Dan wanted to try dyeing some yarn using vegetables. We did some with the tops of beets, carrots, and beets.
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We prepared all the yarns in water with alum and cream of tartar.
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This is using the tops of beets to get a dye bath.
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We strained the pieces out and put the yarn in.
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This is the yarn after it was all done.
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We didn't take a picture of the carrot dye bath, but this is the yarn after we were done next to the original color yarn.
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This is the beets dye bath.
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Here is the yarn right after we pulled it out of the beets.
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This is after we rinsed the yarn off. It is laying on top of the original color yarn. We were a little disappointed with the color it turned out. We were hoping for at least a pink!