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Hand Dyeing Picture Gallery
Judith and Matthew and Tina got together for a day of hand dyeing yarns (but they also decided to take a break to felt the clogs Judith knit for herself). We had a fantastic time, and Tina and Judith nearly keeled over from excitement as they transformed their white yarns into something truly spectacular.

Judith and Tina getting started painting their colors onto the wool.

Tina goes to town painting her yarn.

We can see Tina and Judith's painting in progress.

Judith working on her "crayon box explosion" colorway.

Tina working on her "That 70s Yarn" colorway.

Tina's yarn again.

Can you tell Tina's having a really good time?!!

Judith seems slightly overjoyed as well!

What's for dinner?

Here you can see the yarn wrapped in plastic wrap so that the colors will not run when we steam them to set the dye. Don't they look yummy!

Here are some of the yarns after steaming and rinsing.

Here's a close-up of Judith's Crayon Box Explosion after rinsing. It started out as pure white Zara merino yarn.

Here's a close-up of Tina's That 70's Yarn after ringsing. It started out as off white Mondial Gold (merino/cashmere).

Here's a close-up of Matthew's blue/purple yarn. It started out as pure white Kid -n- Ewe (mohair/wool blend) from Bryson.

Here's all three of us showing off our handywork.

Here's Tina being inexplicably pensive.

This is much better!

Judith shows off!

Matthew shows off!

After Tina and Judith went home, Matthew continued to paint more yarn. Might as well with all the dyeing gear out. The yarn here is more Mondial Gold Merino/Cashmere.

Here's a close-up of Matthew's Mondial Gold all painted.

In the foreground, you can see some merino Matthew over-dyed. It started out a less-than-pleasant pink and ended up a brilliant, deep blue-purple. In the background, you can see some alpaca that started out tan. Interestingly, both of these yarns were dyed in the same dye pot, with the same dye, at the same time. The two very different shades are a function of the original color and the difference in how dye is absorbed by different fibers.

Here's Matthew's Mondial Gold drying.

Here's the Kid -n- Ewe drying between two 1lb hanks of wool that were dyed earlier in the day.

Here's all of the yarn piled together, after it was dried.

Here's the final product of Judith's Crayon Box Explosion.

Here's the final product of Tina's That 70s Yarn.

Here's the final product of Matthew's over-dyed merino.

Here's the final product of Matthew's over-dyed alpaca.

Here's the final product of Matthew's Mondial Gold.

Here's the final product of Matthew's Kid -n- Ewe.
 
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