so I got this yarn

I wanted to make this, but can't really afford the $160 suggested yarn. I got this yarn off of ebay since I wanted my version to still have the same sheen. It was pink. I didn't really want pink yarn, so I decided to try Koolaid dyeing to see if I could get it to be more of a peach color and I was then going to accent it with peach beads lined with gold-toned foil. Anyway, I dyed it with lemonade flavored powder and it ended up... a slightly darker pink. That was a bust.

Undeterred, but still wanting to use a non-toxic dye so I wouldn't have to poison something or get new dye-only pots, I headed out to Smart and Final and came back with a jumbo-sized bottle of red food coloring. Armed with food coloring and apple cider vinegar, I attacked the yarn again. I mixed the red with some green and blue, in an attempt to get the yarn to be a deep red or burgundy. It seemed to work out in the pot. When I went to rinse the yarn, the red washed out and out and out. I thought I would never stop rinsing. My hands and nails turned pink. What was that about wearing rubber gloves? My hands became pink raisins.

I rinsed. I added more vinegar.I boiled the yarn again in hopes that it would set the dye a little bit more. The yarn started to resemble ground beef. I thought about what it would be like to wear a ground beef-colored sweater. After all, I do have a crush on this crochet bacon wrap, but somehow the idea of a ground beef sweater is just gross. Then I rationalized that maybe it really looked like a sort of brick color. I kept rinsing the yarn, until finally it ended up looking like... a darker pink.

After having dried it, it just looks like bright pink. It's not quite coral.

Next up: acid dye in the washing machine.