... This week I am going to start experimenting with ways to dye wool using acid dyes and Procion MX dyes to ... as spun yarn. I have access to a number of different kinds of wool and several other fabulous blends that I will document for you. I will actually TRY to make the process ... projects and as marketable product. Here is a picture of some carded wool that my husband made a few weeks ago at the Yolo ...

Original Wool Dyed Wool I've stockpiled a lot of wool over the years. Last week I overdyed some of it with Kool-Aid. This piece was done in strawberry. I love the transformation! I did a google search and found several recipes. Next - Easter egg dye. Yes, I have it. Y'all should know by now I never throw anything away.

x posted to:yarny_bits,diy_fluff,clothdiapering As a trade, someone gave me some Custom PUL that they wanted me to dye yarn to match with so they could knit up some longsies with it. In the process, I ended up dying swatches of yarn 10 different Wilton Cake Dye Colors. The process, if you're interested: In 2 cups of HOT WATER, I put in about 1/16th of a tsp of each dye, and let it dissolve ...

... weaving are things I occasionally do, though indigo dyeing not, its a summer occupation as the wool or silk has to be dipped back ... expensive; the fermentation process is similar to our Woad dyeing something I have done, though again fermentation is required, this time the process if not in lye is ... Japanese Natural Fermenting Pure Indigo Dyeing Indigo(ai) is an organic pigment in every continent ...

I've had a few how-to questions about my dyeing process, so I thought I would try to document it today. It's neither very scientific nor very exciting, but here it goes! First, the building blocks. For today&# ... I poured my different purples on in splotches: and then gently pressed the dye into the wool by hand (otherwise it puddles at the bottom of the pot). I do this in layers in the pot, ...

... did I get some more Alpaca, Jacob humbug and merino mix tops, but also a quantity of merino wool, which this afternoon I rainbow dyed. I'm going to ball this wool up and make it into packs for people to knit their own scarves. I've yet to take some pictures of the scarf to be knitted, which I'm still knitting, then type up the pattern, before ...

... 39;s many reasons, her range of fibers available, her great eye for color, her dyeing skills and most of all, her love of a challenge. So I sent a challenge her way. I wanted enough hand dyed lace weight ... the options of different yarn fibers and I finally decided on bamboo. I have four shawls already in wool/silk and thought it was time to add something new to the wardrobe (er I mean knitting ...

... I mentioned that I finally went to the Connecticut Yarn and Wool Company's outlet store, and I bought a bunch of ... into yarn." Fat Sheep bulky wool/mohair, to be made into an Ogre my Ogre hat. ... good shot. This is Roxanne's Mohair (mohair-wool blend, worsted-weight) in Mallard Green. ... artisans or factories, dyed by local yarn-dyeing-folks. But then I look online and find Malabrigo yarn ...

... spinning yarn on my trusty spinning wheel, which is just the most fun ever. Right now I'm into dyeing wool a bunch of different colors and then sitting and looking at it all, thinking of which colors should ... I have. I love spinning yarn for many reasons, but because there are so many steps to go through to take wool all the way to a finished skein of yarn, it's ideal for my situation as ...

... do not want to jack hammer up the concrete floor of the milk room. What a mess, and I need it for the laundry, washing and dyeing wool, and keeping my outside kitties warm when the blizzards start. Might have to wait until spring, like so many other things. I have to buy a milk room heater at Tractor Supply to heat that room and keep the ...

... my porch, before the weather finally changes to cold.  I love to see them twinkling there, and it's almost Christmas again. I've been weaving scarves and potholders, and felting and dyeing wool.  This little set of trees emerged  last week, and I'm pretty pleased with how comical they look.  Each one with its own attitude ...

... of course. Each stack was $1.50 and I found several good recipes in them, in addition to an article about dyeing wool and several knitting patterns. Also some articles on various livestock care. But I saw nothing of a Christmas nature that sent my heart swooning so I will probably just knit another Christmas mini-stocking for my little tree. I ...

... Effect colour 6553 Amethyst (70% wool 25% polyamid 5% polyacryl) Dark ... Step Classic colour?? (75% superwash wool 25% polyamid) Lilleput was born in the fall ... DMC Mouline Thread/Crewel Wool by Renaissance Dyeing Off White Yarn: Austermann Step Classic colour 1000 (75%superwash wool 25%polyamid) Brown Yarn: Austerman ... Ranco Solid colour 483 (75% wool 25% polyamid) I found myself in the Play Room ...

... 's only a little thicker than DK yarn. Using this aran wool yarn, makes me feel very close to the sheep ... Shilasdair leaflet, there's a picture of the area with the dyeing vats. The room itself was like a dank old barn. There wasn' ... vats of dye bubbling away. It was wonderful to be allowed into the dyeing area though, fascinating. And here we have some Daffodils. The first I've bought ...

... Even if they buy their frumpy windbreaker clothing, their thick ski gloves, their unnecessary wool hats, they tend to choose the ugliest among available options with the lowest of possible qualities. ... Singapore still makes you look "auntie" four thousand Kilometres away. Take you poorly done dyeing that doesn't stop your aging process and shove it "auntie" In conclusion ...