It's Saturday and .......

That's correct.  I am dyeing to experiment.

Since I needed some turquoise yarn to finish a soaker I started last Sunday, I wound up 4 mini skeins of 12 wraps along the drying rack and put them in a vinegar solution to soak.  In the meantime, I started my kettle to boiling and put my dyeing jar in.  The jar was from last weeks dyeing leftovers and I put into it the remaining 4 small bottles of varying turquoise colors.

Added the skein and let them cook for awhile.

Drained and they are drying on the rake.  

Might be a tad too light in color but we shall see.

Dry wool that I set on the bye water and let it naturally sink in.

Then I took the dye jar, added some vinegar, brought it back to a simmer and 

added a dry skein of yarn to see  - what will happen.  Letting it soak for 1/2 hour or so. (not very scientific)  After removal it looks good.  Darker than I thought.  

Almost fully emmersed.

Before rinsing with soapy water.

NOW ON TO BIGGER AND MORE ADVENTUROUS THINGS.

I got out the easter egg dye ---

mixed 4 oz. water and 1 T. vinegar.

the red didn't do anything.

I added food coloring and ended up with

4 bowls of purpley, blue, green and yellow-orange.

Took a small 1.2 ounce skein and colored four different sections.

wrapped in plastic and microwaved. 1 minute.

let cool and micro'd again

let cool, rinsed and hanging to dry.

Now, I am getting the "what would happen if" feeling.

I took the easter egg dyes - separated them, added some food color to some.

Soaked some yarn I found over at the house - white wool.

Added dye using my finger tips

Worked it into the yarn

Then rinsed - it diluted the colors and blended them.

Re-dyed, and repeated several times.

Microwaved it and am waiting to see the results.

let cool and unwrapped and it looks pretty nice. 

shades of blues, purples and pinks. 

it is drying and we will see how it looks tomorrow.