Category: Yarn Dyeing
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BottomsUpOrange – Dyeing Wins & Losses!
By: Christine Cardimen Simply put, the wool , mordant, and yellow hues get my win vote. The berries, not so much. The berries faded when drying, and lost more color when rinsing. It was disappointing, however, I did read beforehand that berries tend to fade so yes I got the same result as others! WINS: […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Dyed Yarn Success!
By: Christine Cardimen Yay! More batches of natural dyed yarn have worked out really well! That’s not to say I didn’t have some mishaps along the way lol! Dried lavender just turned ugly brown. And I burned a pot of blueberry yarn on too high heat for too long, trying to repeat my blueberry success! […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Blueberry Yarn!
By: Christine Cardimen I think the Blueberry yarn is a winner. It’s light, but it dyed nicely, and it’s not too light or too dark. It’s just about right. I also tried Rhubarb, but that came out too light, so I’ll re-dye with a darker pink. I’m pleasantly surprised and excited to try more natural […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Natural Yarn Dyeing 4b!
By: Christine Cardimen So, long story short, the process of soaking the dyed yarn overnight in the conditioning fiber wash ‘SOAK’ was a great success! The yarn is much softer and now has brighter colors. Overall, I’m actually quite impressed! Due to the numerous joins I had to do when winding the messy hank into […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Natural Yarn Dyeing 4a!
By: Christine Cardimen Above is my finished yarn cake! I’m sad to say that I’m not very excited about it. It’s extremely dry! I looked online and found an article about soaking it in a wool wash, such as Soak Wash for Knitters Fine Washables, which can be purchased on Amazon. Awesome!!! See item below. […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Natural Yarn Dyeing 3!
By: Christine Cardimen Today is day 5 and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the process of rinsing and drying my newly dyed yarn! Below is a picture of the jar on day5. It looks very dark to me, but I have read that it’s definitely darker when wet. Let’s see what I get!!!! The instructions say […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Natural Yarn Dyeing 2!
By: Christine Cardimen This is now my new obsession (or one of the many I already have) and I’m going to give it a try a little more on my own than continuing to purchase on Etsy. My Etsy yarn is still soaking…see the pictures below from after day1 & day2! I think day2 is […]
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BottomsUpOrange – Natural Yarn Dyeing 1!
By: Christine Cardimen I love Etsy! I purchased this beautiful Natural Solar Yarn Dyeing Kit from Walnut Farm Designs because I wanted to try hand dyeing my own yarn, but I didn’t want to use chemicals. This is perfect for me! See the link below for more information on the Walnut Farm Designs website. Also, […]
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