This was a weekend of mild experimentation :) I’d had an idea about a dyeing method that I wanted to try out.  I was wondering about dyeing a scarf.  My thought was that if you rolled it up like a jelly roll, set it flat side down in about 1/2 - 3/4 inches of dye solution, you might get a graded coloring on the scarf - the deepest color being on the edge that was on the bottom of the pot and lighter colors as you moved up through the width of the scarf via capillary action.

So I knit a plain little scarf from the bulky taupe colored wool I lucked into a while back.  I finished it up Sunday morning and got ready to try my experiment first by soaking…





...and then rolling the thing up - not the easiest thing to do with a wet scarf…





...and then plopping it in the crock pot which already contained the dye - 2 blue Easter egg tablets and one green dissolved in white vinegar to which about a cup of water had been added, once the tablets had disintegrated :)





The lid went on and I left it for about 3 hours.  After washing and rinsing, this is what I wound up with…

It’s not really bad, but it’s certainly not what I’d had in mind.  Having thought about it for a while now, my best guess is that the scarf was too water-logged to let the dye rise from the bottom - that there simply wasn’t anywhere for the dye liquid to go, the yarn already being full of water.

But that’s just a guess and I’d be delighted to hear anyone else’s theories on the matter.  I’ll probably try this again - after all, there’s a whole n’other side to that scarf :)