Friday, August 5, 2011

MORE YARN!


For this batch, I used Teal as the main color, tie-dyeing each skein (2 skeins of 220 yards each).
Once the teal was in the yarn, I untied the scrap yarn that was used to resist areas of the skeins and then hand painted the yarn with Periwinkle and Sapphire Blue. At the very end, I sprinkled a bit of dry Chartreuse over the wet yarn, then heat set the colors.
It's interesting to sprinkle a dry color onto the wet yarn, in this case at least, the chartreuse came out very bright, but since there is not much of it, it doesn't overwhelm. It definitely adds a pop of color, though. I can see using this method when you want to add just a little bit of contrasting color.

It's also interesting that greens are the primary colors, though I also used some pretty dark blues.

Definitely enjoying the process!

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