I started a sun dye jar on July 1 with a container
of pink tulip petals that I gathered earlier this summer (don't worry, I
didn't go pick my neighbors' flowers, I collected petals that had
already fallen on the ground from a park with thousands of flowers so
that I could get enough). They were in my freezer for about two months
while I worked on other things, but now they've been soaking for 1 1/2
weeks in a solution of 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol and 8 cups water. The jar
is on my sunniest windowsill (inside, because from my apartment on the
20th floor there isn't a balcony or safe way to hang these on the
outside of the window). This is what the jar looked like earlier this
afternoon:
After the picture above, I strained out the remaining
mushy petal scraps and added the yarn to the jar. I'm testing two yarns: 100% cotton (Bernat Handicrafter Cotton) and 100% wool (Lion Brand
Fisherman's Wool).
Here is the jar after the yarn was added:
And here is the soggy petal mess that came out of the jar (lovely, right? smelled great too...):
I'm going to let the sun dye jar + yarn sit in the sunny window until the end of August. I'll update then with pictures of the results!
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