The Dye Pot

Evermoss

Materials

Paton's Merino wool, worsted weight. 50 grams, natural color
PAAS dye tablets: 3 green, 1/2 red
White vinegar
Water

Method

Crock pot

Colorfast?

Yes

Color name

Evermoss

Soaked the yarn in cool water, dissolved the dye in white vinegar, added the dye solution to about 4 quarts of water, mixed and poured into the crock pot. Added the soaked yarn (soak time - about 45 minutes), stirred gently to acquaint all the yarn with the dye bath, put the lid on and turned the crock pot to the high setting.





In this case, the red was used to keep the green from screaming too loudly :) I didn't want a Kelly, St. Patrick's Day green, but something more likely to be found in the woods. As has happened before with greens, the dye didn't completely exhaust though I left the heat on the bath for about 6 hours. As with the Terra Copper, this is more dye than I would normally use for 50 grams of yarn but I wanted a solid, saturated color.





The swatch was done on size 9 US (5.5 mm) needles.

Notes: This isn't bad, if you like greens, but is a little drabber than I was aiming for. Maybe that's the wrong word as it seems to carry connotations of lifeless and dull :) I don't think this color is either of those things so maybe, rather than being drab it's really just muted? That's it - it's muted! Heh... And whatever I decide to knit with it can always be brightened a bit with a small application of Here Comes the Sun!

Posted by Robbyn on 06/05 at 07:33 PM