Well, I guess it is only
fitting that while being inspired by a failed experiment, I have my own failed
experiment. I was sure that beets would yield a beautiful red on some wool yarn
I had. I scoured all my dyeing books to find a recipe of how to dye with beets
and not one book mentioned beets.
I should have taken that as
at least an odd thing, let alone a big red flag. But no, I went ahead and
boiled the beets to get a wonderful red dye bath. I put my mordanted yarn in
and let it soak. The yarn turned a great vivid pink. Then when I began rinsing
the yarn, every bit of red rinsed away. Apparently, beets are not colorfast no
matter what.
See my beet dyed yarn? Just
a dingy off-white (slightly more dingy than the off-white that the yarn started
as).
So, I think I will have to
give up on my idea of dyeing with beets and just use some great red yarn I have
in my stash.
And in closing here is a
drive by picture of another beet sculpture in front of our local library:
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