THAT RIGHT THERE was my first mistake. Since I don't have a real set up or system yet, I wound up kneeling on my blocking mats. In a dark, humid, hot room. My hair, which is straight and thick, actually started curling. By the end of the endeavor, I was so desperate to finish that I made some really bizarre color choices because I just started grabbing bottles and hoped they'd turn out ok. (I think they did, but whew, that was not fun.)
"Well, dummy," you might ask, "why didn't you just take a break?" Because cats, that's why. Specifically my younger cat, who is my shadow and wants to be with me always in everything I do. She's very inquisitive and stubborn and quick, and I was afraid she'd dart in and get something nasty on herself.
Also, I learned that darker yarn, despite being pre-owned, might bleed. While sitting in the soda ash solution, both the teal and maroon yarn that I had wound up somehow leaving blue and pink spots on the two white skeins I had sitting in there. I had already decided to keep those for myself, due to the many knots they had, but my original plans for dyeing them wound up getting changed. (AHHH I'm super excited about what I'm gonna do with them!) So, from now on, anything that's darker in color is going to get washed with synthrapol first, to avoid contamination.
I learned that a certain color named Razzle Dazzle, while lovely, is the dye equivalent of that person that just won't stop talking. It did not matter how little of it was on a skein, even the tiniest patch of that color will bleed infinitely. My back is KILLING me now from being stooped over my bathroom sink for hours with hot and cold water and synthrapol. Had I limited myself to ten skeins, this would probably not be an issue.
Soon, I will have a new camera so I can share pictures of all this craziness with you. And I'm now dreaming of the day that I have an actual studio to work in. But until then, I really need to figure out a better system.
Right this moment though, it's bed time. I've earned it!
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