Pigeon’s Blood
Materials
Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud (100% baby alpaca), lace weight. 100 grams, Iris color
PAAS dye tablets: 6 red
White vinegar
Water
Method
Crock pot
Colorfast?
Yes
Color name
Pigeon's Blood
Soaked the yarn in tepid water (in the crock) and dissolved the dye tablets in the vinegar (in a separate container, of course!). Removed the yarn from the soak water and added the dye, stirring to mix. Added the yarn to the dye bath and set the crock pot to high.
I had three hanks of this originally and have dyed one previously (see Thunder Storm). I hauled the other two hanks out earlier this week and decided that their original lavender-grey wasn't going anywhere and some spiffing up was definitely in order. That, of course, came in the form of red dye :)
This is the original yarn. I've dyed this baby alpaca before and always had great results with it. It's absolutely sinfully soft yarn - in fact it you didn't know better, you might think you were working with cashmere. It's just lovely stuff - whether you're knitting or dyeing - a pleasure to work with and use :)
Notes: There were no real surprises here except that I used half again as much dye as I would ordinarily for 100 grams of yarn - and the yarn had no problem taking up all the color. The exceedingly rich color is a real pleasure to behold and I am keeping myself entertained, thinking about how I can use this and what lovely things it will make!
Posted by Robbyn on 03/14 at 07:23 AM
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