A week or two ago, I began experimenting with hand-painting my own yarn.
A few days ago, I created an amazingly beautiful colorway. I had a “Valentine’s Day” theme in mind, and I could not be more pleased with the results.
I used Plymouth Yarn’s “Dye for Me – Happy Feet”. It’s 480yds of sock-weight yarn consisting of 90% super-wash merino wool and 10% nylon. Bought it from a great little website: Got Yarn?
I dyed this skein with Wilton’s food coloring, and the results are gorgeous.
“Candy Hearts”
Drying on the patio
Yarn Pr0n!
...love...
Be my valentine.
Candy Hearts
I’d love to hear what you think about my colorway, so please leave a comment!
I also ordered a table-top swift from The Knit Store. Great quality, and it works amazingly. I’m so glad I did not have to shell out $60 (or more) for a swift. All in all, I paid about $30 for my swift, S&H included.
Isn’t it pretty?
Oak table-top swift.
Since I’m having so much fun dying and hand-painting yarn, I bought more blank yarn and a starter acid dye kit from KnitPicks. I already have some yarn soaking and I’ll dye something new tonight…
SO PRETTY!!!!!!
Oh I love it! That yarn is out of control cute. What a fun project! You are making me want to dye my own yarn, too!