{"id":1342,"date":"2021-05-20T21:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2021-05-20T20:52:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:52:42","slug":"may-dye-pot-a-k-a-lets-dye-some-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/may-dye-pot-a-k-a-lets-dye-some-yarn\/","title":{"rendered":"May Dye Pot  (a.k.a. Let&#8217;s Dye Some Yarn)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1342-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/May-dye-pot.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/May-dye-pot.mp4\">http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/May-dye-pot.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Between meetings on Wednesday, I decided to dye some yarn. While standing up after a long period of sitting and fixing my lunch, I selected some colors of unsweetened drink mix purchased especially for this endeavor and put a pot on a stove. The color wasn\u2019t as dark as I wanted so I added some red food coloring.<\/p>\n<p>While I worked in the afternoon, the dye pot simmered on the stove. The finished product is pretty, though next time I need to use less water for a darker color. The color ended up a dark coral color which I\u2019ve dubbed Coral Plaza, after a movie theatre I remember as a kid. I hadn\u2019t done stove top dyeing with drink mix only setting yarn in the microwave which requires less water. I like food safe colors for these experiments so I can still use my pots and dishes. The color is lovely but next time I think I will go back to the microwave method with less water for more intense colors or wrap the yarn in plastic wrap and steam it.<\/p>\n<p>The yarn isn\u2019t quite dry yet, I\u2019d like it to be completely dry before winding it. Coral Plaza is lovely and I am ready to try again. I want a deeper red, maybe gel food coloring next time? Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Happy crocheting!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Between meetings on Wednesday, I decided to dye some yarn. While standing up after a long period of sitting and fixing my lunch, I selected some colors of unsweetened drink mix purchased especially for this endeavor and put a pot on a stove. The color wasn\u2019t as dark as I wanted so I added [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}