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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[2:56] Extracting pigment from 75 g of yellow onion skins. Add 16 cups of water to a stock pot and cook for 1 hour and 15 min.
Presoak the yarn in plain tap water for ~1 hour (while extracting the onion color)
[5:09] Remove the onion skins. Add 3 T of white vinegar
[7:10] Dip Dyeing the yarn
[15:37] Washing the yarn
[16:46] The finished dry yarn and conclusions
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