adventures in dyeing, part 2

since i am having trouble getting into my flickr account (grr, yahoo.), i'll use ipernity to share some yarny photos with you. it's a community-type site, similar to flickr, but smaller and european-based. a pretty nice alternative, and there's an etsy group! so now i can share the results of my yarn-dyeing semi-disaster...

dyed

not quite what i was going for. the second ply took the dye much better, but... at least it feels nice! (here it is on ravelry.) i have had better luck lately using the oven method. there will be some blindingly-bright pictures soon, once the rain lets up...

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