And I DO notice that the color does bind differently( basically whatever the darker color is tends to bind first, leaving the lighter shades behind on subsequent skeins) when dye is mixed with soda ash, which I think is interesting and I'm guessing must have something to do with the reaction happening with the acid and basic ingredients. No real idea though 🤷🤣 Those came out gorgeous though!
It was surprising that the second skein came out a different colour, not just different shade. But I've also noticed that when washing, blues come out first, then reds. I have no idea why. I'd love for someone to explain the science behind all this to me.
So I don't know exactly why that happens but I've had a similar experience with particularly that shade of blue come out of my wools when using fiber reactive dyes, even when the dye is fresh and not mixed with soda ash. The rest of the color does bind, but for whatever reason that super bright turquoise seems to linger in the pan and come out when I'm washing. I've always been able to get the water to run clear, except on my roving, which I'm too scared to really wash 😅
Fascinating! I have not used fibre reactive dyes on protein yarns, only acid based dyes. My experience with acid ones on protein yarns is that the magenta-ish dye is really slow/reluctant to strike and bleeds and bleeds and cyan is also a bit slow and a bit of a bleeder too - but not as bad as the magenta. Are cyan and magenta fibre reactive dyes like that too on protein yarns? My thinking is that maybe the dye in your dye bath might have broken anyway just because you were using protein fibres. Just curious and taking a wild guess lol : )
I have noticed the cyans and magentas, whether they are acid or fibre reactive, are slower to bind to the fibres and can be bleeders (I'm looking at you turquoise (fibre reactive) and purple pop (acid)!) but as to why, I have no idea.
Also, super excited that you decided to try this! I've never seen anyone else do it besides myself🤣
You were my inspiration for this video!
Such a beautiful blue
It really is!
And I DO notice that the color does bind differently( basically whatever the darker color is tends to bind first, leaving the lighter shades behind on subsequent skeins) when dye is mixed with soda ash, which I think is interesting and I'm guessing must have something to do with the reaction happening with the acid and basic ingredients. No real idea though 🤷🤣
Those came out gorgeous though!
It was surprising that the second skein came out a different colour, not just different shade. But I've also noticed that when washing, blues come out first, then reds. I have no idea why. I'd love for someone to explain the science behind all this to me.
So I don't know exactly why that happens but I've had a similar experience with particularly that shade of blue come out of my wools when using fiber reactive dyes, even when the dye is fresh and not mixed with soda ash. The rest of the color does bind, but for whatever reason that super bright turquoise seems to linger in the pan and come out when I'm washing. I've always been able to get the water to run clear, except on my roving, which I'm too scared to really wash 😅
I haven't dared dye roving in 'difficult' colours yet. I haven't even dared to dye 100g in one go! I'm far too scared I'll ruin it.
Fascinating! I have not used fibre reactive dyes on protein yarns, only acid based dyes. My experience with acid ones on protein yarns is that the magenta-ish dye is really slow/reluctant to strike and bleeds and bleeds and cyan is also a bit slow and a bit of a bleeder too - but not as bad as the magenta. Are cyan and magenta fibre reactive dyes like that too on protein yarns? My thinking is that maybe the dye in your dye bath might have broken anyway just because you were using protein fibres. Just curious and taking a wild guess lol : )
I have noticed the cyans and magentas, whether they are acid or fibre reactive, are slower to bind to the fibres and can be bleeders (I'm looking at you turquoise (fibre reactive) and purple pop (acid)!) but as to why, I have no idea.