whackadoodle coconut

Spinning has been put on hold for a little bit.  I've had a knarly pain in my neck and can't really hold my hands above my head and use my spindle lately.  So instead I've been dying some yarn and knitting for myself and a friend of mine. I recent dyed up some sock yarn to see the difference between 100% wool and superwash wool.  There was a little difference, but not to the extent of my Spud and Chloe yarn that I use to tie my skeins with.  That yarn gets super saturated with the best colors and I was hoping it would work on the Debra Norville yarn I purchased for a project. I'm not super dissatisfied since the colors wouldn't have gone well together like my current results do.  I used a combination of Kool Aid and some inexpensive food coloring for these skeins.  I wanted each to have a blue undertone so they would all match.  Except for the yellow of course, which turned out really bright!  Go figure.

over the long weekend, I took some well deserved relaxing time to spin some fluff (a whole 2 ounces in one weekend!), knit a mitten and then rip it out, because only a small child could wear it (and I am not a small child nor have the hands of a small child), dye some yarn with kool aid. The easiest of them all much to my surprise, as I write this was dyeing yarn with kool aid. 1.  buy kool aid ($3.00 worth, okay I got a little out of control picking colors) 2.  wrap 100% wool yarn into skeins (I did 4-1 ounce batches) raw wool wound into skeins   3.  soak in water and vinegar, you don't really need the vinegar, but I wanted really deep clear colors 4.  I did the coloring in two ways and found this way to be easier and I could forget about it and come back later.  Also, the fiber absorbed all the color and didn't have any rinse out. - place skein into a 4 cup measure cup - measure 1 cup of water and add kool aid packets in desired colors, ...