to put orange on top of orange, yellow on top of yellow etc. Then turned it on high and left it for 3 hours. Shazamm I had dyed yarn..no water or color left in the pot. I let it cool and then rinsed it well. It smelled strongly like orange LOL so I gave it a bath with just a bit of Dawn dish soap. and hung it to dry. <BR/><BR/>I like this method better than my attempts at stove top w/steamer method because it seemed that I either tried to burn up the pot or got too much water and it got into the yarn.<BR/><BR/>I have one skein of undyed yarn here and am going to try it again this weekend but this time I am going to cut pieces of those plasticy crock pot liners and put between the stacks of spirals to see what happens. I have one of those round crockpots but have my garage sale friends on the lookout for one of those long ones.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295619596931784900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147526629172484472006-05-13T06:23:00.000-07:002006-05-13T06:23:00.000-07:00Exactly, Paris...bathroom art! gotta love it!Exactly, Paris...bathroom art! gotta love it!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295619596931784900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147354115728331002006-05-11T06:28:00.000-07:002006-05-11T06:28:00.000-07:00Not to mention you have a nice rainbow to see whil...Not to mention you have a nice rainbow to see while you lay back and soak! LOL~Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906031610979381060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147263475394760032006-05-10T05:17:00.000-07:002006-05-10T05:17:00.000-07:00Thanks y'all. It's growing on me. I hang all the...Thanks y'all. It's growing on me. I hang all the drying yarn on the shower curtain rod. So every time I take a bath I get to move it aside.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295619596931784900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147215113090158412006-05-09T15:51:00.000-07:002006-05-09T15:51:00.000-07:00Beautiful match Murph!!Beautiful match Murph!!~Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906031610979381060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147195077753093752006-05-09T10:17:00.000-07:002006-05-09T10:17:00.000-07:00wow, way to dye! I love that color combo.-secret p...wow, way to dye! I love that color combo.<BR/>-secret palAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147139783423489362006-05-08T18:56:00.000-07:002006-05-08T18:56:00.000-07:00I love the flowers and love the yarn. Soooooooooo...I love the flowers and love the yarn. Soooooooooooo pretty. You really did a great job, I am very impressed and I may borrow that color combination myself.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483640765158526073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22119070.post-1147102990400426242006-05-08T08:43:00.000-07:002006-05-08T08:43:00.000-07:00You really captured the colors of the flowers dead...You really captured the colors of the flowers dead on! That is a great match!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com