Today, I'm watching the pot to make sure it doesn't boil. There's about 3 oz. of superwash merino and some scarlet red acid dye in the pot. For the red socks Evan requested. *Note to self: sitting at the keyboard is not the same as watching the pot, and now the dye bath is at a definite simmer. Maybe even a low boil. Thank goodness I'm using superwash.
In my defense, I did check the water temperature with a cooking thermometer. It was only reading about 150 F so I turned the heat up, just a little bit. At an active simmer, the temp read not quite 180 F. For the record, cooking thermometers and I have a poor history. When ever I use a meat thermometer to get the meat done just right, the meat turns out overdone. Even when I account for continued cooking after removing the meat from the heat source. I bought myself one of those cool digital readout grilling thermometer probe things, and it quit on me. Recently I bought one of those glass candy thermometers, just to use for dyepots. Somehow, the end got crushed before I ever had a chance to try it.
I guess I'll just wing it. The heat is off now so I can post some fiber pictures while I wait for things to cool:
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| Superwash Merino, very soft. Some of this is in the dye pot right now. |
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| Silky, shiny bamboo fiber |
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| Sumptuous merino, alpaca and silk blend |
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| dyed mohair roving, I'm going to add some of this to Evan's socks |
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| more mohair, dark purple and green, just because |
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| more mohair, see above! |
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Scarlet superwash merino roving picture to follow soon! I hope.
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