Greetings! My Daughter and I dyed yarn with East Egg dyes again. I will share the pictures below
Gather your materials. We had some leftover bottes from a tie dye project several years ago and some cheep dollar store dye kits work great. The yarn is Knit Picks Bare Stroll Fingering Weight Yarn.
Soak the yarn with cold water and 1/8th cup of vinegar for about 30 minutes
Mix the dye tablets with 1 teaspoon vinegar and fill bottle with hot tap water AFTER the vinegar has dissolved the tablet
I was really disappointed that we didn’t get a shade of purple and the pink was really lack luster. However, we ended up with two shades of blue that were really pretty.
To heat set the dye add about 6 cups of water to the bottom of the pan and then cook it on the stove top until it starts steaming. DO NOT LET IT BOIL! Then turn the heat off, add a cover, and let it cool down to room temp.
The yarn looks interesting while it’s still wet but it dried beautifully.
I’m really pleased with the results and the blue one is my favorite. I did achieve a small amount of purple by layering blue dye over the pink dye in a few spots. If I were to do it again I would mix the pink and a blue together! Over all I got what I paid for and I can’t complain too much. I usually use Jacquard Acid dyes but this was a fun child friendly adventure.
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