I've been making Claire socks with Koigu yarn , a color called Charred Wood, if I remember correctly. I had to break into the second (and last) skein before finishing the first sock. That means I'll run out of yarn before finishing the second sock. What to do? Seems extravagant to buy another skein just to finish a toe. I had this orange fingering weight yarn from Dale of Norway -- a little too pink and bright, but . . . I wondered about dying it with onion skins. So I've been saving brown and red (mostly brown) onion skins for a few weeks. Tonight I put them into a glass bowl and poured boiling water over them, then let them sit for an hour or so. Now to experiment: I tested a short length of the orange yarn which I had 'cooked' in the onion skin soup. It's lying across the brown sock -- can you see it?
I cooked them for seven minutes on high, until the yarn had absorbed much of the color in the water.
2 comments:
I absolutely *love* your thinking! And you have every right to feel pleased, I know I would. My first (and probably only) pair of socks were knit from varigated yarn I bought on Ebay, not enough and no way to get more of the same. So I had to buy another skein, this one a matching solid, in order to finish. Well the one skein from the LYS cost as much as the two plus shipping from Ebay, and I have a lot left over. But I learned a few things. Good for you, for making what you had work!
Ingenius idea Susan! You win the "brillant blogger" metal of the day *VBS* What a great idea! Hugs, finn
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