Ok, so it’s a lame pun. Whatevs :P If you’re having trouble sussing out the photo, it’s of about 210 yards of sock yarn wrapped around chair legs (and if you’ve done this before, yes, I did it “wrong” – lesson learned), with a crock pot and some Wilton’s icing colors. Yarn + crock pot + icing colors??? WTF am I doing, you ask? For RR#2 Eye of Jupiter I will be dyeing some yarn!! I’ve never done this before, so it could end up epicly bad, or epicly good. Only time – and a hot water + dye + vinegar bath in a crockpot for about an hour – will tell… I’ll post photos of the finished product once I get to that stage.
But, really, this is all just a test run. I’ve been really interested in learning to hand dye and paint yarn for a while. It seemed, however, to be a bit much to invest in: there are the dyes for protein and cellulose fibers, the equipment, and most difficult of all for our home the space. Food-based colors seem a better way to start, and I don’t have to worry about the dyes tainting our food utensils, since, well, it’s just food coloring. This is going to be so fun!
