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Monday, July 23, 2012

Call me Your Blueness

My 3 skeins of Beaverslide did not match so I tried over-dyeing them with indigo. I had a kit of pre-reduced indigo so decided to try it out. I like the color, but even after about 5 washings, and a synthrapol rinse the color still comes off on my hands. I'm tempted to throw the yarn into Nuuanu Street to rinse out the excess dye, but the moss and the leptospirosis warnings deter me. Oh well. So of course, my sweater, which had a stripe in front where the yarn did not match also makes my hands blue. I really love the color, but reading up after the fact, I wonder if the stripe will gradually come back as the dye washes out.


It's approaching 90 here, so I won't be needing the sweater any time soon. But when I start wearing it I suppose I could be addressed as Your Blueness.

3 comments:

kbrow said...

Spinning this indigo-dyed Herdwick colors my hands every time. I can't wait til I'm finished spinning it. I do like the color, though.

Is that Lisa Lloyd's Two Hearts? I am thinking of taking on a sweater of hers from A Fine Fleece, just not sure which one. Amusingly, I've got some blue yarn for it...

Acornbud said...

Yes. This is Two Hearts. I love that book.

Jennifer said...

ooh - what a beautiful sweater. Good luck with the over-dyeing. I hadn't thought of that before.