Well, as I work on a few different computers, I find my photos are sprinkled here and there...I ran across these photos of finished 5th grade projects from last year. I believe the hat was entered in the CA state fair and won 1st place in its category !!!
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I'd like to know more about your food coloring method....I tried to dye with it this weekend but didn't really like the results....do you mordant first? do you cook in the oven etc?
Hi....oh, so I soaked the skeins in water with vinegar which I did not measure overnight. I used the undyed worsted wool from Brown Sheep. Then we dumped the huge bucked and hung the wool to drip, but not dry, then put on table with plastic covering. I used food dye in red, blue, yellow and green (could do without the green, but it came in the package) I talked to them about colour and not to use opposite colour on the colour wheel, but that it would be beautiful no matter what...and also, too much dye is a bad idea. then we picked it up, put it in a big zip lock baggy with their name on it (I have 30 students in this class!!!!) and placed on the black top in the sun where it steamed for a couple of hours, then we dipped it twice in cool clean water and hung up to dry quickly in california on a hot day!!! and viola!!! I would use more like 20 or more drops per 1/3 cup of water if you want deeper colours...also it is a good idea to leave some spaces undyed .... this really had a good result!!!!!
excuse all the typo's!!! I am typing in the dark on a tiny computer that I am not used to!
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