u/cafeteriatables

My sister wants a huge oversized chunky scarf for the winter, so I bought some undyed 70% wool 30%superfine alpaca yarn (so chunky and soft literally love it so much) to make her scarf with.

She is...not great at responding to me when I try to ask her more direct questions about what color she would like it to be, all I have been told is "not white, but she will let me know".

I've been asking since last winter, so I don't think she will let me know any time soon, so I was hoping to crochet the whole thing and then dye it at the end if possible.

I've never dyed my own yarn before, I would assume dying the yarn ahead of time would obviously be the best choice to make it more consistent. But would it be ok to dye it after it's been crocheted? If the stitch is loose enough would it allow enough room for the dye to penetrate?

Any other advice in general for dying yarn? Especially chunky yarn? (Doesn't need to be much, I obviously need to go through the process of learning first haha just any miscellaneous tidbits I should be aware of outside of the norm would be very much appreciated!)

Thanks in advance!

She freaking THRIVES, but as what? A cannibal? Does this bitch even need soil? Does it need anything? Will it just keep going until the end of time?

I leave her in a corner and water her when I do, and sometimes she dies a little but she keeps on trucking at the ends.

Should I be pruning her more?

I somehow feel bad throwing away healthy end pieces, sometimes I just try to shove her back into her pot. And if I cut her, I then end up with 500 jars of rooting her. For what? Her roots seem meaningless.

Am I doing her a disservice keeping her inside? Is she only trying to find her way one inch at a time to finally take over all of the land?

I'm pulling her apart right now and putting her healthy pieces aside. But it's like none of them are even in the soil, they're just hanging on by the dead waste that she left behind.

Please help. She's too beautiful to let go ❤️

Edit: added the end result to the comments because I guess I can't add pictures to the post. You're all wonderful and thank you!!