Let's create a dramatic gradient colorway by dyeing a hand wound ball of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes worsted weight 100% wool yarn http://shrsl.com/wjrm (Affiliate Link), TWICE. First, we will dye the ball of yarn in some blue food coloring, then we will rewind the ball and dye it again in green. How deep will the colors penetrate? Watch to find out!
VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction to the dyeing project
[0:51] Mixing the dyebath 8 cups of water + 1 T white vinegar
[2:12] Mixing the dyes Wilton's Royal Blue, Wilton's Kelly Green. 1/4 tsp of each color into 1/2 cup of water.
[2:51] Dyeing the ball of yarn for the first time (in Royal Blue)
[5:02] After 5 min, adding 2T white vinegar
[5:47] After another 5 min
[6:31] After another 10 min, turn off the heat and let the ball cool in the pot to see if any more color absorbs.
[6:44] After about an hour, the dyebath is still warm but almost all of hte color has absorbed. Remove the ball of yarn from the dyebath
[7:49] Winding the second hand wound ball
[8:31] The second ball of yarn ready to go!
[9:07] Dyebath 2 - Same pot of water that we used before + ~2 more cups of water (no additional vinegar)
[9:38] Dye time Part 2!! Let's dye that green
[10:56] After 5 min + 2 T of white vinegar (maybe 5 T total now?)
[11:56] After another 5 min... pump up the heat for a few seconds and then turn off the heat entirely.
[13:21] after 15 min in the pot (with no additional heat). Let the yarn sit in the pot for several hours.
[13:52] The next morning... removing the room temperature ball of yarn and see that there is still a lot of color left in the pot. (Still paler, but still some color left.)
[14:51] The yarn on the niddy noddy. WOW!
[15:36] Washing the yarn
[16:47] The finished dry yarn
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