Dyeing Yarn with Food Colours

I have just discovered that dyeing yarn is addictive and very satisfying so much fun !

Yarn has to be 100% wool to take this simple dye, which is just basic food colouring (a leftover packet from many moons ago), water and vinegar.

First you wet the wool. Then fill a small saucepan with a few centimeters of water and add about three quarters of a cup of vinegar (I had 100 grams of wool) and place the wool inside, then sprinkle various colours on different areas of the wool, and press down gently with a spoon so the dye goes through to the bottom - do not mix up the colours. Then I brought it to the boil, and let it gently simmer for 20 minutes with a lid on. To my surprise the dye set so well, the water poured out clear ! Squeeze it gently, and hang it on a hook to dry.

Here is what it looked like after drying. I used all the food colours I had, red, green, blue, yellow.

And here it is after rolling into a ball, and starting a lacey shell scarf:

Next time I think I will use less colours. There’s too many here for my liking, but I still think its nice.

I will post a picture of the finished scarf soon