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I don’t dye self-striping yarns.
In fact, I rarely dye nearly-solid yarns.
(Those multi-color handspun skeins are made of dyed solids, spun together)
But when I first started dyeing, I played around with stripe patterns a lot.
But the real challenge is getting the skein long enough to make your stripes long enough.
I did this by wrapping the yarn allll around my apartment.
Yes, my apartment.
Start at a kitchen chair, around the couch, around the TV, into the bedroom and around the chair in there and back to the kitchen.
Yeah, it was a small space!
When I read Scout’s post on using a warping board, I realized I was crazy.
And that I probably wasn’t going to be dyeing any more striping yarn.
(side note: dude. that was 4 years ago!)
Despite all this, Velma’s post last week on dyeing self-striping yarn blew me away. It’s comprehensive, photo-documented and hilarious!
Just like all good dye sessions should be!
(photo taken by the inimitably colorful Velma)
