so, later Friday night after pulling the wool/bamboo blend out of the steaming pot, I decided to toss in 2 oz of the punta wool to soak up the dye that drained out into the pot (mostly teal, maybe a little of the green mixed in), heating it until the dye exhausted. then I dumped the rest of the diluted green into the middle of the pot and let it heat until that seemed exhausted. and then I looked at the clock and turned it off and headed to bed.

at some point Saturday afternoon I heated it up again and added some of the leftover Peacock dye (again from last month) into three places around the edges (and let the final drips hit wherever they would) and heated it until it looked like it was exhausted. left it in the pot to cool.

late Saturday night, I drained it (and since the water was nice and clear I didn’t bother with gloves. my fingers did not turn blue/green this time) and rinsed it and set it out to dry.

I love the semi-solid-ness of it. here it is dryed & braided:

next up - the other half of the punta wool and some wensleydale wool

I just realized I never posted an ‘after’ photo of last month’s fiber dye session.

so, here’s before:

and here’s how it looked after it was dry and braided:

brown wool base on the top, white wool on the bottom (braid)

I did good - wore gloves while actually using the dyes (mixing & putting it onto the fiber)
then I steamed the fiber and let it sit a while.

just rinsed it:

bamboo/wool blend fiber bit from The Fiber Studio. dyed in leftover Peacock (Cushings) from last month’s dye session

I think the dye on my fingertips is actually from the main chunk of fiber I dyed - most likely from removing the saran wrap, since the water wasn’t too colored while rinsing it.

so, here it is post-rinse:

the pink spot is leftover from last month too - it’s the Rose Cushings, diluted a bit.
the other dyes are diluted Green (Cushings) on the ends and Teal (Jacquard) in the middle.

I can’t wait to see how it looks dry.

I’ve got some Punta wool soaking for more fun with dyes tomorrow.

see:

I think it’s merino. and some misc brown wool. squished into nylons (as suggested here). I’m waiting for it to dry, and it’s for a swap and supposed to be a surprise, so that’s the preview for you.
(I’m not sure how true to color that is. it was pretty juicy when I rolled it up in the saran wrap pre-steaming. we’ll see how much the colors bled.)

I had a bit of dye-stuff leftover, so I pulled out the Louet Fingering-weight I bought last year at WI Sheep & Wool and ended up with this:

and flipped:

the one on the left was reskeined, the one on the right was twisted up as-dyed. I need to work on the color transitions, I think. (I also don’t think the reskeined one had nearly as much white spots.)

details for the curious:
Cushings dyes in Bright Purple, Peacock, and Rose
used Citric Acid crystals instead of vinegar.
added Synthrapol to the soak water.
used syringes to apply the dye. much fun.
steamed on the stove top for about 20 minutes each. let the roving cool overnight (and all day while at work)

I’m done with the CTH Glitz socks, except I still need to kitchener a toe and weave in the ends on both socks. modeled photos coming once I get those pesky ends taken care of.

I’m also nearly done with a 4th hat. Just need to add a few more rounds and it’ll be done. It’s on pages 9-10 of One Skein Wonders, I forget it’s exact name.

and I’ve started a 5th hat - just a basic roll-brim using the hand-dyed.

and, happy dance - I got an invite to Ravelry the other night. now, to figure out how it works…

yarn cake. (no, I did not bother reskeining. I just wanted to get to the knitting.)

sniff sniff sniff

did someone say yarn cake?

smells a bit like vinegar…

but I’ll take it anyway

(there’s video of her rubbing and loving on the yarn cake after that, but it came out a bit too dark. someday I’ll torture you all with video clips)