Let's wind some Wool of the Andes Worsted Weight yarn http://shrsl.com/qhqz (Affiliate Link) into a loose center pull yarn cake and then dye an asymmetric colorway!
The dye we used in this video is food coloring that was left over from the snow dyeing in Dyepot Weekly Episode #22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus117u0uZo
Watch me unwind the yarn cake in a livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7jX98W84s
VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[0:36] Setting up the dyebath with leftover dye (see Dyepot Weekly #22). I did NOT add any vinegar
[1:34] Adding the dry cake of yarn to the dyebath
[3:29] After 3 min added more water + 2T white vinegar
[5:31] 1.5 min after adding the vinegar
[5:50] After 5 more min
[6:31] After 15 more min. Turning off the heat and allow the yarn to cool down in the pot
[7:06] Removing the yarn from the pot
[8:25] Let the yarn dry a bit before we start unraveling (See Link to livestream above)
[9:10] on the niddy noddy
[9:51] Washing the yarn
[10:50] The finished dry yarn
For free knitting patterns and dyeing tutorials visit http://www.chemknits.com