Dyeing Yarn with Dye Tablets Inserted into a Pre-wound Yarn Cake

I love dyeing with the dye tablets from Easter Egg Dyeing kits. Since the tablets are dry, it is really easy to insert them into a pre-wound cake of yarn before you submerge it into a warm dyebath. This will result in a stunning asymmetric colorway. In the following video, I use all 9 colors from a PAAS Deluxe Easter Egg Dyeing Kit in 100g of KnitPicks Bare Stroll fingering weight yarn (a wool/nylon blend.)

VIDEO CONTENTS
[0:00] Introduction
[1:46] The dye tablets and inserting the dye tablets into the yarn cake
[5:17] Setting up the Dyebath (8 cups of water + 3 T white vinegar. I added more later on in the video)
[6:33] Adding the yarn cake to the dye bath
[8:50] 7.5 minutes later
[11:12] 20 minutes later, turning off the heat
[12:59] Removing the yarn cake from the cooled dyebath
[17:21] Washing the yarn cake
[21:25] Unwinding the cake of yarn
[23:11] The yarn wound onto a niddy noddy
[24:05] The final yarn and conclusions

If I were to do this dyeing experiment again, I would increase the amount of vinegar in the pot (maybe 5-6T) and I would let the yarn remain in the pot longer to cool. It can take a while for these dye tablets to dissolve so I want to give them a chance to get there!

Sorry about the clicking sounds. My kids broke the normal lens that I use so I had to use my 50mm fixed lens and the autofocus is SUPER loud.

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