Mio is a brand of concentrated liquid beverage drops. They come in a variety of colors, so people have been asking if they can be used to dye yarn. In today's dyeing experiment, I will use 4 differet flavors of Mio to dye two different hanks of yarn. This is the first time I will do a direct comparison between supewash and untreated yarns in the same weight and type of wool. Thank you, Marek, for sponsoring this video!
In this video, I dyed 100 g of 100% wool worsted weight yarn in superwash http://shrsl.com/lmld and untreated http://shrsl.com/k9c0 (KnitPicks Affiliate Links)
VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[1:48] Marking the superwash yarn so I can tell the difference after dyeing. The yarn was presoaked in tap water for 30 minutes
[2:44] Dyeing the yarn with Mio
[15:28] Zoomed in on the yarn
[16:41] Heating the yarn in the microwave
[18:28] Washing the yarn
[20:53] Final conclusions
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