https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/jelly-bean-splash-dyeing-wool-with-easter-egg-dye • Posted by Lovely by Lee
After dyeing our Easter eggs, I hesitated to pour out the remaining dye. Since vinegar has been difficult to find during the 2020 Corona virus outbreak, I felt guilty wasting what vinegar was used in the dye. I knew I could use it on my yarn, but it was such a little amount of liquid color. There was no way I could fully soak the yarn in a pan/pot. However, I recently worked with a hand-painted yarn that resembled color splashed onto the yarn. So I thought I would mimic the effect on some bare yarn in my stash. It turned out even better than I imagined, and it was easy to do! Buy hand-dyed yarns at www.lovelybylee.com When sharing your hand-dyed yarn, please tag me! I would love to share your photos. Please tag, @lovelybylee and #lovelybylee when using social media.
After dyeing our Easter eggs, I hesitated to pour out the remaining dye. Since vinegar has been difficult to find during the 2020 Corona virus outbreak, I felt guilty wasting what vinegar was used in the dye. I knew I could use it on my yarn, but it was such a little amount of liquid color. There was no way I could fully soak the yarn in a pan/pot. However, I recently worked with a hand-painted yarn that resembled color splashed onto the yarn. So I thought I would mimic the effect on some bare yarn in my stash. It turned out even better than I imagined, and it was easy to do! Buy hand-dyed yarns at www.lovelybylee.com When sharing your hand-dyed yarn, please tag me! I would love to share your photos. Please tag, @lovelybylee and #lovelybylee when using social media.
To avoid a large mess or staining the counter, I used a large plastic table cloth to cover the count. The dyes were already mixed from dyeing eggs, but I suggest following the package directions to mix the colors. Be sure to wear gloves!
Unwind the bare yarn and spread it across the plastic tablecloth. Try to spread out the single strands of yarn so that you can cover more area.
Begin sprinkling the dye all over the yarn using a spoon and shaking it across the wool. I suggest using one color at a time to evenly space the colors. Once one side of the yarn is dyed to preference, flip the yarn over to do the back side. Flipping the yarn is very important, or only half of the hank may be colored and make for some uneven coloring when crafting. After both sides of the yarn is dyed, remove anything else on the plastic table cloth and wrap the yarn up to soak up the colors for 3-5 hours.
After the yarn has let the dye set in, rinse your yarn with running water. Then prepare your wash. Plug the sink and add a gallon of water. Use a the appropriate amount of wool wash (per gallon) and mix with the water. Carefully put the yarn in the wool wash to rinse out excess dye and condition the yarn. Without agitating, let the yarn soak in the wash for 20 minutes.
Drain the water and carefully push out excess water. Do not wring or twist the yarn. Hang or lay the yarn on a drying rack and allow to air dry. This sometimes takes 24 hours (or longer on other yarn bases like cotton).
Once the yarn is COMPLETELY dry, twist and hank the yarn for storage.
Buy hand-dyed yarns at www.lovelybylee.com When sharing your hand-dyed yarn, please tag me! I would love to share your photos. Please tag, @lovelybylee and #lovelybylee when using social media.