If you're a bird, I'm a bird

I was given a 3-ply wool blend of yarn many years ago. I held on to it not knowing what I wanted to do with it. I've been looking into dying yarn recently. There are natural dyes that I plan to use in the future like spinach leaves, black beans, onions, red cabbage, etc. While browsing, I discovered a recipe for Paas Easter egg dye. So when I was buying our kit to use with the kids, I picked up an extra box for a dying project. Natural state of the wool Any box of Paas with the tablets can be used I rinsed the yarn and hung it to dry on the drying rack outside. It dried in an afternoon. This morning I had to soak the yarn again so it would soak up water and absorb more of the dye. While it was soaking in a bowl, I started getting the dyes ready. I added 3 tbsp of vinegar and a cup of hot water to the dye mixture. Wool soaking in room temperature water Bowls of Paas dye I draped the yarn in each bowl and made sure the undyed parts transitioned into the bowl t...

"I like making a piece of string into something I can wear." ~Author Unknown "The only place where housework comes before knitting is in the dictionary." "Stitch your stress away." ~Author Unknown "All my scattering moments are taken up with my needle." ~Ellen Birdseye Wheaton, 1851 "Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit, either." ~Elizabeth Zimmerman "If I stitch fast enough, does it count as aerobic exercise?" ~Author Unknown "For people allergic to wool, one's heart can only bleed." ~Elizabeth Zimmerman "Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting." ~Ellen Glasgow "Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of...