Dyepot Weekly #29 - Handpainting Yarn with Jacquard Acid Dyes

Let's handpaint some yarn with Jacquard acid dyes for the first time! I will dye 100 g of 100% wool yarn http://shrsl.com/qwgu and then a superwash version of that same yarn base http://shrsl.com/qwgw (KnitPicks Affiliate Links). With food coloring dyes, I've observed that the dye strikes to superwash wools faster than it does untreated wools, and I was curious to see whether the dyes would behave in similar ways when I used Jacquard acid dyes. I mixed a gradient of Jacquard Sky Blue and Sun Yellow to create a yellow - blue gradient of color. Thank you so much, Deborah, for sponsoring this video!

VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[1:41] Presoaking the yarns in tap water + 3 T white vinegar
[1:54] The stock solutions, and trouble shooting the sun yellow crashing out. (I ended up using the suspensions for the colors below)
[3:42] Mixing the dyes for our gradient from 1% stock solutions
[7:45] Handpainting our yarns
[17:23] Flipping the yarns to add some dye to the reverse side
[22:09] Wrapping up the yarn to prepare to steam it on the stove top in a steamer basket.
[23:02] Steaming the yarn for 20 min
[24:05] Washing the yarns
[25:37] Conclusions and the finished dry yarns


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