Well, I apparently didn't get enough water squeezed out of my skein before beginning to stab it with the fork tips of the Wilton Violet solution. The colors broke beautifully but because of the extra wetness they spread out like crazy. The final outcome was still very pretty, so I'm happy with it, but I will try again to get it to work the way that it should have. :-) Thanks for these terrific tutorials. I am having a lot of fun playing with food color!
Hi Rebecca, I keep thinking that I watched all your videos until a random one will pop up that I didn't watch. I LOVE this colourway, it's a gorgeous example of breaking violet.
I love this! I was wondering how I could speckle yarn with gel food coloring. Thanks for teaching us. And purple is my all time favorite color 💜 this is beautiful speckled yarn 😍
This is a HUGE favorite of mine, too. This is still in my personal collection. I'm not sure if I want to make something out of it or just keep it forever as a pretty pretty friend.
Rebecca, I am at this very minute, pre-soaking my Bare Capretta 100g skein in your 16 cups of water and 3 generous tblspns of white vinegar, you didn't say how long, so I will do this overnight just to be safe LOL. I will mix my dye tomorrow. Wish me luck!! I"m so nervous. This is my very first trial of dying yarn.
GOOD LUCK! Overnight is totally fine. I think a minimum I try to do is 20-30 min. I haven't dyed capretta yet so it might behave a bit differently, btu that is part of the fun!
My yarn came out AWESOMELY, except one of the ties broke and I have a tangled mess. As soon as I get it untangled, I will take a pic and post. I'm proud of my first attempt! Capretta is very soft and squishy. I was so afraid of it felting but it didn't.
Gorgeous! I love watching all of your videos. I usually binge watch while I'm knitting in the evenings. Thank you for sharing your experiments with us :)
I can't wait to try this! I've just done my first dyeing with Kool-aid and was very pleased with how it turned out. I have a question on another subject entirely, and I think as a chemist, you're better qualified to answer than anyone else whose suggestions I've seen on UA-cam. I have a skein of old, harsh handspun (100% wool). Is there any way to soften the fibers?
If you have left over dye you can put it in a spill save jar and refrigerate it until you want to do another project with it. Keeps for a very long time.
Absolutely! I plan to do this exact technique with some additional colors of Wilton's soon. I also have plans to play around more with the dry Kool-Aid method (like I used in Dyepot Weekly #1: ua-cam.com/video/-VPuNcAFWMs/v-deo.html)
this was fun! I'm very interested to see what happens if you use a pale gray color base ... I do have a question tho - what if you really want to dye the yarn violet and not have all the breaking? Thanks for sharing these videos.
When I've wanted to dye a true purple yarn, I start with a cool dyebath (water, vinegar + dye) and then add presoaked yarn. I slowly start heating the mixture, either on the stovetop or in the microwave. There might still be some tonal variation, but you are likely to end up with a more consistent color. Here is my first attempt to dye purple yarn and I got very solid colors: www.chemknits.com/2009/11/color-purple.html I used McCormick's and not wilton's, but the McCormick's purple breaks, too. ua-cam.com/video/hcAzmcJYe5Q/v-deo.html
Actually I was wrong, I did use some Wilton's violet in one of the samples in the ChemKnits blog post. (Sample #4) I forgot that I made a stock solution of Wilton's paste and then added drops of that to some of my dyeing projects.
I tried to recreate this exactly, but my violet hardly broke at all. I ended up with mostly dark purple speckles with very subtle blue edges in some areas. What would cause this? Did I wring out too much of the water from the skein? Maybe if the yarn had been a bit more damp the color would have traveled over the fiber more easily? Thanks. Love your videos!
Love your videos!! I cannot wait to start trying this. My question is: how do you know how much water to use in a steam bath for the yarn and how long to steam it for?
I would add a couple of inches of water to the bottom of the steamer pot - enough so it won't go dry while you're steaming but so it isn't touching the bottom of your basket. I tend to steam from 20-40 minutes depending on the project. If there is more yarn in the basket I might steam for longer. If the colors are more intense or if I'm using fibers like silk/alpaca I might steam longer. So 30 min is a safe starting point.
I don't think it would work quite the same way. The splotches are larger because of the application technique. I have limited experience with powdered food coloring but I didn't get anything near as dramatic. ua-cam.com/video/D4nr9YryJXQ/v-deo.html
Violet is one of the most dramatic food coloring colors to break, but this could work with some other colors (maybe with less breaking, though.) The violet won't wash out with more vinegar.
Absolutely. This is what I do most of the time but lately I've been experimenting with different heating techniques. I will put the yarn on a microwave safe plate, cover with plastic wrap and then heat in 2-5 min increments until the yarn is hot to the touch. Sometimes I repeat this a second time after letting the yarn cool down.
Hi! Thank you for all of your wonderful videos! I was wondering, how do you decide between heat setting methods? Microwave vs steam pot vs anything else? Thank you!
Fast&Faithful This is a great question! For anything hand painted (like these speckled yarns) I normally set the heat in the microwave. steaming on the stove top is a different, but fairly equivalent method. maybe the fibers won't get as hot since the water in the yarn isn't boiling, just steamed. immersion dyeing (space dyeing, kettle dyeing etc) can be done on the stove top, in a crock pot or microwave. I personally like the stove top because I have the most control over temperature. it is also easier to access the dye (for dipping etc) on the stove. I hope this helps. let me know if you have any other questions!
It depends on how I'm applying the dye. If I'm hand-painting then my preferred method is the microwave. steaming the fiber on the stovetop is a comparable method. If I doing some space dyeing I like to use the stove top because I have more control over the temperature. Using a crock pot or a pot of water in the oven are comparable methods. I sometimes experiment with other types of heating techniques to demonstrate that there are other options. Using steam is more gentle to the fiber than immersion in boiling water. I am lucky that I've never felted any fiber!
Love watching you podcast. How long in real time did it take speckle the yarn. Planning on dying with Christmas Red and Kelly Green for Christmas sock this year (already dyed 50gr. of tonal Kelly Green for the cuff, heel & toes).
Freda Davenport I'm not sure exactly, but definitely under 20 min. it really depends on how fast you dab and how dense you want the specks. your socks sound darling!
Just tried following this tutorial to the T but did not get the same results at all. I now have yarn that is light blue with hot pink flecks. Not at all what I was looking for. Update: read others' comments and I was using 100% cotton yarn. Not sure why it would be so different though. The blue started bleeding all over when I steamed the yarn. Maybe the mistake happened there?
Hi Joetta, Unfortunately food coloring doesn't really work on cotton yarn. You need a protein based fiber (wool, alpaca, silk, etc) for this to work properly. To dye plant based fibers I recommend tie dye kits or Rit dye for natural fibers.
Yes - although I'm not sure if there is specifically a dedicated video on it that I can point to. I love combining speckles with variegated yarn. I did this specifically in the "Let's dye yarn with KoolAid, LIVE" stream from last weekend. I hope to do this in a dedicated video coming up.
You can do speckles first and then overdye it or do speckles second. I typically prefer to do speckles second. OH! Check out the 2019 chemknits chanukah limitied edition colorway. I speckle yarn and then overdye it a semi solid color.
Thank you so much for sharing this technique!! I just ordered some acid dyes from Dharma. Do you think this technique could be done with those if I mixed the powder with water first? Also, when you steam your yarn in the microwave, do you add water to the plate or just put the wet yarn on the plate and cover it? I wasn’t sure if I should add some water to the plate with a little bit of citric acid to make it set? Thank you! 🖤
Hi Laura, This type of technique would work with acid dyes, although you will only see breaking if you're using a color that happens to break. (If that makes sense at all.) There are Dharma dyes that break (purple pop, avocado, and sage are supposed to but I hvaen't tried them yet.) I don't add any additional water. My personal preference is to only microwave food save dyes - but this is because I have a built in microwave that is hard to clean to my liking if there's splatter. I like to use a dedicated dye pot that has a steamer basket for 30 min or so instead. Happy Dyeing!
How much water and vinegar do you use when you soak ? And what is the temperature of the solution you soak it in? And how long do you steam it for when you set It?
@@annemariedennis2003 30 min or so should be totally fine. With alpaca, I would increase the vinegar to 4 or maybe steam for a bit longer. I've found that it absorbs color slower than superwash wool blends.
Cheryl Laboy I've never tried with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar but I imagine they could work fine. they just might alter the color. Citric acid works great. :)
I decided to go ahead and get white vinegar, to be safe. However, I am confused on how much coloring to add to water. On video you said 1/8 Tablespoon, but your webpage says 1/8 teaspoon.
What do you think the pink and sky blue would do with this method? I got 100% wool yarn from knitpicks and will be dyeing with my granddaughters this summer and they love pink so wondering if you think it would be successful? I don’t have time to experiment before they come so I would love to have a knowledgeable opinion. Also how do you dry this yarn? Would it be okay to dry it in the dryer? I got the super wash.
CJ - pink and sky blue would look great, but I think that the specks might be a single color. I believe sky blue is just is just Blue #1. Pink has Red #3 - but I"m not sure if it has any other food coloring ingredients. (I dont have one in my stash yet to check.) The color breaking happens as a result of the mixture of food coloring colors. You might see some saturation changes - darker to paler colors in these specks, but not breaking. Using these colors would absolutely be successful with 100% wool yarn! Don't put a skein of yarn in the dryer. You'll likely end up with a super tangled mess. I hang dry all of my skeins. (Before I had a clothes drying rack just for yarn I would use a towel bar. Some other people will use hangers on a shower bar to make some more space.) Good luck!
You might see a tiny bit of a yellow or orangish halo. But it also could look like dark red to pink (the red 3 pinks would strike faster than the red 40, but the red 40 diluted will also look pink.)
@@ChemKnitsTutorials I noticed that even though you commented on several videos about Kool-Aid having citric acid so you don't add vinegar right away, I don't remember you saying anything about the citric acid in Wilton's food coloring. Is the amount of acid on the food coloring not enough to help with the dyeing process?
@@cmowery72 there might be a tiny amount of acid as a preservative in food coloring but not enough to make color strike. Some of the flavor in drink mixes also comes from the citric acid so I think there is just more there.
Joey Cheri I've never gotten orange or green to break. black food coloring breaks for similar reasons to purple (red and blue food colorings absorbing at different rates). I wish other colors broke like this!
ChemKnits Tutorials Can I wash the yarn in the washing machine? this color looks amazing and now you inspired me to dye my own yarn but I would use sockyarn to knit baby socks with it (and donate them to hospitals). Is it possible to use it for babies and to wash it in the washing machine?
Jenny B. if you use superwash wool or another machine washable variety then yes! I might prewashed them if donating them in case there is any bleeding but I've seen no fading when I've washed a swatch.
microwaving would 100% works for this! I would cover the yarn, microwave on high for a total of 4 min (in 2 min intervals) or until the yarn is hot to touch. I used the steamer basket here since prior to this I set most of my yarn in the microwave and I was trying to mix things up a bit.
ChemKnits Tutorials I tried my first yarn dye today yay! I used the microwave to set the dye. There was a very slight tint to the water. Does that mean the dye didn’t set properly?
Spray bottles have so many droplets that you get some pretty even coverage with maybe some speckles around hte edge. I like using spray bottles with stencils on sock blanks for fun effects. I think you could use a toothbrush to splatter on some speckles... but I haven't tried that myself.
The yarn in this video is 100 g of 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon fingering weight sock yarn shrsl.com/kp27 (KnitPicks Affiliate link)
Well, I apparently didn't get enough water squeezed out of my skein before beginning to stab it with the fork tips of the Wilton Violet solution. The colors broke beautifully but because of the extra wetness they spread out like crazy. The final outcome was still very pretty, so I'm happy with it, but I will try again to get it to work the way that it should have. :-) Thanks for these terrific tutorials. I am having a lot of fun playing with food color!
Dyed up 5 skeins of DK weight today using this method - beautiful results - thank you! Your tutorials are easy to follow and so informative!
Hi Rebecca, I keep thinking that I watched all your videos until a random one will pop up that I didn't watch. I LOVE this colourway, it's a gorgeous example of breaking violet.
Thank you so much! There are a LOT of videos. I still have this yarn in my stash. ;)
Beautiful yarn 🫶🏻 thank you for doing these experiments!!!
You are so welcome!
I love this! I was wondering how I could speckle yarn with gel food coloring. Thanks for teaching us. And purple is my all time favorite color 💜 this is beautiful speckled yarn 😍
Happy to help!
Ok, I think out of all of your videos and skeins of yarn, this is my all time favorite!!!
This is a HUGE favorite of mine, too. This is still in my personal collection. I'm not sure if I want to make something out of it or just keep it forever as a pretty pretty friend.
Rebecca, I am at this very minute, pre-soaking my Bare Capretta 100g skein in your 16 cups of water and 3 generous tblspns of white vinegar, you didn't say how long, so I will do this overnight just to be safe LOL. I will mix my dye tomorrow. Wish me luck!! I"m so nervous. This is my very first trial of dying yarn.
GOOD LUCK! Overnight is totally fine. I think a minimum I try to do is 20-30 min. I haven't dyed capretta yet so it might behave a bit differently, btu that is part of the fun!
My yarn came out AWESOMELY, except one of the ties broke and I have a tangled mess. As soon as I get it untangled, I will take a pic and post. I'm proud of my first attempt! Capretta is very soft and squishy. I was so afraid of it felting but it didn't.
Thanks for sharing your experiments. Now I'm officially going to try dying yarn. Your tutorials are awesome. Thank YOU.
Gorgeous. My favourite . Love the contrast of the undyed background. 💜💙
Thank you so much, Jean! This is one of my all time favorites, too.
Gorgeous! I love watching all of your videos. I usually binge watch while I'm knitting in the evenings. Thank you for sharing your experiments with us :)
Absolutely gorgeous!! You would pay a lot of $ for a skein like this! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I am so in love with this one that I kept it for myself. ;)
Love those colors I've got to try this. 🤗
Hi Rebecca, your experiment turned out great. I really liked the results. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful results ❤
Thank you! 😊
This turned out so beautifully!
Thank you!
Спасибо вам большое, очень интересные, познавательные видео. Многому у вас научилась по покраске пряжи
Thank you for all your videos! I'm glad I found your channel! Greetings from Germany ❤️😍
It is honestly my pleasure. I love doing this so much. Thank you so much for watching!
I can't wait to try this! I've just done my first dyeing with Kool-aid and was very pleased with how it turned out.
I have a question on another subject entirely, and I think as a chemist, you're better qualified to answer than anyone else whose suggestions I've seen on UA-cam. I have a skein of old, harsh handspun (100% wool). Is there any way to soften the fibers?
Yay! another breaking violet!
Great technique! Thank you!
Gosh so many of your projects are so beautiful 😍
Thank you so much!
If you have left over dye you can put it in a spill save jar and refrigerate it until you want to do another project with it. Keeps for a very long time.
you sure can!
That is GORGEOUS!
that was amazing thank you for sharing
Beautiful!!! Great tutorial. I will try this for sure.
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Please please do more speckled yarn. I'd like to see different colors of speckled on one skein...
Absolutely! I plan to do this exact technique with some additional colors of Wilton's soon. I also have plans to play around more with the dry Kool-Aid method (like I used in Dyepot Weekly #1: ua-cam.com/video/-VPuNcAFWMs/v-deo.html)
So neat!!! Gorgeous results!!!
thank you so much!
I love this. Your videos are great. Thanks for sharing.
This was fun! Thank you!
This is so pretty 🥰 I can’t wait to try this
Thank you! 😊
ChemKnits Tutorials I bought my violet and can’t wait to play with it 😁
amazing results...
Thank you!
cool, thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
this was fun! I'm very interested to see what happens if you use a pale gray color base ... I do have a question tho - what if you really want to dye the yarn violet and not have all the breaking? Thanks for sharing these videos.
When I've wanted to dye a true purple yarn, I start with a cool dyebath (water, vinegar + dye) and then add presoaked yarn. I slowly start heating the mixture, either on the stovetop or in the microwave. There might still be some tonal variation, but you are likely to end up with a more consistent color.
Here is my first attempt to dye purple yarn and I got very solid colors: www.chemknits.com/2009/11/color-purple.html I used McCormick's and not wilton's, but the McCormick's purple breaks, too. ua-cam.com/video/hcAzmcJYe5Q/v-deo.html
Actually I was wrong, I did use some Wilton's violet in one of the samples in the ChemKnits blog post. (Sample #4) I forgot that I made a stock solution of Wilton's paste and then added drops of that to some of my dyeing projects.
Alison crazy cat lady i used a beautiful acid dye to make cadbury purple yarn
how pretty - just wondering.......if you added a "thin" red to this where the red met the blue would it turn into purple in those spots??
I tried to recreate this exactly, but my violet hardly broke at all. I ended up with mostly dark purple speckles with very subtle blue edges in some areas. What would cause this? Did I wring out too much of the water from the skein? Maybe if the yarn had been a bit more damp the color would have traveled over the fiber more easily? Thanks. Love your videos!
Maybe also try a little bit less acid then I used in my presoak? That could help a bit.
that´s great i will try this´, thanks
Love your videos!! I cannot wait to start trying this. My question is: how do you know how much water to use in a steam bath for the yarn and how long to steam it for?
I would add a couple of inches of water to the bottom of the steamer pot - enough so it won't go dry while you're steaming but so it isn't touching the bottom of your basket. I tend to steam from 20-40 minutes depending on the project. If there is more yarn in the basket I might steam for longer. If the colors are more intense or if I'm using fibers like silk/alpaca I might steam longer. So 30 min is a safe starting point.
fabulous. Thank you.
thanks
Thanks for this film :-) I woul like to fix color in oven. What temperature is needed or how much time wool should spend in chosen temperature?
Thanks . so cool .
I loved that!
very nice! !
That is so beautiful, thank you for the tutorial. Do you think this would work if I used powder coloring instead of gel coloring?
I don't think it would work quite the same way. The splotches are larger because of the application technique. I have limited experience with powdered food coloring but I didn't get anything near as dramatic. ua-cam.com/video/D4nr9YryJXQ/v-deo.html
Can you dye this again with another color combo or if you soak in vinegar again the violet will wash out?
Violet is one of the most dramatic food coloring colors to break, but this could work with some other colors (maybe with less breaking, though.) The violet won't wash out with more vinegar.
Is it just the purple family that breaks? Any other color families?
Great results! If I'm not able to steam the yarn in a pot, can I cure it in a microwave?
Absolutely. This is what I do most of the time but lately I've been experimenting with different heating techniques. I will put the yarn on a microwave safe plate, cover with plastic wrap and then heat in 2-5 min increments until the yarn is hot to the touch. Sometimes I repeat this a second time after letting the yarn cool down.
Hi! Thank you for all of your wonderful videos! I was wondering, how do you decide between heat setting methods? Microwave vs steam pot vs anything else? Thank you!
Fast&Faithful This is a great question! For anything hand painted (like these speckled yarns) I normally set the heat in the microwave. steaming on the stove top is a different, but fairly equivalent method. maybe the fibers won't get as hot since the water in the yarn isn't boiling, just steamed.
immersion dyeing (space dyeing, kettle dyeing etc) can be done on the stove top, in a crock pot or microwave. I personally like the stove top because I have the most control over temperature. it is also easier to access the dye (for dipping etc) on the stove.
I hope this helps. let me know if you have any other questions!
It depends on how I'm applying the dye. If I'm hand-painting then my preferred method is the microwave. steaming the fiber on the stovetop is a comparable method. If I doing some space dyeing I like to use the stove top because I have more control over the temperature. Using a crock pot or a pot of water in the oven are comparable methods. I sometimes experiment with other types of heating techniques to demonstrate that there are other options.
Using steam is more gentle to the fiber than immersion in boiling water. I am lucky that I've never felted any fiber!
Love watching you podcast. How long in real time did it take speckle the yarn. Planning on dying with Christmas Red and Kelly Green for Christmas sock this year (already dyed 50gr. of tonal Kelly Green for the cuff, heel & toes).
Freda Davenport I'm not sure exactly, but definitely under 20 min. it really depends on how fast you dab and how dense you want the specks. your socks sound darling!
I love this!!
Just tried following this tutorial to the T but did not get the same results at all. I now have yarn that is light blue with hot pink flecks. Not at all what I was looking for. Update: read others' comments and I was using 100% cotton yarn. Not sure why it would be so different though. The blue started bleeding all over when I steamed the yarn. Maybe the mistake happened there?
Hi Joetta, Unfortunately food coloring doesn't really work on cotton yarn. You need a protein based fiber (wool, alpaca, silk, etc) for this to work properly. To dye plant based fibers I recommend tie dye kits or Rit dye for natural fibers.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials on that makes sense. So I wonder if wood stain like Unicorn Spit would do the same thing (turn pink) since it's made for wood.
I love this
Thank you so much!
Have you ever done a speckled yarn on a skein that was already dyed a whole color?
Yes - although I'm not sure if there is specifically a dedicated video on it that I can point to. I love combining speckles with variegated yarn. I did this specifically in the "Let's dye yarn with KoolAid, LIVE" stream from last weekend. I hope to do this in a dedicated video coming up.
You can do speckles first and then overdye it or do speckles second. I typically prefer to do speckles second. OH! Check out the 2019 chemknits chanukah limitied edition colorway. I speckle yarn and then overdye it a semi solid color.
you pre-soak the wool but you don't say how long is there a time for soaking?
Cat Mont I usually do at least 30 min but sometimes overnight so I can start dyeing right away in the morning.
Thanks for the quick response, I've got some blank knitpick that I am trying this tomorrow on. really like your vids
Thank you so much for sharing this technique!! I just ordered some acid dyes from Dharma. Do you think this technique could be done with those if I mixed the powder with water first? Also, when you steam your yarn in the microwave, do you add water to the plate or just put the wet yarn on the plate and cover it? I wasn’t sure if I should add some water to the plate with a little bit of citric acid to make it set? Thank you! 🖤
Hi Laura, This type of technique would work with acid dyes, although you will only see breaking if you're using a color that happens to break. (If that makes sense at all.) There are Dharma dyes that break (purple pop, avocado, and sage are supposed to but I hvaen't tried them yet.)
I don't add any additional water. My personal preference is to only microwave food save dyes - but this is because I have a built in microwave that is hard to clean to my liking if there's splatter. I like to use a dedicated dye pot that has a steamer basket for 30 min or so instead. Happy Dyeing!
So nice! you have such a fun and interesting ytchannel :)
Thank you so much! I have a lot of fun. ;)
How much water and vinegar do you use when you soak ? And what is the temperature of the solution you soak it in? And how long do you steam it for when you set It?
16 cups of water + 3 T white vinegar. I usually start with cool - room temperature tap water. I steamed the yarn for 30 min.
Thank you for the quick reply. Also, I am dyeing 100% alpaca, how long should I presoak?
@@annemariedennis2003 30 min or so should be totally fine. With alpaca, I would increase the vinegar to 4 or maybe steam for a bit longer. I've found that it absorbs color slower than superwash wool blends.
Fantastic video! Just got my wool and violet gel. I am curious would lemon juice work in place of the vinegar or apple cider vinegar?
Cheryl Laboy I've never tried with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar but I imagine they could work fine. they just might alter the color. Citric acid works great. :)
I decided to go ahead and get white vinegar, to be safe. However, I am confused on how much coloring to add to water. On video you said 1/8 Tablespoon, but your webpage says 1/8 teaspoon.
Cheryl Laboy I probably made a mistake on one of those. I think it was 1/8 tsp.
Thanks! I will be dying some wool, using this method later today. Then I will try your breaking violet using a sock blank.
how long do you soak the yarn for before dyeing? :)
I usually presoak for 20-30 min. Sometimes I'll set things up the night before. Stroll is pretty absorbent so it gets saturated very quickly.
What do you think the pink and sky blue would do with this method?
I got 100% wool yarn from knitpicks and will be dyeing with my granddaughters this summer and they love pink so wondering if you think it would be successful?
I don’t have time to experiment before they come so I would love to have a knowledgeable opinion.
Also how do you dry this yarn? Would it be okay to dry it in the dryer? I got the super wash.
CJ - pink and sky blue would look great, but I think that the specks might be a single color. I believe sky blue is just is just Blue #1. Pink has Red #3 - but I"m not sure if it has any other food coloring ingredients. (I dont have one in my stash yet to check.) The color breaking happens as a result of the mixture of food coloring colors. You might see some saturation changes - darker to paler colors in these specks, but not breaking.
Using these colors would absolutely be successful with 100% wool yarn!
Don't put a skein of yarn in the dryer. You'll likely end up with a super tangled mess. I hang dry all of my skeins. (Before I had a clothes drying rack just for yarn I would use a towel bar. Some other people will use hangers on a shower bar to make some more space.)
Good luck!
ChemKnits Tutorials thanks!
is there a LOVE button?!
Awe, thank you, Josee!
this just turned out so so beautiful. im going to try yarn some yarn dyeing next month with my husband!
YAY! It is so much fun to just go for it and play with color.
Love this🎈🎈🎈
Have you made anything with this yarn yet?
I wonder how this would work with Wilton's Red-Red. It has reds 3 and 40, and yellows 5 and 6.
You might see a tiny bit of a yellow or orangish halo. But it also could look like dark red to pink (the red 3 pinks would strike faster than the red 40, but the red 40 diluted will also look pink.)
@@ChemKnitsTutorials I noticed that even though you commented on several videos about Kool-Aid having citric acid so you don't add vinegar right away, I don't remember you saying anything about the citric acid in Wilton's food coloring. Is the amount of acid on the food coloring not enough to help with the dyeing process?
@@cmowery72 there might be a tiny amount of acid as a preservative in food coloring but not enough to make color strike. Some of the flavor in drink mixes also comes from the citric acid so I think there is just more there.
I did an experiment with the Wilton's Red-Red. I posted the results on FB.
I wonder what the result would be like if you broke orange, green, and violet together in a pattern like this
Joey Cheri I've never gotten orange or green to break. black food coloring breaks for similar reasons to purple (red and blue food colorings absorbing at different rates). I wish other colors broke like this!
ChemKnits Tutorials Can I wash the yarn in the washing machine? this color looks amazing and now you inspired me to dye my own yarn but I would use sockyarn to knit baby socks with it (and donate them to hospitals). Is it possible to use it for babies and to wash it in the washing machine?
Jenny B. if you use superwash wool or another machine washable variety then yes! I might prewashed them if donating them in case there is any bleeding but I've seen no fading when I've washed a swatch.
ChemKnits Tutorials Do you use paste to dye or even the liquid colors?
Jenny B. I use a combination. I like Wilton's (like in this video), liquid drops and even koolaid and Easter egg dyeing kits.
When you steam the yarn, where do you get the metal grate ?
I was using a canning opt, so the grate came with the pot. You can use a steamer basket from a cooking pot, too. (that's what I use more now)
Is there another way to heat set this dye such as microwaving?
microwaving would 100% works for this! I would cover the yarn, microwave on high for a total of 4 min (in 2 min intervals) or until the yarn is hot to touch. I used the steamer basket here since prior to this I set most of my yarn in the microwave and I was trying to mix things up a bit.
ChemKnits Tutorials I tried my first yarn dye today yay!
I used the microwave to set the dye.
There was a very slight tint to the water. Does that mean the dye didn’t set properly?
Hi
Did you wet the skein before dyeing it?
Yes. It was presoaked with water and vinegar so the colors would strike
Mashallah
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Was wondering what would happen if you used a spray bottle instead of a fork
Spray bottles have so many droplets that you get some pretty even coverage with maybe some speckles around hte edge. I like using spray bottles with stencils on sock blanks for fun effects. I think you could use a toothbrush to splatter on some speckles... but I haven't tried that myself.
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