Fun with yarn in March

First off I have finished my scrappy afghan.  The ripple pattern is pretty common amount crocheter's but I had never done one.  So I decided, way back last August, to make a ripple out of my scrap acrylics.  Well at least the one's that I thought color coordinated.  I ran out of yarn in colors I wanted to use, so the blanket is done for now.  It's going to be my car blanket.

 

I also tried something new this month.  I was supposed to go to a crafternoon and dye yarn at my friend Rachel's house, but her little ones got sick so I did it myself at home.  I got the instructions for how to dye yarn in a crockpot using food dye from the knitty website.  

First I had to skein the ball of yarn and tie it so it didn't come undone.

 Then I dyed it following the instructions with bright pink and green (the colors are little washed out in the picture).  I love how it turned out and I think I'm going to use it to crochet up some fingerless gloves. 

I used Stitch Nation Full o Sheep yarn (arian weight) for my dying.  I have a second ball of it and may try to dye it to match, or I may try something completely different.  Any ideas?