Dyeing My Handspun

I spent a day last week dyeing up my handspun using the dyeing kit that I had bought from Wool Tincture.  It was super easy, and fun.  The only hiccup came on the last skeins to be dyed (bottom right corner) which came out with some lighter patches, which I am attributing to the fact that I used tap water instead of filtered fridge water - I had used filtered water on all the other batches.  There was even some undissolved dye powder left over in the jar when I dumped the water and rinsed it.  Lesson learned.  The colors are (from left to right and top to bottom):  Turquoise, Eggplant, Deep Water, and Malbec.  This yarn, which is on the bulky side and is not very consistently spun will be turned into a blanket for my cat.  She really likes to lay on my knitting and crochet projects, and has already loved on these skeins.

I set up my dye operations in the spare bathroom.  That is a trivet under the dye jar (part of the instructions).

Here is the first batch of yarn in the dye jar.

First batch on the drying rack, and second batch in.

Second batch on the drying rack and third batch in.

Third batch on the drying rack and fourth batch in.  I modified the arrangement of the drying rack between the second and third batches, to give myself enough room to hang the skeins.  All in all it was a very fun experience.