You can never have enough...

[Venetian1]

when we were kids we had an annoying possum eating the fruit somehow it was caught - i can't remember just how but it was very dead so my brother stuffed it into his school case and took it for show and tell, can't imagine what the teacher thought of having a rather large dead possum arrive at school 

i love dying wool. in the past i used natural things like onion skins, walnut shells, lichen etc but you need quite complicated mordants such as alum  to get nice  bright colours that last.  Now i just use various types of food colourings as you can get a great range of colours or mix your own shades.
I soak the wool in a vinegar solution and then apply the food colourings either with a syringe like you do KM or splash it around happily, soak the wool in various strengths of dye or just however I feel like doing it that time. 
 I then put it into a casserole dish cover with cling film and microwave on high for 4 minutes, let it cool and repeat for another 4 minutes.  When it is rinsed there is no leaking of colour.
The colour seems to last with no significant fading, i have socks that i have worn for 5 years and they are still colourful with just being thrown into the washing machine with everything else.