Yarn I am thinking of keeping; or experiments in natural dyes

[untonuggan]

I experimented with natural dyes for the first time the other night. (I used an aluminum pot so it would help set the color, rather than playing with some realllllly toxic metal in my kitchen.)

Here are the results...


Approximately 40 yards of *very yellow* tumeric-dyed blue-faced leicester chunky-ish handspun wool.


Approximately 67 yards of sort of antique-d/beige/fawn/off-white blue-faced leicester fingering-weight-ish handspun wool

I am kind of in love with both of them, so they will either be gifts or used by myself. I am thinking of doing some gradations of color in yellows/oranges/reds to experiment with different natural dyes, and then making a shawl out of them.

The second one I'm not so sure about, but it's just so soft and lovely...mmmmm...

Thanks to everyone who helped with the natural dyes advice!

P.S. All I can think is, I made those.

Comments

[tyger]

That yellow! *_____* The beige is nice enough, too, but really REALLY not my colour, haha.

STILL PRETTY AMAZING, THOUGH. :D

[untonuggan]

Thank you! I AM ALSO AMAZED.

I think the beige will look nice mixed with maybe a grey and a cream...mmmmm, yes.

[tyger]

So bright! :D

Hee~ Go for it!

[lynnoconnacht]

They both look great! <3 I think the beige is my favourite, though. ^-^ It looks like such a soft, gentle colour.

And that yellow. :O Look how vibrant and bright it is! XD

[untonuggan]

Thank you! <3

[alee_grrl]

Both are really beautiful. What wonderful experiments.

[untonuggan]

Thank you! <3

[hyperbole]

Those are so gorgeous. I'm finally able to not give a damn about other people's opinions on this, and--beige is my favourite colour! So there. And that's a very fine shade you've got there. :}

[untonuggan]

Beige is lovely and goes with everything! Go you for embracing it, and thank you for the feedback. :D

[pensnest]

Lovely! The yellow so vibrant and the pinky/fawn so soft and pretty.

[untonuggan]

Thank you! I appreciate it. <3 *squees a bit*

[jjhunter]

Gorgeous!

If you're looking for more color inspiration, think about different flower colors you like - zinnias tend to have gorgeous shades, for example. What colors combine well in flower boxes / flower arrangements will also likely combine well on people. :o)

[untonuggan]

XD Thanks!

[chalcopyrite]

Those are gorgeous! The yellow is so vibrant, and the pinky-beige (...on my screen, anyway) looks so soft and gentle!

[shanaqui]

Preeeetty!

[untonuggan]

XD

[fbf]

Say your post on the knitting board, followed the link and this is what I have to say:

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Really nice work. Congrats!

[untonuggan]

Thank you! *squees*

[lilysea]

What did you dye the beige with?

[untonuggan]

TEA! The best drink ever. <3

[st_aurafina]

That yellow is just amazing - so bright! The second one is tea-dyed? I really love the colour of tea-dyed stuff - very soft but deep.

[untonuggan]

Yes, second one is tea-dyed. Thank you for the kudos. Really appreciated! <3

[bloodandbubble]

Holy cow! You need shades for that Yellow!

And that beige is nice too. But I've been into neutral colors lately.