My partner and I created this collection inspired by all things liminal: from alternate dimensions to body-morphing and all kinds of in-between-themed movies. 🌀😱
This is actually the last day of our preorder, but if anyone’s feeling inspired and impulsive, here’s a link to the full collection:
Hello! I have absolutely no experience dying yarn but I've had a sweaters worth of cascade 220 merino for a few years in a color I now hate. I got it in color 40 doeskin heather which is a light brown, but I'd prefer to have a darker chocolate brown. I know there's lots of stuff out there on how to dye yarn but I haven't seen anything about dying pre-dyed yarn. Is it even possible? Am I better off just buying new yarn in the color I actually want?
Would it be possible to dye white yarn into beige with like... Coffee..?? I don't have actual dye and i'm making a crochet doll of a character but i don't have beige yarn... 🥲
I have Yarn Bee Cozy Occasion Yarn in the color Hummus from Hobby Lobby and I need to dye it slightly darker for the shell of an armadillo I’m crocheting. I’m hoping to dye it with something I already have. Tie dye, food coloring, tea or coffee, etc. Anything that would work, if necessary I’ll buy an actual dye. It’s my first time dyeing yarn so I’d like recommendations of the process I use.
I have a small business as a hand dyer and until now I have never had pain from wringing out yarn to dry. Recently I’ve had some very large wholesale orders though and my hands are killing me. I’m currently working on an order for 15k mini skeins of needlepoint thread. When rinsing I do about 10 at a time, and it’s the side of a skein of yarn. Is there a way to wring these out without killing my hands?
Thank you so much!
I decided to gather a bunch of acorns in my front yard. I will smash them and try to use for hand dyeing some 100% wool yarn. Has anyone else tried this? I will make updates on how this turns out.
Aysen Taylor
I knit this top using Knitting for Olive’s pure silk yarn in the color pea shoots. The yarn turned out to be a more earthy green than I was expecting and while I love the color, I’m not sure it suits me. Any advice on dyeing this? My goal would be to make it a softer green or dye it blue.
My first time using this particular pigment, and for the life of me, I could just not get the water to clear out until I had to stop because I could feel the yard begin to felt. They were only a couple of stripes painted directly on an area of resist and then steamed for about an hour. The colors down photograph very well, the base is way darker, so the neons are very dramatic.
Bought a 10-pack of Cascade Legacy undyed sock yarn (superwash, 75% merino, 25% nylon) and dyed up these six today. I used dharma acid dyes, some variations of hand painting with squirt bottles and partial immersion and making it up as I go along. I also bought a sous vide bath that I'll only use for fiber processing to cook 'em, which has proven simple and effective.
The bright orange is "blazing orange" and I got it so I could make some stuff for when my partner goes out into the woods, but it got a little too saturated and she said it's too red lol. Who knows what I'll do with it now!
Time to knit!
Hello! I want to make labels for my hand dyed skeins that wrap around them. I'm having trouble figuring out what weight of paper to use. Not standard, but card stock seems too thick. What weight do you all use for yours if you have them?
It worked before but now it just sucks. 18mic and 21mic undyed merino both come out all fucked up. Did it expire or something? Maybe I’ll test it one more time on a different brand of yarn, undyed coarse stuff meant as batting with no treatment at all.
Black skeins - Dharma True Black 3% DOS with about half gram of Jacquard Teal to try to counter the purpleness. Ended up black with some teal and purple undertones.
Blue skeins - I originally dyed these with black, navy and green and they ended up a muddy purple. I overdyed them with Teal and I think they turned out nice. They’re slightly felted, but I think still usable.
Thanks to all who shared overdye ideas. I just wanted to share my results, which I LOVE. I had some left over purple/blue dye that I used. I left them dry, no prep, did a looser skein than normal and a slow striking process.
