Finally the third part in this series is here - be sure to read the two previous parts here (part 1) and here (part 2).

These are the undyed yarns I used: white soft merino, white nettle/wool mix, salmon colored soft merino, jade colored soft merino and grey soft merino. I wanted to see how the precolor would affect the shade of the finished result.

I started with unmixed colors of cerise, yellow and blue, see the results below. The shades are clear from the different precolors of the yarns. Jade, grey, salmon and white precolor (from left to right).

White, white nettle/wool, salmon, jade, grey (from left to right).

Jade, grey, salmon, white nettle/wool, white (from left to right).

The colors are really vibrant and I love the amount of colors/shades per dyecolor I got from dyeing with precolored yarn. The nettle/wool yarn got quite interesting as the wool got dyed but not the nettle, making the shades mixed/a bit tweedy - not something to use in the embroideries but I will find another nice project for it. The nettle is similar to linen and needs another type of dye to work.

Then the result from my midnight experiments. One resulted in a very dark green color and the other in an orange color, see photos below. Jade, grey, salmon, white neetle/wool, white (from left to right).

Jade, grey, salmon, white neetle/wool, white (from left to right).

I also tried getting a nice purple tone and ended up with two good results - one more saturated (3% color strength), and one lighter colored (1.5% color strength).

Jade, grey, salmon, white neetle/wool, white (from left to right).

Grey, white nettle/wool, white (from left to right).

I also did some attempts on green and made this light green with 1.5% color strength. White, white nettle/wool, jade, grey.

Below is a panorama of all colors I made! I had a lot of fun and learned so much throughout the process.