Cody’s yarn didn’t take long to dry, so I was able to skein it, wind it into a ball and knit up a swatch, then take pictures in natural daylight. The dry yarn’s colors are much lighter than the wet yarn, much to my son’s chagrin. He was hoping for a vibrant, bold red with the cherry, and a deeper red with the black cherry, but they lightened up quite a bit. The yarn turned into dark pinks and medium purples and he doesn’t really like it, but I think it would work well for a modular scarf of some sort. There are only 233 yards of it, so whatever project I make can’t be very large. Although he didn’t get the colors he was hoping for, it still looks great and the colors blended very well.
Both boys’ yarn is looking so good! A hint for brighter/darker colors for next time….double the amount of Kool-Aid. It’s amazing the different shades you can get from varying the strength of the stuff!
Hi, Jan-Knit! Thanks for the comments… I’ll let the boys know there’s someone out there who likes their dyed yarn. (And they will be alllll excited about that, no doubt!)
I actually used 3 packs of each color in 8 oz. of water and I was hoping that would be enough to make the colors bold. But, honestly, I think it is the Paton’s Classic Wool in winter white because it’s a lot different than that superwash wool.