i've seen a lot of yarn dyers around lately, and most of them are working in animal fibers, which, if you know me, is the reason i started in on this venture with cotton instead. i wanted to be able to use hand dyed yarns too, but i have sensory issues with wool. also, as a crocheter, i've never been able to make wool yarn look like i want it to, regardless of what color it is. maybe that's just my skill level as a crocheter, but the more i talk to other crocheters, the more i discover there are others who have the same sorts of issues that i do. also, finding cotton in worsted weight in anything that's suitable for garment use has been... difficult. another issue i ran into as i started this process, was trying to get the vibrancy i wanted out of color - i wanted bold and punchy, and getting it with plant fiber was... tougher than the wool dyer's i've seen make it look. in researching the process, i came to learn that working with plant fiber is a very different monster than animal fiber. as time has gone on and i've experimented on colorway after colorway, i've discovered techniques that allow me to keep the vast majority of the vibrant nature of the colors i'm using.
case in point: this absolutely ridiculous shade of blue. each and every time i pour this blue, i'm tickled by how beautiful the shade is. so i'm building an entire series of colorways just soaked in this gorgeous blue. stacked and matched with other vivid colors, and then splashed with a wash of charcoal grey, each of these colorways just gives "mythology." i didn't intend for this to become a collection. i just... loved this blue and wanted to play with it. but every time a colorway dries, this blue just feels next-level.
i'll continue playing with this blue for a little bit before i start dyeing christmas colorways (i live in wisconsin, so i don't generally like to tempt the winter gods too early), so keep an eye out for more colorways that just scream myths and goddesses. like everything else i make, these are available in very limited quantities, and will likely sell out fast.