Thanks for letting me know..Please let me know how your present project works out.
Happy spinning and dyeing! > Hi Dana, > > It took several rinses - I mean, lots of rinses to get the dye out. And > the water was still pinkish but I was tired and so I called it done. I > am knitting some of the yarn now into a sweater. > > Before I began the sweater, I took a length of the maroon yarn and a length > of yellow yarn, tied them together and gave them a good hot soapy bath. > Dried them on a white paper towel with no bleeding. The yarn had sat for > several months after dyeing but whether this had any effect, I don't > know. I am told that the color is reasonably lightfast, especially in > indoor light. Someone else said that her pokeweed dyed wool "mellowed" > over time, but was still red/purple and another friend had woven her > pokeweed dyed > wool into a pillow top which hadn't faded much after several years. > > Of course, your mileage may vary. > > Nancy in southern Indiana To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
