Over the weekend, I experimented with some Easter egg dyes on two types of wool. First and third below are BFL and the second one is merino. Two egg dye kits (less than $4 total) were enough for four rovings of 4oz. each, using 3 tablets for each roving. I probably could have stretched the colors even further and gotten more out of them… more experimenting required!

My favorite of the three, I’m calling this one “Verdigris”. The colors came from the PAAS Camo kit, which I picked up for the slightly darker, muted colors.

“Crimson Clover”, using the rest of the dyes from the Camo kit and supplemented with some icing dyes. For this one, and the one above, I layered the whole roving in a crock pot set on low and poured the mixed colors over various parts of the fiber.

“Clopin”, dyed with three colors from the Paas Neon kit. The blue in the egg dye kit breaks just like the Delphinium color of Wiltons. Also, the teal color bleeds like crazy. I still haven’t got it to stop, but I figure after I spin the yarn, I’ll soak it some more. This one was done by dissolving the dyes in three medium size mason jars and placing parts of the length of roving in each jar. The three jars were then warmed in the crock pot until the dye was exhausted.

So, all in all, egg dye kits are a fine way to dye roving. I’ll be looking for kits to go on sale after Easter.