First we set out the chairs and started to wind our yarn around it. We wanted self-striping colors for our sock yarn, so once we had the entire hank wound around the chairs, we marked off some equal lengths for our main colors which were a bit longer than those that we would leave un-dyed. (We started out with yellow Pace sock yarn.)
I took the yarn off the chair for them and put it in the sink so they could get it prepared to dye.
Since the kids were doing the dying today, I thought it best to use the Kool-Aid dyeing method. They mixed up their colors while their yarn was soaking. It smelled pretty yummy!!
Since we dyed on the stove-top, I supervised them a little more closely. No need for any unnecessary first aid! See...almost all the color is out of water and into the yarn. We're nearly there.
Once all the color had disappeared from the water, I took the toasty pans over to the sink for the kids and dumped them in so they could rinse their yarn. They left two striped yellow, dyed one green using 3 packets of Lime, and dyed the other stripe purple using Blue Raspberry/Grape/Tropical Punch.
Once their yarn had dried, I wound it up into a center-pull yarn cake. They decided to call this one Vineyard. Super cute and ready for some socks!!
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