It has been quite a long time since the dye pots were pulled out. Not that I didn't want to dye wool but it is such a pain to pull all that crap out, locate the wool you want to change the color of, choose what recipe to use and see if you have those dyes. I'm always in need/want of primitive black and have lots of unappreciated (ugly) wool which would be suitable for dyeing primitive black.
Sorry I didn't take a photo of the wool before, but this is the after. Will tell you the plaid on the left was a grey plaid which turned out nicely. The middle plaid was mostly green & light plaid, on the right was a putrid pink purple plaid which may have been part of a bargain bag purchase. I love the bargain bags but am not a fan of pinks and certain shades of purple (sorry Barb).
Primitive Black (using Cushing Dye)
1/16 t plumb
1/4 t Khaki Drab
1/4 t Peacock
1/8 t black over 1 cup boiling water
Since the pots, spoons and measuring cups are out decided to do more primitive black dyeing and will use the wool below. The wool in the middle is very similar in color to the over dyed piece on the far right in the photo above. This time I will measure the wool.
Here are the results of the next two pots of primitive black. I did use up some of the red & blue plaid on the right and will save the remainder of it for another dye session.
I've put away all the dye paraphernalia and for now am over the dyeing bug. Besides I didn't want to root thru my organized shelves of wool so only chose those which were easily retrievable.
Weather still seems to be rather mild for June and no rain here in a while although weatherman said "maybe" will have a little thunder and rain this evening.
Saundra
