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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
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COgirl
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 Posted - 12/30/2005 : 11:38:50 AM
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| I am not into dyeing yarns, but I have to tell you that the colors in the photo of your skein looks wonderful. Congrats! |
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imamamaof2
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 12/30/2005 : 4:30:46 PM
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I've done kool-aid dying before but wasn't brave enough to do multiple colors. How do you add the colors to the yarn to achieve that effect? I had about 100 yds wound loosely into just a large oval shape. Then I put the whole thing in a crock pot with the kool-aid already mixed up inside.
To do multiple colors would you just *baste* with different colors in swipes around the circle (yarn laying out on plastic wrap, I think)?
Yours is LOVELY! |
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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
Canada
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Posted - 12/30/2005 : 7:31:20 PM
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Thanks everyone!
imamamaof2...actually, what I did was this...put the yarn into a plastic container after being soaked in water with a bit of vinegar. It was not covered in water...just a bit wet from soaking after ringing it out slightly. From there I drew up the colours into a turkey baster and "basted" the colour onto segments of the yarn...and squeezed the yarn (with gloves on LOL) to get the colour to go through it entirely. I did that right around the entire skein of yarn...threw it in the microwave for 2 minutes at high, 2 minutes rest, 2 minutes high, let cool and then rinsed it off in warmish water. The water ran clear pretty quickly too...without a lot of rinsing.
You aren't seeing segments of colours in my yarn like all purple area or an all blue area, etc. because I always let it dry and then re-skein the yarn so as to get a prettier effect in the hank. If I had not done this, it would've been a segment of red, a segment of purple, a segment of ice-blue, etc. for all the colours instead of the "mixed" look you see now.
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Ditzy Girl
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Posted - 12/30/2005 : 7:54:19 PM
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Good job, it looks great.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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azblueskies
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Posted - 12/30/2005 : 10:25:14 PM
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| Beautiful! Thanks for telling us how you did it! |
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SandiKnits
Warming Up
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Posted - 12/31/2005 : 07:41:43 AM
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| What yarn did you use for the base? It's beautiful and makes me think I could dye too! :) |
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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
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SandiKnits
Warming Up
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Posted - 12/31/2005 : 10:55:57 AM
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| Oh great! Another reason to shop Knit Picks. :) Thanks again! |
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Lissa
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Posted - 12/31/2005 : 12:34:56 PM
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Fantabulous!
Lissa
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
Oh, and I now have a blog:http://knittnlissa.typepad.com/knittnlissa/ |
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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
Canada
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imamamaof2
Chatty Knitter
178 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2005 : 7:09:43 PM
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Hi Roxanne-
Thanks for the info. So you do have sections or lengths that are each individual color. That's what I want to do. So it would knit up in stripes.
Again, it's so pretty! You did a super job!
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kdw5
New Pal
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Posted - 12/31/2005 : 11:07:28 PM
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Hi,
Beautiful dyeing! Did you dye each color in short or long segments? Was each color used once or more? I have dyed using Kool-Aid but only in single colors and love the look of yours!
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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
Canada
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