Yesterday I tried for the first time to dye a pound of my white roving. I used a Jacquard dye called "Fire Red". According to the directions, 1/2 oz. of the dye should color 2 lbs. of material. I used the entire 1/2 oz bottle for 1 lb of roving because I wanted to make sure it was a nice brilliant red. As you can see it didn't exactly turn out red. It's more of a dark pink I think. The directions also said to use only a 1/4 cup of vinegar in the dyepot which I did. I am now wondering if I should have used more. I would very much appreciate comments from those of you experienced dyers on what you think happened here.
I'll still be able to use this but I think once I spin it up I'll try dyeing it again so I get my red yarn.
Wow, what lovely stuff, and you did such a wonderful job with it! Is the fleece from one of your lambs?
Juliann
Hi Juliann,
Yes it's one of my lambs. Unfortunately I don't know which one. I have some fleece stored from a few years ago that aren't marked.