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Celebration Livestream Recap (5/16/18 Stream) - 12 Skeins of Yarn Dyed with Food Coloring!

1,805 views · Published 19 May 2018 · 20:25 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: ChemKnits Tutorials · 2018 · Howto & Style

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We did it!  We dyed a dozen hanks of KnitPicks Yarn in a wide variety of different techniques. http://shrsl.com/yjw3 (Affilliate Link) Thank you for joining in an epic livestream to celebrate the launch of the ChemKnitsCreations Etsy store http://chemknitscreations.etsy.com and hitting 5 million YouTube views!  

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Learn More about the conditions for dyeing the yarn below.  

Dip Dyed Black [0:54]
Yarn Base:  Bare Stroll Fingering http://shrsl.com/yjvc 100 g, 75% Superwash Merino / 25% nylon.   
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar + 1/4 tsp Wilton's Black (dissolved in 1/2 cup water) + 2 drops Wilton Color Right Base Blue
Notes: The black icing color is the formula currently available with Red #3.  (the "new New" formula)

Space Dyed with Easter Egg Tablets [1:48]
Yarn Base 1: Hawthorne Fingering http://shrsl.com/yjvj (80% Superwash Fine Highland Wool, 20% Polyamide)
Yarn Base 2: Galileo Sport weight yarn http://shrsl.com/yjvh (50% Merino wool, 50% Viscose from bamboo)
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 1 cup white vinegar.  The galileo was dyed in the same dyepot after the color had exhausted from the hawthrone space dyed yarn.  
Dye: Paas Easter Egg Tablets from two delux kits (I started with 18 tablets and dyed 300 g of yarn total with them.)  

Overdyeing Galerie (brown self striping yarn) [4:17] 
Yarn Base: KnitPicks Galerie in the colorway "Art Deco" http://shrsl.com/yjvg  Galerie is a single ply high twist Aran Weight yarn.  100% wool, 50 g.  I think this yarn line is being discontinued.  
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar + 10 drops Wilton Coloright Base Blue.  I eventually added an additional 2T white vinegar to the pot, but all of the color never exhausted.  

Dyeing and Overdyeing a twisted Hank of Yarn [6:07] 
Yarn Base: Bare Stroll Fingering. http://shrsl.com/yjvc The twisted hank of yarn started out dry. After each dye step, I allowed the yarn to cool, untwisted the yarn and then retwisted it.  
Dyebath 1: Leftover blue from the Galerie overdyeing above
Dyebath 2: 8 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar + Wilton Coloright: 8 Drops Base Brown, 8 Drops Base Yellow, 8 Drops Base Blue.  
Dyebath 3: The exhausted dyebath from above (after dip dyeing the next yarn), + 3 drops Base Black + 3 drops base blue.  I did not let the dye exhaust. 

Dip Dyed Hawthorne Green Gradient [6:53]
Yarn Base: Hawthrone Fingering Weight Yarn http://shrsl.com/yjvj
Dyebath: The leftover dye in Dyebath #2 from the twisted hank of yarn

Space Dyed Galileo [8:28] 
Yarn Base: Galileo Sport weight yarn http://shrsl.com/yjvh
Dyebath: Leftover Dyebath #3 for the blue from the twisted hank of yarn, plus multiple drops of Base Pink food coloring directly to the pot.  I moved the yarn in the pot and then added even more pink to the yarn.

Overdyeing Preciosa [9:48]
Yarn Base: KnitPicks Preciosa Worsted in Boysenberry http://shrsl.com/yjvl (The original colorway seems to be discontinued.)  100% merino
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 3 T white vinegar + a heaping 1/4 tsp Wilton's teal in 1/2 cup of water 

Overdyeing Mint Super Tuff Puff with Pink and Orange [11:37]
Yarn Base: 200 g KnitPicks Super Tuff Puff in Mint http://shrsl.com/yjvq 100% wool.  This yarn line is being discontinued but there is still some mint left!  (The Tuff Puff is sticking around)
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 3 T white vinegar + 10 drops pink, 10 drops orange (each in 1/2 cup of water) 

Cake Dyed yarns [13:26] start

Imagination Royal Blue Gradient Yarn [14:33]
Yarn Base: Imagination Fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/yjwa (50% merino, 25% nylon, 25% alpaca) wound into a loose cake (I wound it on the ball winder twice to keep the cake loose)
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar + (1/2 tsp Wilton's Royal Blue Icing Color in 1/2 cup water).  I added the cake of yarn to the pot while dry.  After 5 min, I added one additional tablespoon of white vinegar.  

Stroll Candy Heart and Creamy Peach Gradient [16:19]
Yarn Base: Bare Stroll fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/yjvc wound into a loose cake (I wound it on the ball winder twice)
Dyebath: Inserted pink, yellow, orange, and blue candy hearts into the yarn cake.  Added wilton creamy peach (1/4 tsp in 1/2 cup of water) to the leftover dyebath from the broken black yarn at the beginning of tihs video.  I heated the yarn for about 20 min and hten left it in the pot to cool.  

Stroll Easter Egg Flaming Sunset Gradient [17:39] 
Yarn Base: Bare Stroll fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/yjvc wound into a loose cake (I wound it on the ball winder twice)
Dyebath: 8 cups of water + 1 cup white vinegar.  8 easter egg tablets inserted in the center of the cake (2 pink, 2 red, 2 yellow, and 2 orange)

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