Thank you so much 😀 I'm not sure if I'm going to have a super special episode 500 but I have a plan to celebrate if I don't make the video I want to happen happen. (I was supposed to film this week but I was sick so I didn't have a voice to film. Sigh.)
This was great. I was surprised that non superwash looked so different. As a person who enjoys prepping raw wool I'm definitely curious what hand painted would change. I liked the superwash color better on this video but in life I prefer non superwash. Always learning with you! Thank you
Well the silk + non-superwash means there are a few variables leading to the difference. But there would be SOME differences if I had used roving that was the same fiber (eg. superwash and nonsuperwash merino)
Good morning! So excited to see a new video- I recently posted one where I tried breaking wilton violet inspired by you! ❤ I haven't tried dyeing roving just yet but its on my list 😊
Woohoo for wilton's violet! it is so much fun to get breaking - and food coloring is incredibly dramatic. I always get happy when there is good breaking with acid dyes.
Once the braids are spun into yarns, I wonder how the colour of the two yarns would compare. Do you think the optical mixing ocurring when spinning the superwash fibre might may the blue seem closer to the non-superwash one?
It is possible they will feel a lot more similar once they're spun. But I think no matter what the silk blend will feel less saturated. It does depend a lot on the spinning technique for sure.
I'm curious about the light fastness of Caribbean blue. Dharma lists it at 1-2 out of 7 (I think). Have you experienced any fading of this colour? And do you think that mixing with a much more lightfast dye like Midnight blue (5 out of 7) would enhance the stability of Caribbean blue?
I haven't tested the lightfastness of this pigment personally, so I would trust what Dharma has to say about it. I think that mixing it with another blue would help a blue color remain for longer, but not the bright blue pigment of the Caribbean blue. If those dye molecules break down with exposure to light another color there shouldn't stop that from happening.
