Before:
After:
Close up:
Things I have learned from this adventure:
1) following directions may have resulted in the colour I'd actually intended...but wouldn't have been nearly as much fun (and I love the midnight-blue that I ended up with!);
2) blocking sucks, which leads to #3;
3) I need blocking wires;
4) there are an astonishing number of ways to make bad plays on the word "dye"; and
5) cat hair doesn't take dye. You know, for future reference. In case I ever turn into that much of a crazy cat lady.
Thanks to all who sent happy thoughts! I think it worked.
7 comments:
That's a gorgeous, if somewhat unintended, outcome! :-)
Oh, that is lovely! I love dyeing - so much fun. And even more fun when you don't follow directions and don't know what the end result will be.
Cat hair probably does take dye...but you have to steam the cat.
It's a protein fiber just like wool, silk, angora, cashmere, human hair...
That is gorgeous! Don't suppose you made yourself a back-up shawl your sweet little sister could borrow?
Excellent results - one would never know the two photos are of the same shawl.
Lisa in Toronto
It's beautiful! congrats!
Apparently you're cheating on me.
Trollop.
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