The Dye Pot

Green Tease

This is the third dyed batch of "rescued" wool. The first was A Bubble off Plum (click on the yarn name to see this post which will show you what the yarn's original color looked like). It's an almost chartreuse kind of green tea/spring green. I hated it when it first came out of the dye pot, but as it hung in the window drying, it began to grow on me :)





Materials

Approximately 5.5 oz chunky weight, 70% lambswool - 20% angora - 10% nylon yarn, rescued from a thrift shop sweater.
7 tea bags
1/2 oz. Wilton's icing dye - Yellow
Water

Method

Crock pot

Colorfast?

Yes

Color name

Green Tease

This was business as usual except for two things. I used tea as the base of the dye bath and I completely forogt to add any vinegar :) The yarn did take up color in what, as nearly as I can tell, is a permanent arrangement so I'm guessing that there was enough tannic acid in the tea to do the job.






Notes:

There's not much to note here except for the color. I have never been a big "green" fan (except in nature - nature wears it well, I think!) and especially not of yellow-greens so when I took this out of the pot I thought, "Well, it will make warm hats even if it does look like the dog's breakfast.". But I had time to get used to it over the few days to took to dry and I began to get more comfortable with the color.

By the time I sat down to swatch it, I was actually beginning to like it quite a lot. It's still not a color I could wear, but I can appreciate it never the less :)

Posted by Robbyn on 01/19 at 12:28 PM