Especially sock yarn.
It was a day of dyeing using other than my normal methods. First the finicky self patterning yarn. I found a yarn I liked and attached it to my warping board, wound off way too much yarn and set it up. Most people would be a bit more fussy at this stage, but I loosely piled, applied, squished and wrapped. Then steamed. I have not wound it off yet. Dye ended up almost perfectly aligned with my markers - isn't it amazing with my loose technique?
And I tried something I really don't recommend in any way from an old dye book. This was to sprinkle dye powder on wet fleece and massage it in. This is dangerous and I was fully protected. The results were pretty splendid though.
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Yeah, it really is too bad you don't like color. :D
I love the colors. Did you make your own warping board? Also, what is the round wood thing...is that what they steam tortillas in? (ps...I love to ask crazy questions...)
I used a weaving warping board, but next time would just use two c-clamps on a couple of tables. This will be quite long - guessing about 8 yards without any measurement. The problem is that you will have to 'walk' it - get your hikers on, it is a lot of walking.
The round thing is a bamboo steamer used for dye only. I wrap the dyed yarn up in plastic wrap and steam it in my dyepot for 30-45 min depending on the dye used. The bamboo steamers are great since they stack and I can get 4 into my dyepot over a rack. However, you must either have a fairly dry skein or wrap like crazy or you will get drips down into the lower skeins. Sometimes this is a good thing. Parchment paper brushed with a little oil can stop that, but I usually just wrap like mad.
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