Hand painted yarn - the results

Well I promised to show you how the yarn I was dyeing on Friday turned out.  Here is the skein:

I'm really excited with how the colours came out.  They look a bit different in the photo, in reality the pink is less red.  Here's the skein wound into a ball:

I knitted a square to see how the colours would work out:

 

Next time I will tell you the story of this rather special 100% wool yarn.  But now I must dye some more skeins for sale at Fibre East.