Two of the skeins of sock yarn dyed in DPW 75 are currently available in the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Store! chemknitscreations.etsy.com I just added them to the shop NOW!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials just been working out our e number system to USA colouring versions, has been interesting research and now when you mention them I can understand the breaking
Hi there Rebecca! I have a couple of ideas that I would love to see from you! If you haven't done them already that is :-). The first one is attempting to dye yarn from a thrift store sweater, and the second one is using Goldenrod for yellows. I absolutely love your videos! Thank you so much for helping us learn all these new and great techniques along with you!
These are great suggestions! I've been wanting to do some recycled yarn for a while. I haven't had a chance to go hunting for a good sweater in the thrift store yet, but this is 100% on my list of things to try.
Would it come out any different if you presoak the skein in vinegar and water then let it dry completely , then do the dry rub technique?? Just wondering.... Happy dying from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️Marie
Howdy again. 😋 I was curious and thinking 🤔.. I do a bunch of different crafts so have lots of different types of mediums and such but one or really a bunch of what I do have is those Pearl EX powders which are by the company Jacquard Products.. would those work in dying yarns ? Either the wool blends or cottons or acrylics? If of course mixed with white vinegar? 😊 Also what about those colored powder like chalks that u use for art works /drawling? 😋 And in the Rit liquid dyes I saw u use some other type of rit liquid dyes.. I have a bunch of the regular Rit liquid dyes .. would those work too for wools / cottons or acrylics? 😁 Thanks a bunch 😉
this is a really excellent question. The boiling point of water is 212, the boiling point of acetic acid is 244 degrees F. I'm not sure about a dissociated acid boiling. Therefore, I'm not sure how acidic the steam would be compared to the dyebath. I'm not sure I've ever thought much about the distillation of an acidic solution... Hmmmm.....
Some of the wilton's black have a green tinge on the overall color. It is possible some reds crashed out when you added the acid. But we saw the strange blueness here that went away.
When using wiltons food coloring, can you use food safe pots and such? Just wondering because I don't know how much dying I will do myself yet to know if it would be worth buying a separate pot and utensils.
If I'm dying with food based products I will use food equipment. In this video I happened to use my dedicated dye pot and dye safe tools because I was filming another video at the same time and I didn't want to use food stuff and non-food stuff at the same time.
Oh goodness. There are a lot of really soft yarns. I really like the KnitPicks Swish line (100% superwash merino). I also really like andean treasure (100% alpaca). Stroll is super soft as well, and it is one of my favorites! The bare yarns can be found here: shrsl.com/k9bg (Affiliate link)
You mentioned during this video that the utensils and pan that you were using would no longer be safe to prepare food. But didn't you just use wilton's food coloring and vinegar? Why would that no longer be safe?
Hi Pam, I think I was using a pan that I also used for acid dyes, or else I put the food coloring into a bottle that I used with commercial acid dyes. If i"m just food coloring and yarn, then I am comfortable using cooking pots and pans for the dyeing. However, if I mix something that is dedicated for dyeing with something that wasn't (like a bottle and a pan and things like that) then I convert everything for dedicated dyeing stuff.
Oh interesting. I like to keep the vinegar fairly low so the colors can spread out and I can maximize the breaking. But if I want the colors to strike super fast, then I absolutely up that vinegar concentration a lot.
Two of the skeins of sock yarn dyed in DPW 75 are currently available in the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Store! chemknitscreations.etsy.com I just added them to the shop NOW!
My favorite is the white and purple one.
I love the hints of pink on that one, too!
Ooo, colour change dye... I love it when things like this happen, it makes me so curious & eager to investigate why!
Me too! It must be a pH sensitivity, but I was so confused and surprised. I wish I could capture that blue since the hue is really lovely.
My food colouring arrived today, going to try version 1!
WOOHOO!!!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials just been working out our e number system to USA colouring versions, has been interesting research and now when you mention them I can understand the breaking
Awesome, color changing, breaking, your fav is mine too. Thank you
Thank you! :D
And I'm SOOOO Glad. :D
I think I will try this with wiltons black
I think this would work GREAT with the black!
Hi there Rebecca! I have a couple of ideas that I would love to see from you! If you haven't done them already that is :-). The first one is attempting to dye yarn from a thrift store sweater, and the second one is using Goldenrod for yellows. I absolutely love your videos! Thank you so much for helping us learn all these new and great techniques along with you!
These are great suggestions! I've been wanting to do some recycled yarn for a while. I haven't had a chance to go hunting for a good sweater in the thrift store yet, but this is 100% on my list of things to try.
Would it come out any different if you presoak the skein in vinegar and water then let it dry completely , then do the dry rub technique?? Just wondering....
Happy dying from Canada 🇨🇦
❤️Marie
You know, I have never tried this before. Interesting idea!
That's what I wondered too!
Very pretty all of them
Thank you so much!
This is so cool. Makes me curious about what would happen with Wilton's black!
I'm definitely going to need to try that!
Did the Wilton black color turn Grey's?
Wow! That's something to be seen! Verrry interesting!
Thanks, Melissa!
That colour change was /purplexing/ 😆
LOL
This is the one I've been waiting for! so often when you hand paint I wish you'd dunk it...
I think I'm going to need to paint and then dunk more often. :D
Love this color
Howdy again. 😋 I was curious and thinking 🤔.. I do a bunch of different crafts so have lots of different types of mediums and such but one or really a bunch of what I do have is those Pearl EX powders which are by the company Jacquard Products.. would those work in dying yarns ? Either the wool blends or cottons or acrylics?
If of course mixed with white vinegar?
😊
Also what about those colored powder like chalks that u use for art works /drawling? 😋
And in the Rit liquid dyes I saw u use some other type of rit liquid dyes.. I have a bunch of the regular Rit liquid dyes .. would those work too for wools / cottons or acrylics? 😁
Thanks a bunch 😉
Wow! That was crazy! 😃
I expected a difference, but this was SO COOL!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials I'm still tripping out about how it went from blue then slowly changed to purple. Super cool!
I love my skein. It is beautiful.
@@19snoozer56 Hi Karen. I didn't realize you were the "sponser" Karen. Nice!! Which one did you get?
I have that got the acid in the dipping. Purple and blue it is beautiful
Do you think steaming in vinegar water would set colours? Like if you steamed using heavily vinegared pot would add the acid to set dye in yarn?
this is a really excellent question. The boiling point of water is 212, the boiling point of acetic acid is 244 degrees F. I'm not sure about a dissociated acid boiling. Therefore, I'm not sure how acidic the steam would be compared to the dyebath. I'm not sure I've ever thought much about the distillation of an acidic solution... Hmmmm.....
It has worked for me with commercial acid dyes.
When I added vinegar to Wilton black, it turned it green.
Some of the wilton's black have a green tinge on the overall color. It is possible some reds crashed out when you added the acid. But we saw the strange blueness here that went away.
When using wiltons food coloring, can you use food safe pots and such? Just wondering because I don't know how much dying I will do myself yet to know if it would be worth buying a separate pot and utensils.
If I'm dying with food based products I will use food equipment. In this video I happened to use my dedicated dye pot and dye safe tools because I was filming another video at the same time and I didn't want to use food stuff and non-food stuff at the same time.
Thank you also wondering what is the softest yarn you have worked with for dying?
Oh goodness. There are a lot of really soft yarns. I really like the KnitPicks Swish line (100% superwash merino). I also really like andean treasure (100% alpaca). Stroll is super soft as well, and it is one of my favorites! The bare yarns can be found here: shrsl.com/k9bg (Affiliate link)
When u dye with koolaid how do you get it to unstuck to each other I had wash it a lot when it dryer it was sticking together
You mentioned during this video that the utensils and pan that you were using would no longer be safe to prepare food. But didn't you just use wilton's food coloring and vinegar? Why would that no longer be safe?
Hi Pam, I think I was using a pan that I also used for acid dyes, or else I put the food coloring into a bottle that I used with commercial acid dyes.
If i"m just food coloring and yarn, then I am comfortable using cooking pots and pans for the dyeing. However, if I mix something that is dedicated for dyeing with something that wasn't (like a bottle and a pan and things like that) then I convert everything for dedicated dyeing stuff.
How can you get blue?
With food coloring? I'd use the Color Right Base Blue.
The more vinegar I use with food colourings the better the colours are..
Oh interesting. I like to keep the vinegar fairly low so the colors can spread out and I can maximize the breaking. But if I want the colors to strike super fast, then I absolutely up that vinegar concentration a lot.
Now do it with delphinium blue!
That would be so pretty!
Je ne suis pas bilingue, le vidéo est une grande aide pour moi...!
Translated "I am not bilingual, the video is a great help for me ...!" I'm so glad that this video was helpful even with the language difference!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials Thanks