Lady in Red

My best friend/college roommate was just here for a three-week visit and wanted to bring me presents, so I asked for yarn dye. Vira brought me lots and lots of Kool-Aid from the states, so we had to have a dying party. Even though we had five different flavors, they were all various shades of red and pink, so we decided to go for some of the most intense reds that I have ever seen. I'm still really new to hand-dyeing, but its amazing what I can do with a pitcher of hot water, Kool-Aid, yarn, and a bathtub. It didn't take that long, but the result was three beautiful skeins of red, in some subtle varieties. All the yarn came from Ingrid over at Yarn Workshop. The few times that I've attempted hand-dyeing has been with her yarns, and they are so user friendly and absorb the dye really nicely. I think that I might be hooked! Vira helped a lot, and it was her first time dyeing yarn, so I think that I am going to use one or two of these to make something for her. She just moved to NYC, so she is going to need fabulous knitwear come winter.

Instead of just taking a plain picture, I was really inspired by the reds in the skeins to find all the favorite things in my life that are red, which turned out to be a lot! My favorite cookies come in red package, one of my softest scarves, cranberry juice, nail polish, and my MAC lipstick. I really like how this photo turned out, so this could become a regular thing. I will have to expand more on my stock of hand-dye as well then!