Adventures in Wool

I am absolutely in love with dyeing roving.

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I joined a sock KAL that follows the book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

It has become one of my all time favorite series.

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I decided it would be super cool to make my own colors according to the book cover, but I had never done any dyeing before.

So here we go!

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I unwound the roving to get ready for the soak.

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First you have to soak your roving in hot water mixed with vinegar.

For at least 30 minutes.

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After soaking, I used these directions.

http://keeponknittinginthefreeworld.blogspot.com/2006/11/wiltons-icing-gel-dying-tutorial.html

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I somewhat strayed from the directions, but still used the main concept. I think if I swirled the roving in a pan or large bowl, and then added the coloring, it might have come out a bit differently.

I used a turkey baster to get the colors right.

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I had put the roving in a bowl at first but freaked out when the colors started to blend too much.

I then placed it in a large pie dish and re-squirted some of the yellow on.

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Time to Cook!

It was microwaved on high for 2 minutes.

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Then let it rest for 2 minutes and repeated until the water was clear and soaked up. Watching all the while in case in started to felt.

In total, it took about 6 minutes.

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Steaming hot after being taken out, I let it sit on my faucet for a minute.

At this point, I had thought the colors didn't take.

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But it turned out EXACTLY as I wanted.

If I had done the colors any differently, I don't think I would have gotten the neon effect that I needed.

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Totally in love with the colors! It sooooo matches the book cover.

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I can not wait to spin it up into some soft sock yarn!

Here is the link for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo KAL



http://www.ravelry.com/groups/dragon-knitalong



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