Dyeing with Marigolds

I had some extra time on my hands being stuck inside with freezing temps and snow so I decided to dye some wool.  I purchased a sweater at a thrift store with the intent of reclaiming the wool to dye.  The content is 70% lambswool, 20% angora rabbit hair and 10% nylon, but it was a shade of blue I'm not too fond of so I grabbed a bag of frozen Marigold flowers I had from two Summers ago and got busy. 

11.59 oz of frozen Marigold flowers (weighed prior to being frozen) -- My wool weighed around 11 oz

poured (almost) boiling water to steep and mashed with a potato masher to extract color

the Marigold dye

......and the end result.  

I followed the usual dye technique for dyeing with Natural Dyes (scour, mordant & dye).  

I put a piece of the before sweater fabric to show the contrast in color.  It is interesting to note that you obtain different hues when dyeing fresh vs dried Marigold.  As one would expect you get lighter vs darker tones.

Now to pick a knitting pattern.......