Eight Ways to Kettle Dye Yarn

Hello there!


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Dye used:

Pro chem Hot pink, turquoise, brilliant violet 


Dharma flourescent orange, flourescent lemon, spearmint breeze, bright aqua, xtreme blue, midnight

Dye Stock Recipe:
1 Tablespoon dye
1 Tablespoon citric acid
2.5 cups near boiling water
** dyestock must be used within 1-2 days. Stock without citric acid can last up to 6 months (but it does start to separate and turn grainy or get a scum on the top depending on the composition of your tap water).


Superfine merino, superwash and non superwash


Here's a link to my Google drive folder with photos of the yarn/swatch/dyepot


https://drive.google.com/folderview?i...


The cost of this video:


-$121 for yarn

-2.5 hours to reskein all yarn twice & tag

-$8 in dye, citric acid, butane

-11 hours to set up, dye, film & break down for all techniques 

-4 hours to photograph, edit, caption

-8.4 hours of gauge swatch knitting

-2.2 hours to edit the video footage and pix together


I wish there was a budget for a professional videographer, professional editor, a real lighting rig, and rented studio space, but alas. It's just me and my cell phone. If I spent $2500 producing this video, I'd have to put a paywall in front of it, and people who can't afford to buy in would be left out. I appreciate each and every one of you that donates, because you're helping to pay the way for someone who can't otherwise join in on the fun.


 When I started out in 2008, I was desperately poor and totally enthralled. I had to start with mill ends, kool aid & a microwave. It took me 5 full years of stumbling around in the dark before I had a handle on what I was doing. I'm trying to make the indie dyer market a friendlier, more open space for the next generation. It was highly proprietary, cliquey, and exclusive when I started. And so disheartening and lonely. Thanks for helping me make it a more inviting space.