Tie dyeing

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Tie-dyed eggs

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Easter Eggs

Yay! A successful dye project! I'm very happy to say I figured out the problem of the last one. Because I usually presoak the material to be dyed but don't spin it, water is spread throughout the material unevenly and the dye instantly gravitates to the really wet parts. This time, with Rebecca's advice, I soak and spun it in the washing machine and then dyed it. *The small photo is the before picture; the blanket was the result of a "junk" warp weaving project.

I fear this may be the last entry for a while. School started again this week, and while I have all kinds of project plans, I also have an overwhelming amount of assignments. At this point, anyway...maybe it will start to feel a little more manageable once canning season is over. On that note, it looks like I spilled a jar of plum sauce on Ash and Will's wedding gift. A dye job with ho-hum results though it could be interpreted as intentional. As it turns out, dyeing is a bit of a skill, one that I have not completely mastered.

Like: numerous postings in one day. i can get a little too used to this. so much easier to gather up the goods from the past week and post at one time, but it wasn't really my original intention.
Dislike: this dye job. It's so patchy, and I can only think it's because of flaws in the material. bummer.