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Dyepot Weekly #17 - Dyeing Wool Roving with a Tulip Tie Dye Kit

3,499 views · Published 9 January 2018 · 16:33 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: ChemKnits Tutorials · 2018 · Howto & Style

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I have some more tie dye, so let's see how well it works on 100% wool roving.  The roving required a LOT of washing to remove the excess dye, and I don't think that I was as careful as I should have been.  The roving in this video is totally spinnable, and is nowhere near a felted mess.  However, I wouldn't call it 100% perfect, either.  The ends are a bit felted but you can still pull the fibers apart.  I think that I prefer dyeing methods that exhaust the dye when I'm using roving so that I can do less washing and manipulation of the wet fiber.  

This episode of Dyepot Weekly is sponsored by Sarah Birki.  Thank you so much for your support!  

In this video, I dyed 100 g of 100% wool roving http://shrsl.com/q5yu (KnitPicks Affiliate Link)

I used a Tulip One Step Tie Dye kit to dye this roving http://amzn.to/2Amv4kS (Amazon affiliate link) 

Video Contents:
[0:00] Introduction.  The wool roving was presoaked for ~1 hour in tap water.  The dyes were mixed within the last hour.
[1:38] The colors for today's video (and you can see how much dye is in each of the bottles, mixed according to the package instructions) 
[1:55] Applying the dye to the roving
[7:25] Wrapping up the roving and preparing to leave it for 24 hours
[9:11] Washing the fiber
[13:50] the finishd dry roving

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