Dying for Natural Color
As an avid knitter, and basically a lover of yarns and color, I decided it was time, knitting for 55 years now, to try something new. I did not want to spin, but did check it out, but I wanted to try my hand at dying yarns. I ordered some "bare" (white) yarn and then thought which color did I want. It came to me while cleaning wild black raspberries. They have such a wonderful dye. So I cooked about 1 cup of smashed berries, as not to waste too many for eating and jam, I thought this would be sufficient for my project. I did not have a recipe, but had talked with several other people who dye things. I proceeded to wet the yarn in the sink, and then I drained the water, poured the strained juice on the yarn and added a little water. I did not want a really dark color, but got the result I was looking for. I am calling it, "soft berry on the wild side" and will knit myself some socks with it...now that I have wound it into balls. Just fun and new.
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