Impatient! Dry Faster!

[xantha]

I dyed a bunch of fiber tonight-- some of the knit picks color-your-own sock yarn along with a half-pound of some roving I had.

Now I am impatiently waiting for it all to DRY so I can swatch up the yarn and start playing with the top! (sure, I could work with it wet but that texture is something I generally find less than fun)

That said, the new neon food coloring puts out some really great colors! I know Kimberly posted her experience with it here (http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1598). My colors are slightly different.

Here's a poor shot of the still-damp-and-now-re-hung-up-to-dry sock yarn (click on the image to see it larger):

(http://www.xantha.org/gallery/dye/DSC_1893)http://www.xantha.org/gallery/albums/dye/DSC_1893.thumb.jpg (http://www.xantha.org/gallery/dye/DSC_1893)

I can't wait to swatch it up! It should be self-striping but in fairly thin stripes -- purple, green, purple, turquoise.

The roving I did turned out much lighter. It wasn't labelled and I suspect that it was treated and bleached and therefore wouldn't take dye as well (I've had it for a while). The colors of it are all very muted, but I think it will spin up well.

[cajunwhacko]

I can't wait to see it swatched up!

And I agree about the drying thing... I'm still waiting on mine to finish up!

[Catana]

Are food dyes permanent?

[xantha]

Are food dyes permanent?

Yes. Though they can fade over time and you can dye over them. It's just like Kool-Aid. Heh.

[2goofy]

:tup That looks like it's going to came out great!

[xantha]

Okay! Here's some of the roving I dyed:

http://www.xantha.org/gallery/albums/dye/DSC_1920.thumb.jpg (http://www.xantha.org/gallery/dye/DSC_1920)

Here's a sock started with the sock yarn:

http://www.xantha.org/gallery/albums/dye/DSC_1944.thumb.jpg (http://www.xantha.org/gallery/dye/DSC_1944)

Next time I will make longer sections of color; my estimates were awful for this. I still love the colors, though. :)

[Julie]

It's going to be gorgeous Jess! I can't wait to see how the sock looks as it works up. :hyper

[xantha]

I think everyone who likes making socks and dyeing yarn needs to pick up some color-your-own sock yarn from Knit Picks. It's inexpensive and wow! Fun. :)

[kat]

The colors are great! Can't wait to see some finished projects from it.

[Julie]

I think everyone who likes making socks and dyeing yarn needs to pick up some color-your-own sock yarn from Knit Picks. It's inexpensive and wow! Fun. :)

I was waiting to ask that when you got the socks finished. :hook I think it would be a great deal of fun to dye sock yarn. :)

[cajunwhacko]

oooh i love it... i like it the best when the colors aren't too long so the socks get really stripey. cool!