"Breaking" dye means that the colors separate into the individual components (eg. blue and pink) instead of staying a single color (purple, black etc.) This works on food coloring dyes that contain both blue and reds in the ingredients list.
I don't really know enough about different types of spinning wheels to Review it, as the Kromski Fantasia is the only wheel I have ever tried using! But I can see myself making some spinning tutorials in the future. I feel that I have only scratched the surface when it comes to learning how to spin. :)
Well Rebecca the different types of spinning wheels based on styles are Castle, Saxony and Norwegian and for the 3 drive systems they are Scotch tension, Double drive and Irish tension
This is so lovely. I'm really new to wool and im looking to make some wool dreadlocks using merino wool and wet felting it. Will this method work for a wet felt yarn? i dont want everything to felt together? Should i partially (or completely) felt my wool before dying using this method? any advice or tips would be amazing
Well I specifically do this technique so things WON"T felt as I wanted to be able to spin the roving into yarn. I think that you should be able to felt the fiber after dyeing it without any problems, I"ve felted hand dyed 100% wool yarns before. Good luck!
This is a super old video so I didn't take notes on the amount of food coloring I was use. Since I was using a syringe, I can say that I did dissolve the food coloring in some water before adding it. I likely used McCormick's food coloring which isn't as pigmented as americolor
A few things could have happened. Maybe there wasn't enough vinegar in the pot, so the dyes diffused more before "striking" to the yarn or maybe there was too much dye in the pot. When I tried breaking black I added too much food coloring to one of the pots so the breaking wasn't as dramatic as I had hoped for.
If the water/wool is increased to about 180 degrees, and then you add the dye, it should be sucked right into the fiber immediately, and you shouldn't end up with much blending at all.
"Breaking" dye means that the colors separate into the individual components (eg. blue and pink) instead of staying a single color (purple, black etc.) This works on food coloring dyes that contain both blue and reds in the ingredients list.
I don't really know enough about different types of spinning wheels to Review it, as the Kromski Fantasia is the only wheel I have ever tried using! But I can see myself making some spinning tutorials in the future. I feel that I have only scratched the surface when it comes to learning how to spin. :)
Well Rebecca the different types of spinning wheels based on styles are Castle, Saxony and Norwegian and for the 3 drive systems they are Scotch tension, Double drive and Irish tension
This is so lovely. I'm really new to wool and im looking to make some wool dreadlocks using merino wool and wet felting it. Will this method work for a wet felt yarn? i dont want everything to felt together? Should i partially (or completely) felt my wool before dying using this method? any advice or tips would be amazing
Well I specifically do this technique so things WON"T felt as I wanted to be able to spin the roving into yarn. I think that you should be able to felt the fiber after dyeing it without any problems, I"ve felted hand dyed 100% wool yarns before. Good luck!
will you do a review of your spinning wheel?
How much food coloring did this take? My Americolor is really small bottles and it looked like you added quite a lot.
This is a super old video so I didn't take notes on the amount of food coloring I was use. Since I was using a syringe, I can say that I did dissolve the food coloring in some water before adding it. I likely used McCormick's food coloring which isn't as pigmented as americolor
That is really cool
OH You definetly have a lot of super interesting and attention grabbing, fun, fun, fun tutorials. Thanks. A big thumbs up Reba. :)
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What does it mean "breaking" purple?
I tried this out and ended up with mostly a pot of one color. :/
A few things could have happened. Maybe there wasn't enough vinegar in the pot, so the dyes diffused more before "striking" to the yarn or maybe there was too much dye in the pot. When I tried breaking black I added too much food coloring to one of the pots so the breaking wasn't as dramatic as I had hoped for.
If the water/wool is increased to about 180 degrees, and then you add the dye, it should be sucked right into the fiber immediately, and you shouldn't end up with much blending at all.