If you'd like some deep purple tonal yarn - the yarn from this video is now in the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Shop! www.etsy.com/listing/1117995307/deep-purple-tonal-fingering-weight-sock
This would be interesting to see with something like Purple Pop -- where if you look at it sideways, it breaks! Another fun experiment might be to do two batches with the same amount of dye, but vary the amount of times you over dye it. One pot only twice, and the other four, or something like that. I agree with you -- "purple" is blue leaning. "Violet" is the red-leaning lesser color, lol
I love how you're mind goes right to breaking dyes and my mind goes right to black. I'm so doing this with black, and maybe even layer my different blacks. So fun! Thanks for keeping me creative!
So I’ve been binge watching your videos. I’ve never considered dying my own yarn but I had this project in mind and well I googled dying my own yarn and there you were. I’m just finishing up sock blank special number 2. Occasionally I sneak a peak at newer videos of yours. I watched the tonal video you referenced in this video a few weeks ago and dyed my own yarn for the first time because of it. I’m hooked. I hand knit my own blank and then I found you cranking away in another video. I’m a knitter. I knit baby items, socks, shawls, and whatever, sometimes an owl for a granddaughter. Thank you thank you - you have opened a new world for me and my knitting,
Connie - Welcome to the channel! I'm so glad that you find my videos helpful. I've grown a LOT as a dyer since those sock blank specials. I have fun going back and looking at earlier Dyepot Weekly episodes where I was scared to even mix up a dye stock. :D
I think the difference between the two is dramatic! The single step batch is definitely pinker. Strange how the pink is so much more prominent on that one, and more subtle on the multi-step dyed yarn. Maybe green next time.
Just dyed my roving over the weekend and it came out great. Purple and wine red as well as super pink with sapphire Blue. That made a soft purple color.
True solids are SUPER hard to do, but I recommend this video ruclips.net/video/Ph-Zqcym_Ts/видео.html to see some differences between more solid yarns vs more tonal.
One batch was just one step, so there wasn't time to shift the tie there. There's a chance I cut out some dead space - but I'm pretty sure I shifted the ties on both of the 3 step colorway.
Absolutely! Breaking is when you have a color mixture and you see the colors separate into different hues on yarn. So in this video, when I filled the cup back up and saw a magenta pink versus a deep purple, this suggests that we could see the colors separate and get different hues on the yarn. Some of the best examples of this are when I break Wilton's violet food coloring - you can see the purple dye separate very dramatically into pinks and blues giving a "broken" color versus just a tonal purple. This happens because some dye molecules bind to yarn at different rates, or sometimes they dissolve at different rates. If one color binds quickly, it won't be able to move as far in the pot and so you can see the slower binding molecule travel further - separating the colors even though they were mixed ahead of time. I hope this helps!
I would definitely love to see what happens with a color that you know breaks! This also might call for a dip-dye of Royal purple to see if it breaks that way. I also wonder whether this technique would be useful for colors that take a while to strike, whether you can get a more intense build-up or if it can happen more quickly because of what you said about how there's that point at the beginning when it absorbs a certain amount of dye.
I would like to see lighter colors known to break. Sometimes we want the yarn mostly the same color. Also, what about stirring the one-step a bit more?
Stirring the one step would make the color more even for sure! I wanted to not stir to maximize the difference between these batches but I do want to redo it with a lighter color.
I use some clear dish soap for washing the yarn. Sometimes generic brand something scent free. Occasionally I may use synthrapol if there is a bleeder, but that dries out my hands so I don't use it that often.
The size of the pot isn't a factor here because both pots had the same volume of water in them. The water was in a slightly different shape, but the yarn could move in similar ways.
If you'd like some deep purple tonal yarn - the yarn from this video is now in the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Shop! www.etsy.com/listing/1117995307/deep-purple-tonal-fingering-weight-sock
I love dyeing with purple
Purple is the best!!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials totally agree, its my favorite color
Both turned out beautifully!
Thank you so much!
This would be interesting to see with something like Purple Pop -- where if you look at it sideways, it breaks! Another fun experiment might be to do two batches with the same amount of dye, but vary the amount of times you over dye it. One pot only twice, and the other four, or something like that.
I agree with you -- "purple" is blue leaning. "Violet" is the red-leaning lesser color, lol
I don't think I've EVER EVERY had purple pop not break, lol.
I love how you're mind goes right to breaking dyes and my mind goes right to black. I'm so doing this with black, and maybe even layer my different blacks. So fun! Thanks for keeping me creative!
This would be a fantastic project with blacks! I considered using it here but I was afraid it would be too hard to see the differences.
I too want to do this with blacks!!!
Ok def need a breaking color video too! Fun result with the deep purple.
It's already filmed!!
Yesssss 🙌
So I’ve been binge watching your videos. I’ve never considered dying my own yarn but I had this project in mind and well I googled dying my own yarn and there you were. I’m just finishing up sock blank special number 2. Occasionally I sneak a peak at newer videos of yours. I watched the tonal video you referenced in this video a few weeks ago and dyed my own yarn for the first time because of it. I’m hooked. I hand knit my own blank and then I found you cranking away in another video. I’m a knitter. I knit baby items, socks, shawls, and whatever, sometimes an owl for a granddaughter. Thank you thank you - you have opened a new world for me and my knitting,
Connie - Welcome to the channel! I'm so glad that you find my videos helpful. I've grown a LOT as a dyer since those sock blank specials. I have fun going back and looking at earlier Dyepot Weekly episodes where I was scared to even mix up a dye stock. :D
I'd love to see some greens... apparently Jacquard Spruce can break into green and a fantastic looking cobalt blue.
Oooooooo!! Spruce is a lovely color. I don't dip into my Jacquard dyes enough because I don't like the tiny bottles. lol.
Wow my favorite color
Thank you, Danit!
Hi Rebecca, beautiful deep purple. Thanks for sharing 🤗 Have a great week.
Thank you! You too!
I think the difference between the two is dramatic! The single step batch is definitely pinker. Strange how the pink is so much more prominent on that one, and more subtle on the multi-step dyed yarn. Maybe green next time.
It could be the result of some breaking that I wasn't expecting!
Just dyed my roving over the weekend and it came out great. Purple and wine red as well as super pink with sapphire Blue. That made a soft purple color.
Sounds great!
The 2 really do seem like slightly different colors....but both gorgeous..
It is so strange that it felt like that to me! Maybe there were some pinks and we got them distributed more all over on one...
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing and showing!
You are so welcome!
I would really like to see you dye with solid color...also deep purple, so I can see the different . Thank you.
True solids are SUPER hard to do, but I recommend this video ruclips.net/video/Ph-Zqcym_Ts/видео.html to see some differences between more solid yarns vs more tonal.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if you did this with the muck dye.
oooooooooo!!!! That could be pretty fun. i still have a stock of that made up.
Rebecca, you surprise me; Royal Purple has got to be the best purple around. 😉 Why haven't you used it more? lol. 😅🤣😂Great experiment.
I didn't own it until more recently when I was completing my DHarma dye collection!
@@ChemKnitsTutorials It's awesome 💜💜
You did shift the ties on one batch and not the other. I wonder if that influences the variation. Beautiful yarn. I may have to get that color dye.
One batch was just one step, so there wasn't time to shift the tie there. There's a chance I cut out some dead space - but I'm pretty sure I shifted the ties on both of the 3 step colorway.
Love the video....can you explain what "breaking" means when dyeing????
Absolutely! Breaking is when you have a color mixture and you see the colors separate into different hues on yarn. So in this video, when I filled the cup back up and saw a magenta pink versus a deep purple, this suggests that we could see the colors separate and get different hues on the yarn. Some of the best examples of this are when I break Wilton's violet food coloring - you can see the purple dye separate very dramatically into pinks and blues giving a "broken" color versus just a tonal purple.
This happens because some dye molecules bind to yarn at different rates, or sometimes they dissolve at different rates. If one color binds quickly, it won't be able to move as far in the pot and so you can see the slower binding molecule travel further - separating the colors even though they were mixed ahead of time.
I hope this helps!
I would definitely love to see what happens with a color that you know breaks! This also might call for a dip-dye of Royal purple to see if it breaks that way. I also wonder whether this technique would be useful for colors that take a while to strike, whether you can get a more intense build-up or if it can happen more quickly because of what you said about how there's that point at the beginning when it absorbs a certain amount of dye.
There is a breaking version of this video already scheduled ;)
I would like to see lighter colors known to break. Sometimes we want the yarn mostly the same color. Also, what about stirring the one-step a bit more?
Stirring the one step would make the color more even for sure! I wanted to not stir to maximize the difference between these batches but I do want to redo it with a lighter color.
Really enjoyed the video! Makes me want to try dyeing again. Just wondering what you washed your yarn with afterwards?
I use some clear dish soap for washing the yarn. Sometimes generic brand something scent free. Occasionally I may use synthrapol if there is a bleeder, but that dries out my hands so I don't use it that often.
My brain just went to calculus, but if you did an infinity of tiny amounts of dye, you would get a solid.
It likely would average out a lot - but it would take a lot of layers for sure. :D
Beautiful! I wonder what would happen if you did the 2 stage method with 2 different, but similar colours.
Oooo I'm not sure! I mean it could look like step 2 when I do three colors sometimes....
I wonder if the lighter patches would have been longer if you did not move the zip ties.
They may have been for sure!
I am a purple lover myself can we see more of the bluer purples and less of the grape ape please and thank you
Absolutely!
is it possible the smaller pot was the reason? the yarn couldn't move as much h.
The size of the pot isn't a factor here because both pots had the same volume of water in them. The water was in a slightly different shape, but the yarn could move in similar ways.