this weekend, i was struck by the need to dye some yarn. it seemed easy enough, i had a ball of undyed sock yarn, all i needed was kool-aid. alas, i got to my grocery store, and all they had were grape and lemonade, so instead, i bought some food coloring. it was a bad idea. i have produced the ugliest yarn ever.
admittedly, i was happy with it when it was just lying there on top of the trash bag...
as soon as i picked it up to get it into the microwave? dye came pouring off the yarn. especially all the blue dye. eww. green. in my yarn. i swear i didn't mean it! and the colors are not as intense as i'd wanted either. it totally makes me think of fruity pebbles - colors are too funky, don't look good together, and as soon as they hit milk, all hell breaks loose. i might try knitting something out of this anyhow, but overdying definitely looks to be in my future. and, as disappointing as this yarn is, i still want to buy some more and give it another try.
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