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Snow Dyeing Handmade and Commercial Blanks with KoolAid - Sock Blank Special 2!

2,016 views · Published 28 February 2018 · 29:07 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: ChemKnits Tutorials · 2018 · Howto & Style

Let's snow dye a KnitPicks Stroll Sock Blank http://shrsl.com/s18y and a homemade worsted weight Wool of the Andes http://shrsl.com/s18z blank with KoolAid!  I made the worsted weight blank on a Singer Knitting Machine http://amzn.to/2Bng2OL (Affiliate Links) 

This video demonstrates how one method of dyeing can create drastically different results depending on the fiber content.  The commercial blank is composed of 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon and the homemade blank is 100% wool.  The dripping colors from the snow struck differently to give different depths of color and patterns.  

Video Contents:
[0:00] Introduction and presoaking the blanks in plain tap water
[1:55] The KoolAid Flavors: 2 Cherry, 2 Orange, 3 Lemonade, 3 Lemon-Lime, 3 Blue Raspberry Lemonade, 2 Grape + 1 Blue Raspberry Lemonade
[2:07] Snow Dyeing Set up
[2:35] Adding the snow to the yarns
[5:54] Adding the KoolAid to the snow
[11:58] Snow Melting timelapse (~5 hours condensed into 33 seconds)
[12:32] After the snow has melted!  
[12:50] Wrapping up the yarns in plastic wrap to microwave them (you need heat to set the color)
[15:37] Leftover dye
[16:05] Microwaving the yarns for a total of 6 min each (4 min, then a second 2 min interval)
[16:25] washing the cooled Stroll fingering weight commercial sock blank
[17:41] Washing the homemade worsted weight blank
[18:33] the dry blanks
[22:33] blanks unwound on a niddy noddy (after the 2/7/28 unraveling livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNP5_98nEmc) 
[27:20] Conclusions

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Snow Dyeing Handmade and Commercial Blanks with KoolAid - Sock Blank Special 2!

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