Round 5, Violent Coral

Violent Coral, Round 5
Originally uploaded by the duchess knits!

This does not photograph at all how it looks. It's bright & dark, and a really orangey red, I'd even go so far as to say it's Cadmium Red Light.

I stupidly thought that I could use the hot pour method & decrease the amount of water in my dyebath. Hahahaha, I wish you could hear how ironically I'm laughing.

So I used the red-red in one glass & a mix of golden yellow & buttercup. I dissolved them & first poured the yellows on parts of the 2oz roving. Then I put just a little bit of red-red. Yeah, the red took over the whole thing. For the parts that were only lightly affected, I tried to salvage them with copper & lemon yellow. That was clearly an epic fail, but I still really like the results.

You won't believe what I did after that....