Woooo! My first attempt at dyeing...

So, finally bit the bullet and, since I am cursed with an allergy to wool and so can't use cheap dyes like Koolaid and food colouring, I bought a bunch of Procion MX dyes and the related bumpf. I found a really pretty pattern the other day that I wanted to make in silk, so I bought out the silver Debbie Bliss Pure Silk sale stuff from John Lewis.

Here it is soaking:



Elana and I took turns soaking it, cause it just didn't want to not float (silk is a witch, apparently). Then we mixed up Turquoise, Ultramarine and Emerald Green :



And then the fun part! Splashy Splashy!











Here's Elana and I looking slightly mental with our rubber gloves, while poor Doug had to leave his SSC raid to come take pics for us (I'm on the left, please excuse lack of make-up and bra ;-)).



It's now wrapped up like a sausage in the bath, and will be washed out tomorrow... wooo!