Mmmm… coffee

Yesterday, my friend Sigurlaug (who has a new knitblog with beautiful stuff) commented on my entry about the dyeing business. She told that apparently you can use onion peels to make a dye. Naturally I couldn’t resist checking it out, so I spent some time googleing around and was getting pretty excited about it, until I read that you need to dry the peels for several days before cooking up the dye. As my mother can tell you, I am not a patient person, quite far from it. Fortunately for me, I found out that you can use loads and loads of natural stuff to dye, among them coffee and tea. Now that doesn’t take any drying does it!

I ran to the yarn shop just before closing and got two skeins of off-white Lanett and went straight after to the supermarket where I got the cheapest coffee in Finland and some vinegar. Let the dyeing begin. Let my apartment stink of overcooked coffee mixed with vinegar (which has an awfully strong stink). But look, isn’t it beautiful?

It really was magical I can tell you, and I am so unbelievably happy with the results. I’ve been thinking lately how much I’d like to find yarn with soft variations of the same color, but haven’t had luck so far. Now I’ve got it, lucky me!

Two lovely little lattes that dream of becoming delicate, lacey socks

I’m telling you, I’ll be the crazy lady this summer, walking around Helsinki collecting grass in a bag. It’s supposed to give a nice shade of green. Watch out!