It is finally time for me to dye yarn with Jacquard Acid Dyes! In this video, I dyed 100 g of 100% wool WOTA worsted weight yarn http://shrsl.com/qvx5 and 100 g of Stroll fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/qvx8 which is 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon. (KnitPicks Affiliate Links) After mixing my stock solutions. I mixed 1% stock solutions of the Jacquard acid dyes and then added ~200 mL of each stock solution (therefore about 2 g of dye in each color) to the pot. Check out the amazing colors from my first time ever playing with Jacquard acid dyes!
Thank you, Madeline Turnipseed, for sponsoring this video!
See the following videos for how I mixed my 1% stock solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBGjEE2NP4
The Extended cut (where I do all 3 colors featured in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MFfTgeKic
VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction and setting up the dyebath 8 cups water + 2 T white vinegar, arranging the presoaked yarns in the dyebath
[2:47] Pouring out the dyes from the stock solution bottles.
[5:26] Adding the dyes to the dyepot
[9:00] After 6 min, adding the rest of the grey and black dyes
[11:02] 10 min after adding the additional dyes, checking in on the amount of dye left
[12:20] After 10 more minutes, removing the yarn from the dyepot
[14:45] Washing the yarns
[16:43] The finished dry yarns and conclusions
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