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| windypines |
Posted - Oct 24 2009 : 4:29:56 PM
I am wanting to dye my first yarn, and am looking for suggestions on the best way to start. Do I start on spun yarn? Koolaid dye??
Thanks for any help.
Michele |
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 3:00:09 PM
Good luck on finding the best way to dye your wool Michele. What colors did you have in mind to use?
Dawn in IL |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 05:43:39 AM
You can dye the roving or the yarn. You will get slight differences in color intensities. I too would avoud kool-aid just because it does fade.
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| windypines |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 04:37:25 AM
Thanks monica. I just did not know where to start.
Michele |
| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Oct 24 2009 : 8:17:43 PM
Michele, One thing to consider is that different fibers may dye differently, so say if you test a color on acrylic yarn and then dye hand spun wool with the same color it may come out different! I have used kool-aid with pretty good results, but I finally got commercial dyes because I was too nervous about the kool-aid possibly fading! I have had food coloring fade very bad on me so personally for me I wouldn't recommend it! Hope this helps and have fun!!
Monica
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