The Dye Pot

Respighi’s Pines

This is the last three balls of a superwash bulky I picked up some time ago. Most of the lot went into a gentleman's scarf last winter (the color seemed appropriate) and when I ran across the remainder in the stash last week, my immediate thought was, "Dye fodder!"



This is a French yarn, Chanteleine Goliath, about which I can find nothing on line :)

Materials

150 grams superwash bulky - 100% wool (Chanteleine Goliath, palest taupe)
Easter egg dye tablets - 6 green, 1 yellow, 1 orange
White vinegar

Method

Standard Crock Pot method.

Colorfast?

Yes

Color name

Respighi's Pines

The green dye didn't fully exhaust - which seems to be perfectly normal for green dye. I let the crock pot run for several hours to make sure the yarn had taken up all the color it could and then went through the usual wash, rinse and dry routine.





There's no swatch yet, but I will post a picture of whatever I use this to make when it's complete - probably a hat or scarf for charity. There's only just over 200 yards of yarn here and I don't want to give up any length for a swatch!

Notes: Nothing to speak of; this was pretty straight-forward.

Posted by Robbyn on 02/07 at 08:31 AM