A friend of mine sent me some un dyed yarn and some samples of dyes to give a try at hand painting yarn. Decided to give it a whirl the other day. Soaked the DK weight yarn that was superwash merino and silk in water that had citric acid mixed in. I used the plastic wrap and microwave method since I don't have anything more appropriate for doing heat dying. (a friend uses stainless steel bowls on her cook top) I used the sapphire blue and bright yellow, which ended up mixing and making a lovely green as well. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I have two more skeins to dye and also a sock blank. I post results when done! :D
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| Soaking the yarn in citric acid water |
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| Laying out the wet yarn to apply the dye. |
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| Placing the dye soaked yarn in the plastic wrap in a glass tart dish to cook in the microwave. 2 minutes at first then 1 minute each time after until the dye is soaked into the yarn and the water is clear. |
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| Finished cooled yarn hanging for picture. |
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| Dried completed hang of hand painted yarn. |
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