May 8, 2017
May 12 starts Joji Mystery wrap and decided to dye my own fingering yarn.
Yarn: Altadena MCN fingering
Colors: Ballerina, Desert rose, Strawberry, Silver fox, Charcoal
September 5, 2016
Last July I discovered BQUEEEN COLLECTION monthly dye box.
I immediately loved the idea and subscribed
I received my first box at the beginning of August.
WHAT'S IN MY BOX:
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100g of DK yarn, ready to dye
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3g of natural dye in a cute little cork bottle
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nitrile...
September 4, 2016
I wanted to experiment Fiber Reactive muck colors from Dharma Trading
from top to bottom
Fall
Red
Fawn
Forest
Gray
Violette
Dyed in jar with microwave,
25g of MCN fingering yarn,
0.20 g of dye for each color.
In details
Colors ready for falls
I like these Muck dyes,
I would nee...
June 12, 2016
My tiny kitchen is slowly transforming into a dyeing studio, as I have collected a few material for dyeing.
1. Containers
Balls
The large ball is very useful for single skein and microwave heat.
le grand bol est très pratique pour teindre un écheveau au micro onde.
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April 13, 2016
Experimenting on single yarn lace
Base: Malabrigo Lace, Natural
Dyes: Country classics mix of Mountain aqua and charcoal produced a light grey blue
Base: Malabrigo Lace, Pearl
Dyes: Country classics Poppy red, on grey yarn produced a vintage pink
Single yarn takes any d...
March 3, 2016
Got a few samples of the yarn for the 2 sewater, enough to play around with dye
Now I am experimenting with dye not knowing how the yarn will appear after dyeing
With the light grey yarn
With the off white yarn
Well it is interesting colors are not the same as indicat...
April 15, 2014
I had fun dyeing with one color but even more when mixing colors and see how it ends up
1. RB lemonade (Kool-aid) and smidgen of Sand Dune (Dharma dye)
2. Berry blasting cherry (Kool-aid) and smidgen of Salmon (Jacquard dye)
3. Smidgen of Twilight grey (Dharma dye) and d...
April 13, 2014
I took the same yarn I had "dust dye" last week and
pour a smidgen of the dye in 100 ml of hot water.
Dye was applied on now a 20g mini skeins.
I like the result with Dharma dye
It is not exactly like the picture on the web site
but overall it is colors I can...
April 11, 2014
Another day of fun - dyeing yarn
use the same rules as this post
After multiple try-out, I chose a Superwash DK yarn (Bare from Knit picks).
it is a soft yarn and that takes the dye very well.
I first put the 100g skein in a ball
then I make the ball in 25g skeins (4 ea...