So, it went pretty well. I test dyed two little skeins of yarn. The first was overrun by blue, the second wasn’t quite as dark as I’d like. I test dyed 2 ounces of tan alplaca top.

And then I realized I hadn’t added vinegar to any of it.

So I added vinegar to my dye and redyed the alpaca top, feeling like an idiot. Then, I held my breath and dyed 2 ounces of baby camel.

Here’s some pictures.

This is the alpaca and two skeins of yarn I test dyed.

I happened to have a sleeve of seed beads on the counter and saw that they might look really pretty with the yarn when spun up.

Here’s my camel, still wet. The red color isn’t that red in person. It’s more of a plum. And the green isn’t that green in person, either. I wanted two blues and two purples and that’s pretty much what I got. Maybe there’s a reason most people handpaint fibers. It’s easier.

While I was digging around in my fibers yesterday, I came across 2 ounces of dyed bombyx that a friend of mine asked me to spin for her. I thought I’d given it back because I was worried about ruining it, but I still had it, and being more confident in my spinning skills now, I’m not worried anymore. I spun a tiny little sample and it’s really pretty.

I’m going to spin the alpaca and the camel, even though they’re the same color. The camel is a gift for someone else.