I got together with my friend Lynda last week to help her warp her big loom for making rugs. While I was there, we also dyed a couple skeins of carpet warp wool with her jet black Jacquard acid dye. She's got the "real" acid dyes and I knew we'd get consistent results with her powder.
The photo above is a cake of the Jacquard jet black yarn dyed with Lynda (on the left) and the Wilton's (broken) Black (right) that I dyed in the crock pot a few weeks ago.
It just doesn't seem right to call both of these black, but that's what I was going for. I'll definitely do more of the "broken" black with Wilton's cake dye, as I do like the effect.
If you've ever seen mocumentary film Spinal Tap, you'll recognize the title quote "None more black," where the band was looking at their new album cover - completely black, devoid of any color whatsoever. "How much more black could it be? The answer is 'None more black.'"
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