It's so funny, I love how it turned out but I also wasn't sure if I was silly for doing something so subtle but with so many colors. I love the blue I created, though.
Hi Rebecca, A belated Chanukah greeting, the blue is like the tejalet blue that is supposed to be included in the tsit (prayer shawl ). It is so nice to have someone who is Jewish and makes something relating to Chanukah!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials And it is a hug! The best of the best. Thank you for your classes, I am turning by laundry room into a laundry/ dyeing room, using 2 blats for pan dyeing and then 4 individual induction burners for pot dyeing. That way I can keep all the dyeing separate from my cooking. I am also putting a double sink in the room too. A work in progress…. So your classes are turning a spinner into a dyeing / spinning lady!
Thanks for the great tutorial. This variation or tonal changes is what I want to achieve as I’m learning to yarn dying. Question please. I noticed you work in your kitchen. If having to use a respirator to mix the powders, is there not a danger working in your kitchen with the liquid or cooking it on the stove or washing and rinsing in your sink? I’m new to this process which is why I’m asking. Thanks Rebecca. I look forward to learning more from you.
So interesting, the difference in depth of color between the fingering and the DK. Both beautiful, of course. What else would I like to see on the Donegal neps? Something variegated, as you suggested: maybe a breaking black?
This colorway is beautiful!!Question: the Donegal yarn base doesn't look white, but the prototype was (KP Hawthorne) white. Did you make allowances for the oatmeal colored yarn? I am asking because I have to dye Leitlopi light beige to make a gold and sage green and I don't have a lot of yarn to play with. I have Susan Rex's book Complex Color and she suggests to use .8% stock solutions for Golden yellow, turquoise, and fuchsia as if they were 1%. Then you could use less dye if the pot didn't exhaust completely. Turquoise is slow to attach and is a strong dye, so use less. For all these blues, Dharma might say which blue has turquoise.
This is a great question! This time I didn't specifically consider the differences between the two, I figured that I would get a sense if I was in the range of the color I wanted with the prototype and then adjust as needed on the actual base. I need to do a side by side video with the multi-nep yarn and stroll or hawthorne like I did with the white neps
Nice would have loved to see it on a rust or burnt-orange base which would have let the colors of the neeps stand out more or maybe a dark brown or black-brown or chestnut brown.
Time stamp: 20:45 is one of the reasons for the saturation difference between batches. You'll see that there are still dye particles in the cup that were not mixed well. That will absolutely affect the overall colorway. The "unspecified " amount of water is also a factor to consider. Yes it's the same amount of dye to yarn but the water level absolutely matters when it comes to saturation level and variation of color. But that's what makes hand dyed yarn so unique and beautiful! Have you ever tried a milk frother? That's how I mix my dyes. I've never had this problem since using one. You can get it on Amazon for 12 dollars!
I cannot remember if I weighed out the dye for each subsequent batch separately or if I did a stock then measured it out. If I'm adding all of the dye then I wouldn't worry too much about it not being perfectly dissolved... but if it was a stock then it would have been a bigger problem. Sigh. The things that I don't always write down when filming.
So confused when I opened my yarn and it looked NOTHING like this... then I looked at the date on the bag and realized that I should've double checked the date instead of just "remembering" that my bonus skein was for the 7th. Good news: the yarn for tonight looks AMAZING. ;)
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I love your videos! Thank you for showing us the whole process, you’re very generous with information 😊
You are so welcome! I love sharing my process.
Really liked how you did this, and loved the shadings of the different blues, love to do this for some sock knitting.
It's so funny, I love how it turned out but I also wasn't sure if I was silly for doing something so subtle but with so many colors. I love the blue I created, though.
I want to knit a sweater like this because the colors are so beautiful.
Thank you so much! I love how it turned out.
It has a true chambray feel to them… very lovely
Thank you!!
The colours were beautiful. Makes me want to try the recipe myself.
You should!
Hi Rebecca, A belated Chanukah greeting, the blue is like the tejalet blue that is supposed to be included in the tsit (prayer shawl ). It is so nice to have someone who is Jewish and makes something relating to Chanukah!
Thank you, Martha! Chag Chanukah Sameach!
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@@ChemKnitsTutorials And it is a hug! The best of the best. Thank you for your classes, I am turning by laundry room into a laundry/ dyeing room, using 2 blats for pan dyeing and then 4 individual induction burners for pot dyeing. That way I can keep all the dyeing separate from my cooking. I am also putting a double sink in the room too. A work in progress…. So your classes are turning a spinner into a dyeing / spinning lady!
I’d love to see that base dyed with the closest matches to each of the neeps so each of the neeps blend and contrast through out the skein.
Oh this would be a fun project!!
I have some of the dk with the rainbow neps--can't wait to see what you do with it!
YAY!!!
Thanks for the great tutorial. This variation or tonal changes is what I want to achieve as I’m learning to yarn dying.
Question please. I noticed you work in your kitchen. If having to use a respirator to mix the powders, is there not a danger working in your kitchen with the liquid or cooking it on the stove or washing and rinsing in your sink? I’m new to this process which is why I’m asking. Thanks Rebecca. I look forward to learning more from you.
So interesting, the difference in depth of color between the fingering and the DK. Both beautiful, of course. What else would I like to see on the Donegal neps? Something variegated, as you suggested: maybe a breaking black?
ooo breaking black would be fun!! I haven't done that in a long time!
This colorway is beautiful!!Question: the Donegal yarn base doesn't look white, but the prototype was (KP Hawthorne) white. Did you make allowances for the oatmeal colored yarn? I am asking because I have to dye Leitlopi light beige to make a gold and sage green and I don't have a lot of yarn to play with. I have Susan Rex's book Complex Color and she suggests to use .8% stock solutions for Golden yellow, turquoise, and fuchsia as if they were 1%. Then you could use less dye if the pot didn't exhaust completely. Turquoise is slow to attach and is a strong dye, so use less. For all these blues, Dharma might say which blue has turquoise.
This is a great question! This time I didn't specifically consider the differences between the two, I figured that I would get a sense if I was in the range of the color I wanted with the prototype and then adjust as needed on the actual base. I need to do a side by side video with the multi-nep yarn and stroll or hawthorne like I did with the white neps
Nice would have loved to see it on a rust or burnt-orange base which would have let the colors of the neeps stand out more or maybe a dark brown or black-brown or chestnut brown.
Ooo othey would be AWESOME on a brown! Or a gray. Someone else requested Black. :D
Time stamp: 20:45 is one of the reasons for the saturation difference between batches. You'll see that there are still dye particles in the cup that were not mixed well. That will absolutely affect the overall colorway. The "unspecified " amount of water is also a factor to consider. Yes it's the same amount of dye to yarn but the water level absolutely matters when it comes to saturation level and variation of color. But that's what makes hand dyed yarn so unique and beautiful! Have you ever tried a milk frother? That's how I mix my dyes. I've never had this problem since using one. You can get it on Amazon for 12 dollars!
Lol I'm still listening and YOU just said what the reason was. You weren't grasping at straws. You were right. That milk frother is a life saver 🙌
I cannot remember if I weighed out the dye for each subsequent batch separately or if I did a stock then measured it out. If I'm adding all of the dye then I wouldn't worry too much about it not being perfectly dissolved... but if it was a stock then it would have been a bigger problem. Sigh. The things that I don't always write down when filming.
So confused when I opened my yarn and it looked NOTHING like this... then I looked at the date on the bag and realized that I should've double checked the date instead of just "remembering" that my bonus skein was for the 7th. Good news: the yarn for tonight looks AMAZING. ;)
Oh my goodness! That would be confusing. (And there are always chances I make a labeling mistake, but everything from this night was very blue.)
I'd like to see this technique done on the white-nep bases.
I think it would be really pretty on that!
I've been trying to buy this base for months and it's always out of stock. I have a neon and black resist vision in my head.
neon and black with this base would be STUNNING!! It's in stock right now at Wool2Dye4.
You really say really really too much
Ooof! Thanks for pointing this out. I know I have a lot of crutch words but this wasn't one on my radar. :D