Selftaught dyer gail callahan shows you a variety of simple techniques to turn plain, outdated, or leftover yarn into vibrant new fibers using ovens, crockpots, frying pans, and other standard kitchen equipment. If you need help, check out our selection of books and dvds on dyeing. We dye our yarns as needed to accommodate current trends. Our skeins weigh 100 grams, the industry standard for hand knitting yarns, and each kilo package contains ten skeins of 100 grams each. I personally hand dye each and every skein, i often say im a yarn painter and its basically what i do.
Undyed yarns are available in a range of natural fibers and weights. The mere existence of bright, headturning royal purple and sapphire blue shades makes it so easy to question the origins of fabric dye. Dyehouse yarns by serial knitters serial knitters yarn shop. A wide variety of yarn dye options are available to you, there are 8,303 suppliers who sells yarn dye on, mainly located in asia. Buy yarns from our extensive range of materials and equipment for weavers, spinners, felters, dyers, embroiderers. Due to the way hand dyed yarn is made, no two skeins of the same colorway are exactly the same and different yarn bases take dye differently. Thinking some daffodil dyed wool yarn might tempt the shoppers to my stall at the merlin festival in carmarthen next week, i bought a 1kg cone of merino double knitting yarn, skeined it up into 50g hanks and took over the bath to cold mordant the lot for 24 hours with 8% alum. Dyeing is normally done in a special solution containing dyes and particular chemical material.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. We just love it when you see a yarn and you immediately know who dyed it which is why we are so thrilled to have dye candy yarns on our shelves as they are. Mar 4, 2017 making your own allnatural diy dye is not only thrifty and environmentally smart, its a creative and rewarding process. We frequently get questions about custom yardage or additional yardage in specific shades, and if you take into account that winding 20g off a 100g skein and calculating dyestock just for that 20g is a highly timeconsuming task. The type of acid dye used in allpurpose dye mixtures is leveling acid dye, which is the least washfast of wool dyes.
You can follow a lot of rules or you can experiment and see what the results turn out to be. Always something new for knitters and crocheters, weavers. Yarn to dye for by sidney cohen july 26, 2018 july 24, 2018. Here, a continuous dyeing process is presented to convert an off. What to do if your handdyed yarns are from different dyelots. Wool2dye4 manufactures and distributes undyed yarns intended for hand dyeing. The story of knit free or dye, danielle sachss line of handdyed yarn, inspired by northern life, starts at hay rivers mackenzie place, better known as. The woolery offers an extensive selection of yarn and fiber dyes. Now through sunday, april 26, with the purchase of each kit, you will receive a coupon code for a free pattern download on ravelry. Dye candy super sock fingering the loveliest yarn company. Our undyed, superwash yarns are ethically sourced and have been chosen because they dye brilliantly. Yarnundyed is a range of undyed or bare natural fibre yarns dedicated to hand dyers requiring the best natural fibre yarns for hand dyers at affordable prices all the yarns have been devised and produced by ac wood ltd in standard knitting weights such as aran, dk, lace, chunky, fingering, 2ply and 4ply. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Yarns to dye for provides the methods, color schemes and examples to start down the road to creating your own selfpatterning yarns.
Natural dyes have a beauty and depth of color that cannot quite be obtained with synthetic dyes. Read our free dyeing tutorials to learn about other dye techniques. I like short colour changes and playing with colour intensity, working. If you are interested in natural dying, we can special order many of the dye stuffs and mordants you need. A wide variety of yarn dyed fabric options are available to you, such as supply type, use, and pattern. It is important for new dyers to understand that we chose this skein. I gave it a 4 only because i want more and this book is more about the authors examples than branching off to making your own creative yarns. I am honored to share this space with gasali adeyemo.
Anyway, i mixed up my dye stocks, and then i measured them out into my dye bath. When the yarn is hot, turn once so heat is more evenly distributed and arrange yarn as desired in pot. These numbers actually come about because when i dye a small amount of yarn like this, i use a liquid syringe a cheap plungerlike thing you can get at the drugstore to measure out the dye stock. I just want to pause a moment and help you think about the monumental thing it was to stock shelves in a shop and sell online yarn that was completely handdyed. Meet the indie dyers creating their own yarns and fabrics. I was so happy with the yarn and the sample i made from my first crock pot dyeing adventure i was empowered to gather up my courage to dye some more yarn. We specialize in artfully dyed tonal, variegated, speckled hand dyed yarn for all crafters in moody tones and balanced brights. If you are local, the fibre studio offers curbside pickup on all phone and online orders. The fibre studio offers kits using our studio smitten.
We use shopify as our platform and offer multiple payment options for your convenience. Dyeforyarn stands for hand dyed yarns of highest quality in unique color ways. Its easy, fun, and can be done right in your own kitchen. Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness. Discover the colorful joys of hand dyeing your own yarn and fleece. We invite you to browse our store and shop with confidence. Pour dye colors over yarn leaving space between each color. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Discover the world of natural knitting yarn for dyeing, ready and waiting to become any color you can imagine. About 5% of these are 100% cotton fabric, 3% are blackout fabric, and 2% are polyester cotton fabric. I would like to find a cold method of dye suitable for. Color cards are available for all our synthetic dyes. Making your own dye is one those practical skills that brings fashionistas and homesteaders together. Your discount is figured on the total number of cotton and rayon items we ship, not how many of each type, style or size.
Refers to fabric in which the individual yarns are dyed prior to weaving denim is a yarn dyed fabric. Yarndye definition is to dye before weaving or knitting. We stock a huge assortment of premium yarns including imported fine yarns wool, alpaca, angora, silk, cotton, acrylic, mohair, and cashmerewe also teach knitting. Almost all of our undyed yarns are sold by the kilo 2. It was an incredible thing that teresa and her family were able to. Make your own natural dyes by growing a dye garden growing a dye garden will allow you to create natural dyes for coloring textile fibers, fabric or yarn at home. What dye should i use for yarn which is a blend of wool. Earthues, procion, wash fast, and more, dyes and dyeing. Thank you color ashram for creating this beautiful video. Weve condensed much of our dyeing knowledge into the little book of yarn dyeing, an approachable guide for beginners and handy reference for those with a little more experience. I dye my own yarn and i sometimes dye for my workshops and i will tell you that the work is fiercely difficult labor. For the first dye bath, i simmered a whole kilo of daffodils for an. Do you love those expensive, imported yarns that magically knit up into graduated bands of color, stripes, fair isle and zigzag patterns.
The yarns we use to dye gradients are all milled exclusively for us in peru, and come from the mill in 100g skeins. Get on board with the latest diy dye it yourself trend, or check out the amazing. Electrical conductivity of the dyed yarns as a function of the dye bath. Dyehouse yarns by serial knitters are sourced from us mills and dyed locally.
The pictures are inspiring and made me want to dig out my dye pots and get started but it is 30f here, so it would be hard to accomplish as my dye kitchen is located in my back yard the weather is not cooperating. Most of my yarns are kettled dyed, with more subtle contrasts in shade. We dye small lots of no more than six skeins, which are often one of a kind. And its possible to find all your fall wardrobe colors growing in the garden or at the supermarket, we wont tell. Quickly pull them partially out of the dye and let just the ends soak for an hour by taping the long string to the side of the bin or bucket. Products the yarn tree fiber, yarn and natural dyes. If you use allpurpose dye to dye anything, you must be prepared to launder whatever you dye gently, in cool water, by hand. Visit dye hard yarns to browse our selection of crochet, knitting, and spinning supplies. Chemical colors tend to be harder and sharper and so need to be carefully color matched while it is often said that the warm, soothing naturally dyed colors display harmony in any combination and become even more beautiful with age. Dye is cast yarns hand dyed yarn is a small indie yarn dyeing company located in philadelphia, pa. The little book of yarn dyeing is available right now, here on its a stitch up website. If you dont find exactly what you want, or would like a dye product recommendation. Using a rod, poke yarn so dye moves to cover white spaces between colors. Dye molecules are fixed to the fiber by absorption, diffusion, or bonding with temperature and time being key controlling factors.
The typical startup origin story begins in a california garage. Picking daffodils to dye with and the effect of alkaline ph. We used about 12 teaspoon of dye powder to 12 cup of hot water. Color ashram story of indigo part 4 indigo masters. While the ends are soaking, blend the light color upward with a wet paper towel to get a nice gradient effect.
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