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Overdye done.

November 22nd, 2008 No comments

blue overdye 1
And here it is! This is the overdye of that hank of sock yarn I handdyed back in 2006, shown in a previous post. It was pretty, but not saturated enough. I enjoy dyeing monochromes with tonal variations now. This is a mixture of Jacquard sky blue, gunmetal, primary blue, and black.

This came out a bit darker than I was expecting. My plan had been to dye it in the crockpot, then take it out before it had soaked up everything, rinse out any excess until it was at the level I wanted, and set the dye with more acid. I put it in and went to run some errands. Then I got stuck in traffic. I wound up pulling the yarn out a little later than I had planned. It’s a bit darker than this picture shows. As a consequence of all the rinsing, it’s felted to itself just a hair. It’s still quite knittable, but I’ll probably have to go slowly when balling it up. Something to watch out for next time.
blue overdye 2
I’m pleased with how this turned out. I think I’d enjoy knitting with this more than the other. I could do a more complex pattern in this and not worry about it getting lost in the color changes. All in all, a success – and a learning experience.

I had dye leftover in the crockpot, so I’ve got 440 yards of worsted weight in there now. It’s a bit crowded, and of course the dye isn’t as strong as it was before the sock yarn soaked so much up, so we’ll see what happens!

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