Wanted to make a hat in school colors, but couldn’t find a variegated yarn I liked. So like a crazy person I got some undyed yarn and acid dye, and dyed my own. This was my first time dyeing yarn, and I’m hooked.

I did take about 5g of yarn off the skein first to test different dye strengths for the purple to get it the shade I wanted before dyeing the whole skein. I used zip ties to create white spaces, then added yellow in those resist spots while the yarn was still wet.

I tried doing a yarn with a yellow main color and purple speckles, but for some reason I forgot color theory and put the purple on top of the yellow. Whoops! So I used some yarn from that skein to make the pom pom.

Pattern: Classic ribbed hat

Edit: I can’t spell Friday