One of these things just doesn’t belong.

I have spent the last week or so doing experiments in hand dyeing yarn.  Right now, I am just kettle dyeing as I don’t have the set up in my studio for hand painting yet.  (Oh, it’s coming…the day is fast approaching…)

Colour theory is fascinating…sometimes you need a lot less of one colour than another, when you are blending to make a third.  Sometimes, when you don’t read the label and use the “wrong” red, surprising, beautiful things happen.

Sometimes, when you vary the process on Experiment #4, something turns out differently.

See that green in the top right corner?  NOT what I had in mind, and not at all in keeping with the first three skeins.  I got the colour all wrong AND I changed one little step in the process.  As a result (I think) and it came out nearly entirely solid, save for that weird little yellow splotch.  Definitely not a keeper.  Back into the dye bath with ye.

And it overdyed into this wonderful colourway:

It’s actually my favourite so far, I think.  (Although that red-purple is really gorgeous!)  The question now is, could I ever replicate it?  Unlikely but it might be fun to try.

Wonder what’s on this evening’s experiment docket?

I know…Orange!!