I thrifted a bright red wool blazer today, but I think black would be a color better suited for me. Thanks for sharing this advice, I can't wait to dye it!
Very helpful. I'm attempting to dye a sweater I knitted. I plan on knitting a swatch of my yarn to test out these properties before I completely dive in. The yarn is straw colored and I'm going purple. Thanks for the advice.
I have a pair of pants I love and they're just slightly too light ! This is super helpful advice I can't wait to try it out and get some pitch black wool trousers ❤️
Hi. I have a British army great coat from WWII. It is the usual khaki--type color. I believe the fabric was already heat dyed prior to making these coats, as they are tightly woven and appear felt-like. Quite heavy and warm, even in wet weather. I would like to dye it grey or black. From what I've read elsewhere, I don't think I can re-dye it. Do you have any thoughts on this? Thank you.
Thank you, great reassuring video! I have one question though. I have diagonal twill wool and RIT dye for a project (the dress is already sewn because I needed the linen thread to be dyed with the wool). The instructions on the dye say to stir continuously, but I thought agitation is not good. It also asks for 60 degrees celsius which is pretty hot. Do you have any advice for this dye?
I have dyed wool with Rit with this method, stirring gently every 5 minutes or so. 60 is still below boiling so it should work. Keep a careful eye on your temperature and be patient-it will take a long time to slowly heat/cool the bath. Good luck!
Can you just turn the heat off of the dye bath and let it cool naturally on its own? I just ordered a cream cardigan for my husband and I have dyed wool yarn before, but I didn't measure it prior to dyeing so I have no idea how much it shrunk. The cardigan I ordered is a lot like the one you dyed but it is lined with fleece. I don't care if the fleece gets dyed or not, but my husband will get some sort of stain on the cream and it isn't a good color on him anyway. How did you get your cardigan to not shrink? Did you just turn off the water bath and wait for it to completely cool and come to room temp? I know about using an acid to get the wool to take the color and I usually use vinegar. Please help! I don't want to ruin this sweater.
You can just turn the heat off and wait, yes. If I have time, that's the easiest and most foolproof way to do it. I have gotten impatient and gradually added a small amount of cool water to make it go faster. The temperature control is key to minimizing shrinkage, also as little agitation as possible (so no vigorous stirring, just gently). Good luck! I bet it will turn out great!
@@LaBricoleuse ...Thank you! I'm not going to tell my husband what I am doing. If it needs a gradual warm up with a gradual cool down my plan is to make the dye/acid bath and do it in the oven as I don't have a gas stove. If I had a gas stove this would be much easier. I will do it in a giant turkey roaster pan as I think this will allow me the most room. If I had an electric "roaster" I would use that instead to color it. Thanks again!
Thank you for this informative class! It sounds like I can pour in liquid general purpose rit, mix and add wool garment. Then heat gradually until it takes. Then let it remain and cool slowly to room temperature. I contacted Rita Dye to ask about the minimum temp for dying wool and didn't get a response. I've not used Rit on wool before. Is there a general temp I should try to attain? How will I know if the dye has set while in solution?
I raise it to a simmer, little bubbles starting to come up but not a rolling boil. So around 190F-ish. Add a cup of white vinegar to make sure it sets. Good luck!
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Vinegar assists with dyeing protein (animal) fibers, which merino is so yes, use it. Salt assists with cellulose (plant) fibers, so unless your sweater is a blend of something like merino/cotton, you don’t need it. Thank you for the great question and good luck with your sweater!
Great question! As long as you go slowly in raising the temperature you can get it up as high as 185 or 190°F. You don’t want it to boil though, because the roll of the boil will agitate the bath and potentially shrink the wool. In terms of my favorite dye, it depends on what I’m dyeing! For wool, I like Aljo brand. That could just be because my work orders from them in bulk, so I have the whole line.
I've been wanting to get teal from over-dyeing green (kelly green, light greens and forest greens). Can you tell me what color you used and what type of green you started with? I tried royal blue (mostly because I figured straight teal dye had enough green already) and just got darker greens. I've been considering trying a bit of fuschia but I'm concerned that will just get muddy... I could also try a more gray blue? But I like the bright color you got.
what if i have a jacket and i dont want some parts of it to get dyed like the inside tartan... is there something i could cover it with? or some do i have to deconstruct the jacket to do so...
Oh im so excited to dye a set of wool yoga clothes! I bought them slighyly larger than i need. They fit as is but would not suffer it there is a little shrinkage
@@LaBricoleuse they are natural white, so there is a slight yellow tinge. I’ll be dyeing them shades of brown with some green and possibly warm yellow. I think a gradient for the leggings and a more erratic fun pattern for the top.
I thrifted a bright red wool blazer today, but I think black would be a color better suited for me. Thanks for sharing this advice, I can't wait to dye it!
You’re welcome, and good luck!
Very helpful. I'm attempting to dye a sweater I knitted. I plan on knitting a swatch of my yarn to test out these properties before I completely dive in. The yarn is straw colored and I'm going purple. Thanks for the advice.
That is a brilliant way to test this process out, with the swatch! Good luck--straw to purple should turn out lovely!
Thank you for this informative video! I feel much more confident about my latest sewing project thanks to your expertise.
You’re welcome! I’m so glad it was helpful for you. Good luck with the project!
I have a pair of pants I love and they're just slightly too light ! This is super helpful advice I can't wait to try it out and get some pitch black wool trousers ❤️
I’m glad it was helpful and good luck with dyeing your pants!
How'd you go? Still on the fence of dying one of my shirts lol.
Helpful, thank you 🇬🇧
You’re welcome!
tysm!
You’re welcome!
Hi. I have a British army great coat from WWII. It is the usual khaki--type color. I believe the fabric was already heat dyed prior to making these coats, as they are tightly woven and appear felt-like. Quite heavy and warm, even in wet weather. I would like to dye it grey or black. From what I've read elsewhere, I don't think I can re-dye it. Do you have any thoughts on this? Thank you.
Without seeing the garment in person, I’m just taking my best guess, but my instinct is that redyeing it would not produce a good result.
@@LaBricoleuse I had a feeling that would be the case. Thank you for confirming. from Oz
Thank you for this content.
You’re welcome! I hope it is helpful.
Thank you, great reassuring video! I have one question though. I have diagonal twill wool and RIT dye for a project (the dress is already sewn because I needed the linen thread to be dyed with the wool). The instructions on the dye say to stir continuously, but I thought agitation is not good. It also asks for 60 degrees celsius which is pretty hot. Do you have any advice for this dye?
I have dyed wool with Rit with this method, stirring gently every 5 minutes or so. 60 is still below boiling so it should work. Keep a careful eye on your temperature and be patient-it will take a long time to slowly heat/cool the bath. Good luck!
@@LaBricoleuse Thank you so much for your reply. I really appreciate your help! 😊
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Can you just turn the heat off of the dye bath and let it cool naturally on its own? I just ordered a cream cardigan for my husband and I have dyed wool yarn before, but I didn't measure it prior to dyeing so I have no idea how much it shrunk. The cardigan I ordered is a lot like the one you dyed but it is lined with fleece. I don't care if the fleece gets dyed or not, but my husband will get some sort of stain on the cream and it isn't a good color on him anyway. How did you get your cardigan to not shrink? Did you just turn off the water bath and wait for it to completely cool and come to room temp? I know about using an acid to get the wool to take the color and I usually use vinegar. Please help! I don't want to ruin this sweater.
You can just turn the heat off and wait, yes. If I have time, that's the easiest and most foolproof way to do it. I have gotten impatient and gradually added a small amount of cool water to make it go faster.
The temperature control is key to minimizing shrinkage, also as little agitation as possible (so no vigorous stirring, just gently).
Good luck! I bet it will turn out great!
@@LaBricoleuse ...Thank you! I'm not going to tell my husband what I am doing. If it needs a gradual warm up with a gradual cool down my plan is to make the dye/acid bath and do it in the oven as I don't have a gas stove. If I had a gas stove this would be much easier. I will do it in a giant turkey roaster pan as I think this will allow me the most room. If I had an electric "roaster" I would use that instead to color it. Thanks again!
Thank you for this informative class! It sounds like I can pour in liquid general purpose rit, mix and add wool garment. Then heat gradually until it takes. Then let it remain and cool slowly to room temperature.
I contacted Rita Dye to ask about the minimum temp for dying wool and didn't get a response. I've not used Rit on wool before. Is there a general temp I should try to attain? How will I know if the dye has set while in solution?
I raise it to a simmer, little bubbles starting to come up but not a rolling boil. So around 190F-ish. Add a cup of white vinegar to make sure it sets. Good luck!
You are the expert!
Thank you so very much for the valuable information. Rit Dye corporate owes you commission. I searched for several hours, reading and watching other videos and would have given up if not for you. You have a new subscriber.
Here's a special video that I hope will be a blessing to you as it is to me. Have a great week!
ua-cam.com/video/qv0rnnUdk-I/v-deo.html
☕🙂👍
Should I add the vinegar to the initial dye bath or at the end after it cools? @@LaBricoleuse
@@stilllookingfortreasure add it to the initial bath. Good luck!
Helpful but some tutorials say to use vinegar or salt ….. should I use them to dye a white merino sweater? I want a beige off white color.
Vinegar assists with dyeing protein (animal) fibers, which merino is so yes, use it. Salt assists with cellulose (plant) fibers, so unless your sweater is a blend of something like merino/cotton, you don’t need it. Thank you for the great question and good luck with your sweater!
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re welcome! 👍
Thanks! Questions- What temp should I stop at for wool? & What is your favorite dye?
Great question! As long as you go slowly in raising the temperature you can get it up as high as 185 or 190°F. You don’t want it to boil though, because the roll of the boil will agitate the bath and potentially shrink the wool.
In terms of my favorite dye, it depends on what I’m dyeing! For wool, I like Aljo brand. That could just be because my work orders from them in bulk, so I have the whole line.
@@LaBricoleuse I'm so happy to know Aljo is still around. I visited their Tribeca studio years ago. Magical !
I've been wanting to get teal from over-dyeing green (kelly green, light greens and forest greens). Can you tell me what color you used and what type of green you started with?
I tried royal blue (mostly because I figured straight teal dye had enough green already) and just got darker greens. I've been considering trying a bit of fuschia but I'm concerned that will just get muddy... I could also try a more gray blue? But I like the bright color you got.
It started out a light grass green. I used a Jacquard acid dye called Sky Blue.
@@LaBricoleuse Awesome thanks!
what if i have a jacket and i dont want some parts of it to get dyed
like the inside tartan...
is there something i could cover it with? or some do i have to deconstruct the jacket to do so...
I don’t know any other way to do it than to deconstruct the garment.
🙏 from India
You’re welcome!
Oh im so excited to dye a set of wool yoga clothes! I bought them slighyly larger than i need. They fit as is but would not suffer it there is a little shrinkage
Those sounds lovely! What color are they now, and what color will you dye them?
@@LaBricoleuse they are natural white, so there is a slight yellow tinge. I’ll be dyeing them shades of brown with some green and possibly warm yellow. I think a gradient for the leggings and a more erratic fun pattern for the top.
@@troebeliewoep sounds lovely, good luck!
Can you dye wool in a cold bath?
No, the dye reaction needs a warm temperature to process.
Thank you! Much appreciate your response.
@@SanguineHarp you’re welcome!