Monday, June 16, 2008

The Dye Runneth Over

I like to recycle things, and recycling yarn is really great.

A friend gave me a partially completed sweater that didn't have the pattern. The cotton wasn't very nice, especially for a garment, so I threw away the unfinished pieces (yes, I regret that now that I know you can re-condition yarn), and kept the rest.

The yarn made an appearance on the blog when I used it to learn the basket weave pattern for the Hanami stole. So I decided to knit another side and make it into a market bag.

Cute, huh?

Marketbasket1

All went well 'til the blocking, when this seemingly undyed cotton showed that the dye had not set at all. Really. The dye kept coming out. I tried adding vinegar, but it didn't really help all that much. You can see the dye running on the handle.

Marketbasket2


I am glad that this won't need to be washed very often!

3 comments:

Alison said...

How 'bout, keep washing till all the dye is gone? I did that with a sweater once, and succeeded in getting it to come out evenly colored in the end. Either way, that's a great way to put that knitting to good use after all.

Renee said...

ah, that is a possibility - I'm not sure that I want to "waste" the water on a project that won't really need to be washed...so I'll think about it!

Renee said...

ah, that is a possibility - I'm not sure that I want to "waste" the water on a project that won't really need to be washed...so I'll think about it!