Six skeins into it, and I think I can say that I’m going to be an almost-solid kettle dyer and not a hand-painted, self-striping, clashing-complementing variegated dyer.
Mostly, it has to do with patience. Dyeing as a process is testing the limits of mine. If I tried to move beyond the almost solids, I’d have batch after batch of muddied colors and clown barf.
What did Yoda say? “Control, control, you must learn control.” Yeah, that’s not happening with me. I can focus long enough to mix up a dye bath and drop in a skein, but I do not have enough control or patience or strength of character to make variegation happen.
I might find the patience eventually. Might. Maybe. But for now, I’m ever so pleased with the single, marbled colors. And that’s good enough for now.
February 1st, 2011 at 10:38 am
Awesome tips! I have been previously hunting for something like this for some time now. Bless you!