I am so very proud of this cardigan. The yarn took 2 weeks to dye and the cardigan took 4 weeks to crochet (I am not a fast crocheter). This accomplishment feels great!
The yarn finally dried I thought I would share the final results
Dyed 4 hanks for the first time ever and found a lovely crochet pattern for it. Was originally going for deep reds and oranges akin to a sunset but it turned out more Totally Spies vibes. It all worked out and now I have an excuse to go buy a sundress to wear with it. đź¤
I was doing a mixture of painting and speckling I think it turned out pretty nice. I did a base of Silver Grey and the speckle is a mixture of Burnt orange, Cherry Red, and Jet Black
Making a shirt and I bought new yarn for it, all from the same dye lot. I had one ball of the same color already from a previous project and accidentally used that one mid way through the project but didn't notice until now when I'm almost done.
It's 100% cotton yarn and it's nominally the same color, it's just that the old ball was slightly lighter. Would laying my shirt out in the sun for a few days, turning so front and back have even coverage, be a way to even out the color? I'm fine with it being a lighter color overall as long as it's the same color overall.
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!
