Space Dyeing Yarn: Creating Multicolored Yarn on the Stove with Food Coloring

[taylorholly167]

@sandry3080 i don't live in the U.S so i have no idea

[taylorholly167]

@sandry3080 i cant buy stuff online as yet im only 16

[sandry3080]

@taylorholly167 Ah, well Michael's Craft store has some wool blends (Lion Brand Wool Ease is 20% wool, and I have dyed this in the past.)

Good luck!

[taylorholly167]

ok well im just gonna have to keep looking for one of those ........thank you anyways

[taylorholly167]

Hey its me again i tried to get the yarn with some percentage of wool in it but all i could find is acrylic its really hard to find where im from so i just wanted to know if you have a method for me to dye the acrylic yarn than in advance

[spankses]

@taylorholly167 cant be done...you need a protien fiber, that is animal fiber. nylon will dye too....alpaca, wool, silk, yak, cashmere, angora ect....

[sandry3080]

@taylorholly167 Spankses is right, you need to have some protein based fiber for this to work. Try knitpicks or yarn supply online to find some wool yarns. (knitpicks provides blank yarns specifically for dying, and they also sell commercial dyes that may work for acrylic yarns)

[taylorholly167]

thanx for responding .....i think the problem was the yarn i dont thiink its 100% wool. Im gonna get some wool yarn and try it again and ill tell u the results thanx again.

[sandry3080]

@taylorholly167 You're very welcome. I have had success dyeing 20% wool/80% acryclic yarn with this method (although the colors end up very muted.) So if there is any wool in the fiber then that should hold the dye.

Good luck!

[taylorholly167]

oh and when i washed it out all the colour washed out too plzz help!

[taylorholly167]

i used one of your videos to dye some yarn but the water never cleared up ...........idk maybe its the yarn or maybe i needed more vinegar .....plzz help



[sandry3080]

@taylorholly167

You need to use 100% wool yarn for this to work. This method won't work for synthetic and cotton yarns. Sometimes if you use a lot of dye the water won't clear, and some dye will rinse out. Did any color remain in the yarn after rinsing?

How long did you leave the yarn on the stove? What kind of yarn were you using? As you can see from my tutorial, the color did not rinse out of the yarn...

Best of luck, and I hope that I can help you sort this out.

[rhosteph]

Where do you get your wool?

[sandry3080]

@rhosteph This wool was from KnitPicks (undyed fingering weight wool.) They have many different weights of wool yarn.

Happy Knitting!

[LightKyu]

can you use baking acid (baking soda) instead of vinegar acid

[sandry3080]

@LightKyu I've never tried using baking soda... Baking soda is composed of sodium bicarbonate which makes a basic (not acidic) solution in water. Certainly other acid sources (such as citric acid) work, but I have never tried to dye yarn in a base.

[kissiebooashes]

@LightKyu Salt is a good substitute

[isadfaith]

Well done. This was very easy to follow. Thanks so much.