Soak Test

When I was at the Knitter's Frolic on Saturday I stopped by the Soak booth. I bought some Soak and talked to Jacqueline, the founder of Soak, for a little while. I mentioned that I like to use the Soak to rinse my yarn after dyeing and she asked me if I had ever used it before I dyed. I haven't but I did tell her I would try and tell her how it went. The question had come up from a customer if using Soak in the water when soaking the fibre would the fibre be colour fast after dyeing. I tried it out on Sunday when I dyed this fibre. It is more of the undyed Polworth that I have. I used only one colour and it was that Gaywool purple that I had from the day at Maggie's. Unfortunately, I can't get the picture to come out true to colour. It looks way too blue here. The colour is purple and I love the results. Using the Soak in the water when the fibre was soaking did not cause the dye to wash out after the dyeing was complete. I dyed the fibre in the oven, 350 degrees for 30 minutes in one of those speckled roasting pans. The next time I dye I am going to attempt to dye more than one colour. I think I will mix up some dye solutions this weekend when we go to my in-laws, if the weather cooperates. This way I can do the dirty work outside in the yard.

On the knitting front, I got some knitting done on the subway today. I am working up the back now. I hope I can get the back finished by tomorrow. I really need to get this sweater finished by the weekend so I can cast on the second one that has to be finished by May 17th.