A few recent FOs, a new pattern, and hand dyeing yarns! (:

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Has anyone ever tried to dye cascade venezia (or a similar 70-30 wool-silk blend) using cool-ade or food dye? I know the wool will dye fine, but i don't know about the silk. I have a whole bunch of it from a swap, and it's a lovely yarn that's pretty much exactly the color of my skin (pale beige), which would be easy to overdye but i still want ( Read more... )

I have a single skein of cashmere that fell into my lap recently, mostly because it's a really, really odd shade of muted lime green, and I would like to over-dye it black. I searched on Google to see if dyeing cashmere required anything different from dyeing regular wool, and I got some very conflicting information. Several sites told me that I ( Read more... )