giving it a try
today i made my first attempt at hand dying roving. i am trying to make self striping yarn. here is the step by steps.
· picked out two 2oz merino rovings from my stash, set them in a tub of water to soak for about 15 min.
· while this was soaking i got out my cool-aid stash and decided to use all that i had. 3 blue something or other, 2 green apple, 2 pink lemonade, 1 grape, 1 orange· moved out side to driveway and laid down two garbage bags and places my two roving side by side so that they would be the dyed the same.
· applied cool-aid in about 6-10 inch sections. I just sprinkled it right on top. picture
· added about a cup of water to each dyed section to moisten the cool-aid that was just sitting on top.
· rolled bag over roving and let sit in the sun for about 3 ½ hours. (i did find another bag of pink lemonade and sprinkled it over the green during this time) picture
· after the kids went to bed i went out side expecting to have to rinse out the excess cool-aid but the rovings had absorbed it all; as i went to rinse it no color came out at all. picture
· gently squeezed out excess water and moved the roving to the house to roll up in a towel to remove any remaining water.
they are now hanging in my yard drying. the colors are a bit muted; not as bright as i was expecting but i like it. picture
