View Full Version : Dyeing Wool?
kellyjo32
02-26-2006, 10:33 AM
DH and I were talking about dyeing wool, and he suggested you could maybe use coffee?! Has anyone tried that? Would it work?
Jan in CA
02-26-2006, 02:03 PM
It stains everything it touches (teeth, furniture, bathrobes :rollseyes: ) so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
kellyjo32
02-27-2006, 07:16 AM
I like how you threw bathrobes in there... ;) DH never wants me to knit him anything, but I think he might be more likely to want something if it's coffee dyed...
I think I might just give it a whirl!
Jan in CA
02-27-2006, 03:46 PM
I like how you threw bathrobes in there... ;)
:lol: :shifty:
DH never wants me to knit him anything, but I think he might be more likely to want something if it's coffee dyed...
I think I might just give it a whirl!
He doesn't wear hat when it's cold? I made my DH one and he loves it. Some men just think it's not manly I guess. :rollseyes: Maybe it's the colors so a coffee stained one might work.
kellyjo32
02-27-2006, 03:51 PM
Actually yes, he got the first hat I did on circ's and he loves it. But everyone gets a hat! I wanted to make him something grrrrrreat! But even if I do dye the wool with coffee...I still don't know what I'd make. He's not a sweater guy. Maybe a cute teddy bear or something like that. :thinking:
Jan in CA
02-27-2006, 03:56 PM
I see. My DH isn't a sweater guy most of the time either. We've been on a few winter trips that he has worn sweaters so maybe someday I'll that. For now he just gets a hat. :roflhard:
I still don't know what I'd make. He's not a sweater guy. Maybe a cute teddy bear or something like that. :thinking:
:roflhard: A man who's "not a sweater guy" but might like a cute knitted teddy bear.
I suppose he wouldn't wear a sweater vest either.
Lots of cool "manly" yarns for that.
kellyjo32
02-27-2006, 04:04 PM
Hmm, now that I read that, it does sound silly. :rofling:
HEY! What about a frog???
kellyjo32
03-02-2006, 09:45 AM
You mean knit him a frog!? Is there a pattern somewhere?