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ITEMS USED IN THIS VIDEO (or frequently used in my videos):
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KnitPicks Bare Shadow Lace Yarn (100% Merino Wool) - http://shrsl.com/3tfog *
KnitPicks Stroll Fingering Weight Yarn (75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon) - http://shrsl.com/2ly91 *
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Catering Steam Pan: https://amzn.to/2tGWYph *
Digital Kitchen Scale - https://amzn.to/2XJgleB *
Plastic Syringes for Measuring dye - https://amzn.to/3fCX4nP *
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Reusable Zip Ties - https://amzn.to/3fXa75K* or https://amzn.to/3bPdOag * NOTE: Amazon sometimes changes the zip tie listing to be non-reusable or removes the option I purchased. I use 12" white nylon reusable zip ties. Please check both the links and if it doesn't say reusable don't purchase!
Deluxe Rubber Respirator - https://www.dharmatrading.com/tools/d...
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Dharma Acid Dyes - https://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/dh...
Dharma Squeeze Bottles - https://www.dharmatrading.com/tools/s...
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Face Masks for Dyeing Yarn - http://www.chemknits.com/2020/07/resp...
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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] What is fractal yarn?
[3:43] Winding a yarn cake
maybe 10 minutes total to wind including setting things up.
[6:01] Making the connected miniskeins
Final weights of the 3 connected minis: 16 grams, 30 g, 58 g
[14:10] The colorway plan
[15:57] Mixing the dyes
1% stock solutions of electric violet and Caribbean blue from dharma acid dyes
In each cup - 1/4 cup water + 4 mL 1% stock of Caribbean Blue
Recipe 1 (100 g yarn) - 100 mL purple
Recipe 2 (60 g yarn) - 30 mL purple
Recipe 3 (28 g yarn) - 6.75 mL purple
Recipe 4 (16 g yarn) - 0.2 mL purple
These are the final recipes.
[20:56] Dyeing the smallest two minis
16 cups of water with no acid
add all of Recipe 3 to one pot, and about half of recipe 4 to another.
Add the yarn, then 4 T white vinegar to each pot
Move the yarn between the minis back and forth between the pots
wait 45 minutes to finish heating the yarn - most color had absorbed
[27:24] Dyeing the biggest two skeins
[31:26] Yarn mop!
Leave no dye behind
[34:23] First look at our wet gradient
[35:06] Washing the yarn
[37:19] The finished dry yarn
[38:31] Reskeined and conclusions

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