Dyeing Singles-Again

I had one lonely half bobbin of Corrie singles leftover from all that plying for sock yarn I did a while back.

Last summer I had The Mister make me some plastic niddy-noddys that I could use for dyeing.

You can paint on dye one strand at a time this way. I use a fork in one hand and the brush in the other to get the dye into the middle.

After my most recent dyeing disasters, I stuck to two colors that I knew would not look terrible mixing and mingling-yellow and orange.

At the last minute I added a touch of navy blue which I immediately regretted and then steamed the whole mess in the microwave 2 minutes on and 2 minutes off for about 20 minutes.

 

When the singles were dry I wound them into a center pull ball and then plied it taking one strand from the outside and one from the inside.

 This is always risky business with delicate singles so I give a big sigh of relief when I get to that end  loop without a tangle or a break.

For all that work I was rewarded with a cute little 50 gram skein of extremely variegated yarn.

 Not bad, since all those singles were originally destined for the trash.