I fully admit it. I have no idea what I’m doing with this one. I’m just going to poke around and see what happens. If it’s great, awesome, if it sucks, awesome. As long as I had fun!
I grabbed a hank of Fannie, 100% Merino Wool Superwash, and got to work! I soaked it in water for 30 minutes and contemplated my dyeing options.
I decided to give food coloring another go. I filled up a pot with water up to about an inch. I added yellow food color.
I scrunched up the yarn and literally dropped it into the pot. The accompanying splash was not impressive.
Using the Green, Yellow and just a touch of the Neon Blue food coloring, I just dribbled random drops everywhere.
To make things more interesting, I smushed the yarn and dye around until it started blending.
Happy with my mad scientist concoction, I turned on the heat to just before simmering and let the dye exhaust. And naturally, I let it cool, rinsed it and hung it up to dry.
It’s an interesting concoction of random blurs of color. I like it. It's random and weird. I’m glad I tried out this technique!
Stay tuned for next week for something bright and sunny!
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About Tara
Tara Warburton is the former graphic designer for Makers' Mercantile® and a fine artist. She specializes in watercolor and colored pencil illustrations. She lives with her two cats, who are not helpful when knitting.
