A Day for Rain and Dye. (And a kitchen fire).

When I last left you, I had just finished preparing my yarn. Because I mistakenly saved my pictures to the internal memory of my camera, I only have pictures for the last half of this process. Next it was time to soak it in the sink in a mixture of water and vinegar. I submerged them as best I could, and left them for a half hour or so. Next I set about preparing my dyes. Following the directions, I placed each little tab in a bowl with a small amount of water, waited for it to dissolve, then added more water and stirred it up. After that I transferred each dye to it's own bottle using my funnel. Unfortunately, because I suffer from bouts of absentmindedness, I purchased the solid colored squirt bottles. After I labeled them all with my trusty Sharpie, I put my dyes in each and filled them all up. Then I laid out my trash bag on the counter, and covered that with my pieces of plastic wrap. I decided that I would start with my smallest skein, and off I went squirting it like mad. The instructions said to use a sponge brush, but I omitted getting this item at the store, and instead wastefully mopped all the excess dye up with paper towels. When I was done with my dyeing, I made my steamer.
I used my lobster pot and some tin foil. I made a bowl above the water (remembering to put the water in first), then poked some holes in the tin foil. As soon as the water began to boil and steam came out my little vents, I placed my big skein in and placed the top on. After a half our I took it out. I did this again for the other skeins. During this time, my burner caught fire and I was forced to toss my pot off, and pour water on it as the flames got bigger. I didn't really have the presence of mind to take a picture. Last winter my stove top caught fire and incinerated a toaster that was sitting on it. I got melted plastic on myself and got demoted from my job. Now I only have 2 burners left because the others got covered in plastic and had to be tossed out. Bad things happen when stoves catch fire. Anyway, not to be dettered, I moved my pot to the only other working coil. All of the skeins (and me) survived and were moved to the sink. As they cooled off the in the sink, I began to unwrap them. Once they were cool enough I submerged them in water the same temperature. Any cooler and the yarn will felt. (This actually happened to my smallest skein.)Ideally the yarn shouldn't run, but of course mine did. I drained the sink again and refilled the sink and added a dash of vinegar. I agitated them gently for a few moments, then hung them up to dry. By this time I had begun to notice that they were looking very pink, and sure enough, they were nothing but pink and white. I'm not going to lie. I'm pretty pissed. I have no flipping clue how this happened. All of the other colors disappeared. I didn't even freaking use pink. I placed a message on the discussion board at knutty knitters and the ladies at prayer shawl and so far no one has any clue what happened. I don't really even want to go in the bathroom. I'm so devastated. :( I already had decided what I was going to use the yarn for. It's been a few days, and to make matters even worse, the color has faded even more. Right now the yarn is almost white. Looks like I'll be trying out Kool Aid just as soon as I regain my nerve. And get rid of this horrible failure which is still lying on my bathroom floor.