{"id":1051,"date":"2020-03-07T21:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:44:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T02:44:41","slug":"a-dyeing-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dyeing Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1051 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/dyes-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dyes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1057\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1057'>\n\t\t\t\tPaas kits for dye\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/thecolorpalletefeb2020\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Thecolorpalletefeb2020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1062\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1062'>\n\t\t\t\tSelected dyes\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/bareyarn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bareyarn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/soakingstring\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Soakingstring-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1061\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1061'>\n\t\t\t\tSoaked yarn\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/dyedandreadyfeb2020\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dyedandreadyfeb2020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1056\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1056'>\n\t\t\t\tDyed yarn\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/coolingyarn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coolingyarn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1054\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1054'>\n\t\t\t\tReady to microwave\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/rinsed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rinsed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1059\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1059'>\n\t\t\t\tPost dye soaking\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/rinsedandready\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rinsedandready-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/dyedanddrying\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dyedanddrying-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/a-dyeing-adventure\/koolaid2019workedup\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Koolaid2019workedup-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1058\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1058'>\n\t\t\t\tKool-Aid dyed yarn\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Last year, I dyed some yarn with Kool-Aid. I liked the yarn and the colors that I used. After Easter of 2019, I purchased some Paas kits on sale to dye some yarn. For the experiment, I used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yarn.com\/products\/valley-yarns-berkshire-100-gram-hank\">Valley Yarns Berkshire 100 Gram Hank<\/a> from Webs. The wool and mohair blend is very similar to undyed Brown Sheep yarn. It\u2019s been the base of a couple of dyeing projects that I have done &#8211; with coffee, Kool-Aid and Easter egg dye.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I let my lovely assistant, my mother, pick the colors that I would use. Charged with selecting four colors, she picked some and made an educated guess as to what one would look like. To give as much a of color variety as possible I bought four of the nine packs of color to make the yarn more vibrant. When using Easter egg dye selecting the colors isn\u2019t always easy especially with the nine pack because you don\u2019t know what the colors actually will look like until they are mixed with the vinegar and water. For my purposes, I didn\u2019t add any water, just four tablets of the same color and vinegar to almost the brim of the squirt bottle. The four tablets that I used ended up being a light green, a darker\/Kelly green, aqua and pink. I asked my assistant if she had a preference for the color placement and she said \u201cdon\u2019t put the greens together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I soaked the yarn before I squeezed out as much of the water as possible, laid the hanks on a heavy plastic bag to dye the yarn, then began. The colors were more vibrant than the Kool-Aid ones, but it could be the color choices or also that I didn\u2019t soak the yarn I dyed with the drink mix long enough. When I had used all of the dye, I covered the hanks with the plastic, then rolled up the yarn and microwaved the roll on medium for about 45 minutes in 10 to 15 minute increments in a glass dish. Then I let the bundle rest to cool, rinsed the yarn, squeezed it out and then hung the hanks to dry.<\/p>\n<p>The colors were still vibrant and didn\u2019t fade a lot once dry. The yarn is completely dry, but I haven\u2019t had a chance to wind it up yet. Four hanks, which is 560 yards (140 yards\/100g), is enough to make a hat and a scarf. The yarn from this experiment still feels soft. As last time, one of the skeins had an interesting difference in how the colors blended in one section, so I\u2019m reserving that bit to do the hat. The pink and light green blended to make a rust\/brown section.<\/p>\n<p>The fall <a href=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/06\/dyeing-experiment\/\">Kool-Aid yarn dyeing experimen<\/a>t yielded a nice hat and scarf. One hank that was a little different and that was reserved for the hat. It worked well, the pattern that I used for the scarf curled a bit in the but I blocked it (a first for me) and the scarf looks fabulous. This was the first complete hat and scarf set that I made toward my goal this year. Thinking back, I need to look and see if I used the yarn that I dyed a couple of years ago with the <a href=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/20\/why-dye\/\">Easter Egg dye<\/a>, if not, I\u2019ll have to make something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I dyed some yarn with Kool-Aid. I liked the yarn and the colors that I used. After Easter of 2019, I purchased some Paas kits on sale to dye some yarn. For the experiment, I used Valley Yarns Berkshire 100 Gram Hank from Webs. The wool and mohair blend is very similar to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}