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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction and winding the 5 attached miniskeins
Presoak the yarn in plain tap water for 20-30 minutes
[4:32] Mixing the dyes starting with 1/2 cup water in each jar
Started with 20 mL of pink or yellow on either end, 10 mL of each in the middle. And then shifted all the colors around a little bit here.
add another 1/2 cup of water
[8:53] Add the yarn to the jars
Adjust hte colors a bit more (including adding some pink to the end yellow)
[12:23] Add 1 tsp vinegar to each jar
[12:48] heating the yarn by placing the jars immersed in a pasta insert on the stovetop
Heat for 30 min
Add 2 tsp of vinegar to each jar
heat for another 15 min
Turn off the heat and let it cool slowly to room temp
[15:38] Washing yarn 1
[17:53] Take 2! Less dye, more planned out gradient of color.
Dilute our stock solutions. 150 mL of water + 20 mL of the 1% stock solutions to each cup.
Jar 1 - 40 mL pink
Jar 2 - 10 mL yellow, 30 mL pink
Jar 3 - 20 mL yellow, 20 mL pink
Jar 4 - 30 mL yellow, 10 mL pink
Jar 5 - 40 mL yellow
[20:38] Add the yarn
add 1 tsp white vinegar to each of the jars and mix things up. Top the jars off with a little more water.
[22:45] heat the yarn for 30 minutes on the stovetop
[24:33] Washing yarn 2
[25:49] The dry yarn (and black light!)
[28:11] Converting the connected minis back to one skein
[32:05] Final thoughts and conclusions

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