I soaked the sweater.
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/soakingsweater.jpg)
I also soaked a little handspun in case there was a lot of dye leftover.
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/handspunsoaking.jpg)
I got the vat of dye, water and vinegar up to 180°.
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/steamingvat.jpg)
I added the sweater and swirled it gently. I didn't want to felt the sweater or damage it by stirring it too much in the pot. I let it sit for 30 minutes, keeping the pot at 180° and stirring occasionally. I pulled it out and burned my hands through my rubber gloves in the process. I hadn't thought this part out too well. How do you get a steaming hot, soaking wet sweater out of an enormous pot without burning yourself, stretching out the sweater or dyeing your entire kitchen green?
I tossed the handspun in to the leftover dye. See how light it is now?
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/handspuninpot.jpg)
I spun the sweater dry in my washing machine. And when this morning it looked like this.
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/leaflacedyed.jpg)
As you can see it turned out very emerald green. It also did not dye evenly so there are splotches all over it. Still it's a lot better than when I started. And the line that ran across the torso is well camouflaged.
And here's the handspun.
![](http://rose-kim.com/blogpics/handspundyed.jpg)
Conclusion: Dyeing is fun.