Rhodo-red

I’ve always had a thing for reds, I just can’t help it. I wanted to dye some yarn in very red tones, having something like this rhodochrosite crystal as my inspiration:

(credit and thanks to Orbital Joe for allowing to use his photo, and to the Smithsonian Museum, to whom this exhibit belongs)

I mixed my different reds and highlighted them with two greys of varying intensity, and this what I got:

And here’s a photo of the entire batch:

I’m quite happy with the results, though next time I’ll try dyeing an even redder yarn…