Dyeing

Remember the pound of Corriedale that I spun when I first got my wheel?  I'm using it to learn how to dye.  It's bad beginner yarn and it is perfect for this, because if this had been the good yarn, I would have been crying.

The picture below is my very first attempt.  It's food coloring and set in the microwave.  I followed the directions and managed to scorch the yarn.  The middle bit was yellow and blue.  The only good thing about it is that if I were actually going for green to brown, this is what I would want it to look like.

For the second attempt, I left more water in the mini skein and used the microwave in 30-second intervals.  The brown bit on  this is the tie, not scorch.

And here they are completely dry:

I'll be playing with food coloring for a bit longer before I break into the good dyes, and I need to see if I can turn down the heat on the microwave.  

Although the experiment doesn't qualify as a success, I really like the two mini skeins on the right.  The middle skein is something to aim for, without accomplishing it by scorching the yarn.