You too can dye yarn (part 2)

Have someone heat up leftovers and keep an eye on the babies.
Or... keep an eye on the small one and let the big one be naughty.

While dinner is being heated up. Get your dyes ready. You need vinegar, dyes, hot water, cups, and something to stir with.
Per cup (not actual "cup" but those plastic cups I use) I use less than "just a pinch" of dye, 3/4 of the cup is hot water, and 1/4 vinegar. Look around the web you can probably find better measurements. It's not perfect, but so far I haven't had any total disasters. Oh, be creative with your dyes. Ecru works great for softening your colors. I've been using jacquard. You can get them on dhramatrading.com for $3.10 when you buy 10 or more and shipping is like $11.

Right now, I haven't made the perfect amount of dye. I keep making way too much and have no place to store it and it gets wasted. When I figure it out I'll update the blog.
Go eat dinner and put the babies to sleep. You used hot water to make your dyes so they need an hour or two to cool down. Felting would be bad.

Also, you should probably wear a mask while dealing with the dyes. I've been making my dyes outside so it doesn't bother me. The great dyers probably wear masks and wear gloves. But they also can do like 12 skeins at a time and a stock of dyes. I don't think my husband would be okay with me taking up cupboard space for stock dye solutions. We have limited space.