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How To Dye Yarn - Speckles
First off! I want to apologize for the horrible cutting off of my head later on in the video! When I pre-set the camera is was fine but once I pressed that record button it decided to do something different :(
*WEAR A MASK* I did not wear a mask because I needed to explain the process to you guys. I highly recommend you wear a mask when dealing with dyes. Mask recommendation: N95 Dust mask. Thank you.
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Anywho! I decided to share my method of how I speckle yarn along with many other methods. Below I will write step by step instructions on how to make speckles if I went too fast in the video :)
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Equipment:
-Stainless Steel Steam Pan & Lid can be found @ www.webstaurantstore.com
-Latex Gloves
-Dharma Dye Powder
-N95 Mask to prevent inhalation of powder
-Dharma Citric Acid
-Syringe
-Strainer
-Plastic fork & spoon
-Plastic bags that can be found at Walmart
-Cotton String
-Steamer
-Cooking Pot
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Instructions:
-Pre Soak your skein with water and citric acid for about 30 minutes
-Use a cotton string and tie it around the skein so that you can grab it easily later on
-For me, I used two medium dunkin donut cups into each pan. 1 dunkin cup = 2 cups of water
-Add two skeins
-IF YOU JUST HAVE ONE SKEIN: add about a cup and maybe some more, depending on how much water is in the pan
-Have the heat on low and wait until the water starts to steam
-With the color choice #1 lightly add into the strainer and tap around the skein. The lighter you tap the lighter the speckles will be.
-Using the spoon method, add as little onto the spoon and use your finger / wrist to swoosh the dye around, lol. Do this for every color
-Let it sit in the pan for 25 minutes covered
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For hand speckle, mix up your dyes and flick, syringe, brush, or use the fork to spread around those colors onto the skein.
-Once done, put the skein into a plastic bag and tie it.
-With your pot and steamer, add the water at the point just under the steamer base.
-Turn heat on in between medium and low setting, getting the water to just simmer, not boil.
-Add bag on top of steamer and steam for 25 minutes
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-Once the timer has ran out, let the skein cool down to room temperature, allowing any dye left over to still have a chance to be absorbed into the skein
-Once cooled, grab the cotton string and rinse out, making sure it isn't bleeding
-Hang up to dry and enjoy!
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Thanks for watching!
Hope you enjoyed how I speckle my yarn, be sure to check out my shop down below.
Leave a comment below if you have any questions :)
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Etsy Page: www.etsy.com/shop/BrediculousYarns
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @carolemakes
    @carolemakes 3 місяці тому

    I’m only one minute in and I think we’re besties. Measuring with empty Dunkin’ cups and just approximations? YYYYYYYYAS! ❤

  • @paulacockle7580
    @paulacockle7580 9 місяців тому

    For your health, please wear a mask when using dye powders.

  • @eddavanleemputten9232
    @eddavanleemputten9232 9 місяців тому

    A little chef’s trick when sprinkling anything in powder form: the greater the height you sprinkle from, the more even and spread out your distribution will be. The lower the height you sprinkle from, the more concentrated the distribution will be, but the more precise your application will be at the same time. When using strainers, the finer the mesh, the finer your speckles will be. Using a makeup brush or a paint brush tapped against a stick will give interesting effects as well. You can experiment with powders or with diluted dyes. Dip in the dye, if needed tap off sole excess, then tap against the stick over whatever surface you want to apply to. Edit: I just thought of something: if you happen to have a sous vide stick and a vacuum sealer, an option might be to put your speckled yarn in a vacuum sealed bag, seal it, then pop it inside a water bath at a high temperature setting and leave it in there for any time you want. It might even work for solid dye jobs to do multiple skeins in different colours at once: insert the soaked skeins in different bags, add diluted dye, use the immersion method to remove as much air as possible (use heat resistant ziplock bags), immerse the bags in the warm water bath. Mmmmmm… my mind’s positively teeming with the potential. Great temperature control, no scorching, and absolutely no possibility of felting as there’s no agitation either. I’m a hand spinner and this offers possibilities for dyeing raw wool as well.

  • @echolarkin8595
    @echolarkin8595 10 місяців тому

    What ratio did you do for the water and citric acid presoak? I've read that for wool and vinegar you do a 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water. I really enjoyed watching you explain the process and how cool all of the yarn came out. :)

  • @sadoh6
    @sadoh6 11 місяців тому

    I went to high school with you😊 glad to see your doin well!!! Keep it up!!!

  • @PinkyJapan
    @PinkyJapan Рік тому

    Thanks for this video! I live in Japan and hand-dyed yarn is very rare here. Also, it's too expensive for me to import yarn from overseas. I found some Japanese dye and will give this a try. Very cool to watch the whole process!

  • @AnnA-cv5bk
    @AnnA-cv5bk 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the video. Could you tell me, please, do you use citrus acid before or during process?

  • @VirgsB
    @VirgsB 2 роки тому

    Oh my goodness all the skeins turned out lovely. I would buy all of those gorgeous skeins of yarn. Thank you for sharing your technique with us.

  • @karendawkins5686
    @karendawkins5686 2 роки тому

    Hi i love the spoon dye and the finger dye one question i have a sky blue lion brand yarn and want to change the color to pumpkin spices what do i do to get that color

    • @eddavanleemputten9232
      @eddavanleemputten9232 9 місяців тому

      I know your question is a year old… but for any overdyeing, my educated guess is to take into account the pigment(s) already present in the yarn. The easiest is to get yourself a colour wheel from the art painting section of an arts & crafts store. In your case I’m assuming that with pumpkin spices you mean oranges and browns. I’m afraid blues will never be completely cancelled out by those colours. You’ll get a more subdued, brown/grey tinged colour at best. Perhaps a green tinge. Adding red pigment(s) will migrate it more towards browns. Adding yellow(s) will have it go more towards greens. In paints/pigments, orange will mainly consist of the combination of yellows and reds. Add blues and greens, and you get browns/greys. Add reds to warm it up. Add yellows and you get bright(er) greens. If your blue already has a bit of red/purple in it (purple = red + blue) you get a warmer undertone. A possible way to figure out what colours you get is test dyeing. Another way to get at least an idea is to play around with watercolours or inks on white paper. Do some wet-in-wet tests and do some wet-in-dry tests. Wet-in-wet tests mean you mix your colours without allowing the paint/ink layers to dry between colour applications. Wet-in-dry means you paint your new colour(s) over dry colour, either something you painted (you get a bit of dilution of the original paint or ink unless the paint you use is permanent once dried, which isn’t the case with watercolour but is the case with highly diluted acrylics) or paper that already has the colour of your yarn. No idea if this information is still useful to you, but I just thought I’d share.

  • @Another_Lady
    @Another_Lady 2 роки тому

    I learned that some dye powders are mostly salts, so I literally cut my dye with table salt 1:1 for speckling, so it goes on lighter - you can always add more, but you can't take it away once it's on the yarn!

  • @agnesadyana7344
    @agnesadyana7344 2 роки тому

    Wow. It’s beautiful . If cotton or bamboo is it the same way? Because I live in tropical country. And where can I buy the dye colour?

  • @parrot0101
    @parrot0101 2 роки тому

    Excellent ! You're a natural educator ! Thanks

  • @keahwoodgate5089
    @keahwoodgate5089 3 роки тому

    I finally got speckles not just blobs! But I also burnt 1 of the 3 skeins 🤣 overall I'm calling it a win though.

  • @faby9665
    @faby9665 3 роки тому

    I loved the way you explained! Is there any chance you will make a video also with acrylic yarns? I am trying but no good results. Thanks!

  • @glacialimpala
    @glacialimpala 3 роки тому

    Wow I didn't know you can wring out the wool so harshly and not mess it up. That's useful info!

  • @marissachippy9372
    @marissachippy9372 3 роки тому

    Bring your podcast back!!! Love it!!!

  • @lindasyarnbarn5176
    @lindasyarnbarn5176 3 роки тому

    Are you not doing videos anymore?

  • @teslaandhumanity7383
    @teslaandhumanity7383 3 роки тому

    Microwave it might be better

  • @marycarrion6526
    @marycarrion6526 3 роки тому

    Can't wait to try!

  • @katiekelley3984
    @katiekelley3984 3 роки тому

    Nice job!

  • @joycedollar1198
    @joycedollar1198 3 роки тому

    Oh I so want to do this. Thank you for great video.

  • @BeeBeeimonotfact
    @BeeBeeimonotfact 3 роки тому

    The yarn came up beautiful... I wanted to know if I mix the yarn with the water in a spray bottle and spray it on the yarn would that have a speckled effect also?

  • @pariazari
    @pariazari 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing! Clear instruction.

  • @feeshac1974
    @feeshac1974 3 роки тому

    I’ll never look at hotel pans the same again 😂. Great vid!

  • @4WDDRIVING24
    @4WDDRIVING24 3 роки тому

    how can i get my roving to look like human skin

  • @idiatolawuyi4684
    @idiatolawuyi4684 3 роки тому

    please am sorry when do you add citric acid or vineger

  • @shawnaschwartzbauer1876
    @shawnaschwartzbauer1876 3 роки тому

    Where do you get your wool?

  • @tobygolding1893
    @tobygolding1893 3 роки тому

    guess she quit

  • @dreamingfool2
    @dreamingfool2 4 роки тому

    What type of Disney magic is this? I'm watching a video of someone who looks remarkably like Emily Osment, who sounds like Miley Cyrus, but is teaching a video on how to speckle dye yarn!

  • @eneal2056
    @eneal2056 4 роки тому

    No mask? Everyone else says it’s unsafe to inhale the dyes.

  • @SametraKnight777
    @SametraKnight777 4 роки тому

    Awesome video I love this.

  • @thewoolseeker6076
    @thewoolseeker6076 4 роки тому

    Hi there, I was wondering, if the dye exhaust before my water is simmering, do I have to wait for it to simmer to set it, or it's already set if it's exhausted? (My water is hot just not simmering)

    • @breakehr6356
      @breakehr6356 4 роки тому

      In my experience, most of the time the color is set once it has been exhausted. Light pinks and blues exhaust super fast. I just take it out of the water and let it cool before rinsing and hanging it up to dry

    • @thewoolseeker6076
      @thewoolseeker6076 4 роки тому

      @@breakehr6356 ok thanks so much for the quick response!

  • @etm567
    @etm567 4 роки тому

    "Comfortability"? How about the noun "comfort"? Is it really necessary to make up new words? "Depending on your comfortability..." or "Depending on your comfort," or "Depending on your level of comfort..." Does using made-up words make your yarn dyeing "more good"? Or maybe, god forbid, just "better"? How about "more prettier"?

  • @lama-mo
    @lama-mo 4 роки тому

    Hello! I really enjoyed your video! And I would like to share it with russian-speaking audience. Do you think it's okay if I publish your video on my channel with dub in Russian. I'll add a link to your channel in the description box.

  • @jessys9868
    @jessys9868 4 роки тому

    Fun video

  • @pamyclark1263
    @pamyclark1263 4 роки тому

    Also:ua-cam.com/video/rEXCT-iU8JA/v-deo.html. how to pronounce skein please: RHYMES with vEIN // skEIN. Phonetically SKANE

  • @damalewis9277
    @damalewis9277 4 роки тому

    This is a great tutorial! Very thorough. Thank you!

  • @gjmiller138
    @gjmiller138 4 роки тому

    put on a mask when your using dye dies. Your going to ruin your lungs

  • @SMEA109
    @SMEA109 4 роки тому

    THX where did you get the yarn base?

  • @elizabethmderue2966
    @elizabethmderue2966 4 роки тому

    Do no t wrong yarn. You will stretch the fibers. Not good.

  • @AnonymousAmyMakes
    @AnonymousAmyMakes 5 років тому

    Could someone please tell me what BFL means?

  • @elishagreen2954
    @elishagreen2954 5 років тому

    Where are the rest of your videos?

  • @raykehr1832
    @raykehr1832 5 років тому

    Not sure why I’m watching this but hello cuz

  • @tlatchman
    @tlatchman 5 років тому

    So pretty! How do they look on a project?

  • @youzfuzzi
    @youzfuzzi 5 років тому

    Excellent tutorial. Thank you for everything you shared

  • @mikemunro5149
    @mikemunro5149 5 років тому

    You're lovely It's pronounced Skane S Kane :-)

  • @sarahadams6881
    @sarahadams6881 5 років тому

    Really helpful tutorial! Looking to have a go at dyeing my own yarn so I am glad to come across your channel

  • @seedy6538
    @seedy6538 5 років тому

    OMG pls use a respirator mask. Protect your health 💗💗

    • @vdsuan
      @vdsuan 4 роки тому

      She explained why she's not using one. She wants the video to come out clear and not muffled.

  • @matildedice
    @matildedice 5 років тому

    Hola, muy buen tutorial, consulto, que medida le pones de ácido cítrico?? No consigo dharma en mi país, anilina Dylon , me servira, es para teñir telas

  • @eternodisperare
    @eternodisperare 5 років тому

    warsh.