In partnership with http://AllFreeKnitting.com and http://www.chemknits.com I am pleased to present this video about how to dye wool yarn with food coloring and vinegar in the comfort of your own kitchen. It is possible to dye wool/acrylic blends with this method, but you need to have some animal fibers for the color to take. The…
In partnership with http://AllFreeKnitting.com and http://www.chemknits.com I am pleased to present this video about how to dye yarn with Kool-Aid in the comfort of your own kitchen. This video will take you from start to finish, from tieing you skein of 100% wool yarn, to heating the dye bath, “cooking” the yarn, and then finally…
How to make spot dyes with Wanda Kerr, specifically, The Beet Goes On from Rug Hooking Magazine’s J/F 2012 issue.
Demonstrating dyeing self striping sock yarn at the Spinning class at Grossmont Adult School
Learn how a southern New Mexico gardener makes dye from plants that he grows in his garden. From the Southwest Yard & Garden series.
Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste (coffee grounds, avocado pits and onion skins) to invasive “weeds” (wild fennel, oxalis) to the leaves, fruit or petals of nearly any tree or plant (maple, pear, cherry, fig, acorn, fern, dahlia, poppy, lavender, etc). Inspired by permaculture, Duerr believes in a slower…
This is a instructional video on how to create felted cobweb scarves using a wet felt technique with wool.
Welcome to the latest dyeing experiment by ChemKnits! Black food colorings are composed of many different dye molecules, a mixture of blue, red and yellow. These colors can separate (or “break”) when you apply them to fiber since different color molecules absorb to wool at different rates. In this dyeing experiment, we wanted to explore…
A lot of the “braided” rovings you encounter have actually been chain crocheted. See how this is done! Visit http://www.chemknits.com for free patterns and more knitting & yarn dyeing tutorials.
Today we are going to show you a low volume immersion way to create a multicolored roving. (This technique will also work on pre-spun yarn.) You will want just enough water in the pot to cover your fiber. Presoak your fiber on its own or in the pot with water and a splash of white…