Thank you so much, Debbie! It was so much fun to add this little twist to one of my favorite techniques. I always like to say that ill take some risks so you all can decide what things you might want to try. ♥️
i started knitting about a year ago and my grandma (who doesn't knit much anymore) sent me a small part of her stash over the holidays, including 250g of a 70% wool/30% nylon yarn in some kind of off white/cream colour which i'm not crazy about but this popped up in my youtube recs and now i'm contemplating trying to dye it :D
YES! You can easily start playing with dyeing using food coloring and vinegar in your kitchen (artificial food coloring - I recommend the Wilton color right system which you can frequently get with a coupon at big craft stores) That is how I got started before transitioning more to commercial dyes.
I really like the idea of doing the minis with the larger cakes. I hope you get the opportunity to knit up one of the sets so people can see the effect. (Or have someone knit it up for you.) There are so many patterns right now that call for gradient yarns, such as shawls with lots of different stitch patterns. The longer stretches of color in the large cakes would be really intriguing with the shorter repeats of the mini skeins. Really nice idea. (It kind of reminds me of fractal spinning.)
Since this is a gradient technique on its own, I might not do it unless I was trying to layer another type of color on some minis I already had. BUT I was super curious to see if I could do this and was thrilled with how it turned out!
Thank you for the heads up! Currently my captions are autogenerated by UA-cam and they are far from perfect. I hope to someday be able to afford a service to provide more accurate CC.
Thank you so much, Gloria! I really do feel like I've grown a lot and it is a lot of fun to start to feel just as at ease with acid dyes as I am with food coloring. I'm still learning for sure but I'm getting more confident. :D
For sure - for more even color coverage movement and more water volume help. I don't really want the color to be even here - the goal is some amount of asymmetry. You also need to be careful moving some types of yarn (especially if it is not superwash) in hot water too much since it can cause felting.
WOW...THESE ARE GORGEOUS! You have definitely inspired me to try this. Thank you for sharing this and for making this an easier looking technique ❤️🙋🏻♀️
I love this video. You did an excellent job of explaining the step by step process of dyeing the fiber and explaining the differences. The color differences are just lovely. It made me wish I was there. Be blessed.
Beautiful! It is so interesting to see the colouring from the beginning to the end. And i love how good you explain the method and why things happends like they do! I feel like i am learning a lot
That yarn turned out gorgeous! When I wind my skeins I take a large darning needle and pull the tail through the outside of the cake. Wouldn't that me easier when you dye?
Oooo... I'm not sure. That would be a little... annoying to unravel. ;) I've done two strands together before but more than that might be a little tricky... but not impossible.
I am overdye for another finished objects post. Unfortunately I don't have TONS of pictures since I sell a lot of the yarn that I dye so it is up to the customers to share the finished objects. There is a picture on my instagram page (@chemknits) with all of the chanukah minis all in one crochet project.
Welcome to the channel! I got started with food coloring and vinegar and yarn that was 20% wool / 80% acrylic. If you just want to experiment, I recommend breaking the yarn down into some miniskeins to make the yarn stretch farther until you figure out what techniques you like the best. :D
This dye isn't actually Saffron the real spice, this is a Dharma acid dye called "Saffron Spice" which is that warm orange color. I should have the whole recipe in the video description.
Here is the 2019 chanukah playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLFvm3Bz7dhaWFRGxfklapVMJNdUMozDjn.html I still plan to edit a vlog recap where I chat about assembling all of the samplers.
Hi Jo - It is a stand alone device similar to what some gyms have for swim suits. It is like a spin cycle on a washing machine and removes liquid really quickly so things can dry faster. Here is the review of the one I use ua-cam.com/video/cDMp-qz1Yf4/v-deo.html (This model was discontinued shortly after the company gave it to me so I don't mention the brand very often.) It lives in my kitchen full time and means I drip less around my house. It is something I didn't know I needed and now that I have it..... ti is amazing! I did use a salad spinner a bit before this.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials thanks for getting back to me. My friend and I are just starting our yarn dying adventure and wanted to make sure we have all The right equipment. Thanks again. X
I'm sure you could! I might have started with a bit less orange and a little more pink so the shades don't go too deep, but a bright pink would shft it for sure.
I think that this would provide more color coverage on the inside. However, one of the perks of this technique is the uneven color coverage. BUT you might get some more fun reverse speckles.... so I might need to find a meshy tube!
I haven't tested the shrinkage. I have noticed that some yarns become more "fluffy" with dyeing, which could result in a shorter length, but the yarn should still block out the same. Sometimes bare yarn suppliers plan the yardage around the yarn dyed versus the yarn in the skein, but I'm not sure if all companies do this. As for texture, most yarn doesn't change the texture much with the dyeing. If it does I will always mention it in my conclusions!
This would likely be really helpful. I think I didn't anticipate the unraveling so that was my downfall. thanfully they weren't too tangled. I didn't have to cut anything to resolve them. Phew!
I used Dharma acid dyes. I think the color I used was Saffron spice, but the color name should be listed in the video description. (At the very least there is a timestamp for when I talked about dyes.)
My husband passed by me while I was watching this video and said, "Those are the orangest matzo balls I've ever seen!"
LOL! I love going to matzo balls from the usual pasta questions. ;)
Mirjam Weiss instructions not clear; got gefilte fish stuck in the havdalah candle, please advise.
This was absolutely fascinating to watch. I will never be brave enough to do it, but I have a much bigger appreciation for those who do this.
Thank you so much, Debbie! It was so much fun to add this little twist to one of my favorite techniques. I always like to say that ill take some risks so you all can decide what things you might want to try. ♥️
i started knitting about a year ago and my grandma (who doesn't knit much anymore) sent me a small part of her stash over the holidays, including 250g of a 70% wool/30% nylon yarn in some kind of off white/cream colour which i'm not crazy about but this popped up in my youtube recs and now i'm contemplating trying to dye it :D
YES! You can easily start playing with dyeing using food coloring and vinegar in your kitchen (artificial food coloring - I recommend the Wilton color right system which you can frequently get with a coupon at big craft stores) That is how I got started before transitioning more to commercial dyes.
I love that burnt orange color!
Paprika is my favorite color and spice! This episode made me so happy!
Thank you!
The colors remind me of saris that my sisters in law wear.
I love deep rich colors like this so much.
this is making me think of spaghetti with pomodoro sauce. Ok, I'm off to cook something LOL
I really like the idea of doing the minis with the larger cakes. I hope you get the opportunity to knit up one of the sets so people can see the effect. (Or have someone knit it up for you.) There are so many patterns right now that call for gradient yarns, such as shawls with lots of different stitch patterns. The longer stretches of color in the large cakes would be really intriguing with the shorter repeats of the mini skeins. Really nice idea. (It kind of reminds me of fractal spinning.)
I kept one set back (some of the minis that were just under 10 g) that I have a project in mind for. :D
Love these colors. The world needs more orange! It's such an awesome, cheery color.
This is one of my favorite oranges for sure!
you need mesh bags to keep your cakes together. Would be reduce the Yarn barf.
Thank would have been smart! Hindsight.... ;)
This yarn is gorgeous. Thank you Rebecca. 🥰🧶🐫🦙🐑🐐🧶🥰
Thank you so much, Theresa!
Another fabulous video. I never once considered caking up minis to make gradiant skiens
Since this is a gradient technique on its own, I might not do it unless I was trying to layer another type of color on some minis I already had. BUT I was super curious to see if I could do this and was thrilled with how it turned out!
I would knit some beautiful socks, gorgeous colours 😊
Thank you!
Omg this is beautiful!! It would look so good as crocheted pumpkins!!
It really would! I'm not always an orange fan but I wanted to play with orange in a way me happy, and boy oh boy did this make me happy!
The end result was BEAUTIFUL. I love it. Just a small hint - monitor the transcript. It doesn't quite say what you do.
Thanks for an amazing video
Thank you for the heads up! Currently my captions are autogenerated by UA-cam and they are far from perfect. I hope to someday be able to afford a service to provide more accurate CC.
Thanks for experimenting on our behalf! This was very interesting!
Whenever I go for these special series i always learn so much. It is so much fun and I am so glad you appreciate it!
I haven't dyed in a while, and this looks inspiring. (Well, this, and the gatorade.. Perhaps I'll combine the two.
That would be so fun! I haven't used gatorade in a while.
Again you have created such beautiful variants in the color of the yarn. Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas. Love these videos.
Thank you so much, April! I'm so glad that you are all enjoying these videos!
Beautiful results
Thank you!
Beautiful! Your talent and skills are growing by leaps and bounds!
Thank you so much, Gloria! I really do feel like I've grown a lot and it is a lot of fun to start to feel just as at ease with acid dyes as I am with food coloring. I'm still learning for sure but I'm getting more confident. :D
This is one of my favorite dharma colorways.
I really really like this orange, too! I want to use it for more things. :D
I love the colorways!!!! Beautiful cakes
Thank you, Tammy!
Beautiful colors on that yarn. I'm wondering if a rubber band would hold the ends in place. Thanks for a great video. You do really great tutorials.
Yes, or just some acrylic yarn ties.
If you want more level dyeing use some type of agitation. That’s how I do it in my lab at work.
For sure - for more even color coverage movement and more water volume help. I don't really want the color to be even here - the goal is some amount of asymmetry. You also need to be careful moving some types of yarn (especially if it is not superwash) in hot water too much since it can cause felting.
Beautiful colors.... Like seeing you dye the yarn...
Thank you so much!
WOW...THESE ARE GORGEOUS!
You have definitely inspired me to try this. Thank you for sharing this and for making this an easier looking technique ❤️🙋🏻♀️
If I am making something look easy then I'm doing my job correctly. ;) Even if something isn't easy I do try to share the parts where I struggle.
I love this video. You did an excellent job of explaining the step by step process of dyeing the fiber and explaining the differences. The color differences are just lovely. It made me wish I was there. Be blessed.
Thank you so much, Judith!
Those colors are so stunning!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful! It is so interesting to see the colouring from the beginning to the end. And i love how good you explain the method and why things happends like they do! I feel like i am learning a lot
That yarn turned out gorgeous! When I wind my skeins I take a large darning needle and pull the tail through the outside of the cake. Wouldn't that me easier when you dye?
Wow, this I'm going to have to try😍
You should!
Just loved your experiment & watching the results overall. 🥰
Thank you so much, Joan!
Wow these are gorgeous!
Thank you, Gigi!
Love this video and has definitely made me want to go and wind some cakes !!
YES! This means I'm doing my job well. ;)
Beautiful!!
I wonder what would have happened if you would have wound the mini skeins simultaneously instead of consecutively..😊
Oooo... I'm not sure. That would be a little... annoying to unravel. ;) I've done two strands together before but more than that might be a little tricky... but not impossible.
If you have a cake of superwash 70 percent and nylon 30 percent and use rit dye will it be a ombre or take the dye thru it like a hank?
That was so cool! Thank you for sharing.
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching!
It would have been interesting to see something made out of this. Why don't you post it when you've made a scarf or something. That's be fun.
I am overdye for another finished objects post. Unfortunately I don't have TONS of pictures since I sell a lot of the yarn that I dye so it is up to the customers to share the finished objects. There is a picture on my instagram page (@chemknits) with all of the chanukah minis all in one crochet project.
I have not dyed anything, but love to try it. Really liked the results. :)
P.S. New subscriber. lol :)
Welcome to the channel! I got started with food coloring and vinegar and yarn that was 20% wool / 80% acrylic. If you just want to experiment, I recommend breaking the yarn down into some miniskeins to make the yarn stretch farther until you figure out what techniques you like the best. :D
@@ChemKnitsTutorials Thank you, look like I'm taking a trip to the local Library. :)
OMG‼ SO GORGEOUS 😱
❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you, Kitty!
These turned out so pretty!!! I am with you on the reverse speckling! It is always so pretty!
Thank you so much!
Thank you, and can you tell me what to add with saffron and white vinegar, please
This dye isn't actually Saffron the real spice, this is a Dharma acid dye called "Saffron Spice" which is that warm orange color. I should have the whole recipe in the video description.
Why not tie fishing line or invisible thread around the cakes to keep them together?
That's a good idea! Normally I don't have so many cakes in at once so I haven't had quite this tangle before. 😁
No one:
Her:
Dyes yarn BLOOD orange on Chanukah 2019...
Lol! I did a whole rainbow (out of order) for the Chanukah special this year. Each night had a different color theme and technique.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials You should post a link to the video so we can see them.
Here is the 2019 chanukah playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLFvm3Bz7dhaWFRGxfklapVMJNdUMozDjn.html I still plan to edit a vlog recap where I chat about assembling all of the samplers.
Are these rinsed at some stage? Thank you for a lovely tutorial! :)
Yes. I usually rinse the yarn right after dyeing and then wash once I unwind the yarn cakes.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials Thank you :)
Hi there. You refer to a spin dryer, would you please explain what that is please. Many thanks Jo. X
Hi Jo - It is a stand alone device similar to what some gyms have for swim suits. It is like a spin cycle on a washing machine and removes liquid really quickly so things can dry faster. Here is the review of the one I use ua-cam.com/video/cDMp-qz1Yf4/v-deo.html (This model was discontinued shortly after the company gave it to me so I don't mention the brand very often.) It lives in my kitchen full time and means I drip less around my house. It is something I didn't know I needed and now that I have it..... ti is amazing!
I did use a salad spinner a bit before this.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials thanks for getting back to me. My friend and I are just starting our yarn dying adventure and wanted to make sure we have all The right equipment. Thanks again. X
Do you put anything in the wash water to help with the bleeding?
Sometimes I'll add a splash of vinegar to the rinse.
Could you over dye this with a pink and get more of a coral color?
I'm sure you could! I might have started with a bit less orange and a little more pink so the shades don't go too deep, but a bright pink would shft it for sure.
What would happen to the color way if you put a wire mesh tube in the middle of the skeins before dying it. Would it give you a better color coverage
I think that this would provide more color coverage on the inside. However, one of the perks of this technique is the uneven color coverage. BUT you might get some more fun reverse speckles.... so I might need to find a meshy tube!
ooh that's SOOOOOO PRETTY!
Thank you!
Does yarn shrink when you boil it? And does it became more ruff? Thanks
I haven't tested the shrinkage. I have noticed that some yarns become more "fluffy" with dyeing, which could result in a shorter length, but the yarn should still block out the same. Sometimes bare yarn suppliers plan the yardage around the yarn dyed versus the yarn in the skein, but I'm not sure if all companies do this.
As for texture, most yarn doesn't change the texture much with the dyeing. If it does I will always mention it in my conclusions!
Me encanto. .!!!
thank you!
BEAUTIFUL!!
Thank you!
Would the mesh bags from onions & oranges help contain the loose ends of cakes?
David Hensley you can get vegetable bags
This would likely be really helpful. I think I didn't anticipate the unraveling so that was my downfall. thanfully they weren't too tangled. I didn't have to cut anything to resolve them. Phew!
Gryffindor colors!
YES!
Wow that’s awesome!
Thank you!
Hola si fueses tan amable para las que hablamos inglés pudieras poner subtítulos te lo agradecería mucho mil gracias
I wish that I could provide subtitles for all of my videos, I know there are many errors in the auto-generated ones.
What kind of dye did you use?
I used Dharma acid dyes. I think the color I used was Saffron spice, but the color name should be listed in the video description. (At the very least there is a timestamp for when I talked about dyes.)
Is this procion dye?
no, this is Dharma acid dyes.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, too!
Wow so interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching!
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Hi, could you give me that color recipe?
The color recipe is in the video itself but I also include the colors used and proportions in the video description.
donna volponi s
I thought they were balls of noodles
hot cheeto
I've never tried those before! I have a low spice tolerance so I tend to be wary of things that say spicy.
Anyone else see dumplings not yarn in the thumbnail?....... no ? Just my chubby bum then lol
Someone saw matza balls this time. ;O)