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Space Dyeing Sock Yarn with Concentrated Wilton's Food Coloring

3,680 views · Published 23 December 2017 · 9:42 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: ChemKnits Tutorials · 2017 · Howto & Style

We ended up with a lot of extra food coloring while filming episdoes for the Sock  Blank Special.  Why not use this food coloring to space dye some sock yarn http://shrsl.com/p50s  (KnitPicks Affiliate Link)?  The 100 g of fingering weight yarn is composed of 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon.  We used left over Wilton's food coloring in Royal Blue, Kelly Green, Teal, and Violet.  

Video Contents
[0:00] Introduction and presoaking the yarn
[1:34] Adding the dye to the yarn
[3:00] Timelapse (20 min sped up to 10 seconds)
[3:09] t=20 min
[4:51] t = 30 min.  Turning off the heat and letting the yarn cool in the pot
[5:30] Washing the cooled yarn
[7:24] The finished dry yarn and conclusions

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Space Dyeing Sock Yarn with Concentrated Wilton's Food Coloring

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