I am just starting my yarn dying journey. I am definitely enjoying watching all the videos. I did my first dye today and definitely made a lot of mistakes.
Beautiful end result! I totally felt your pain when you were moving the yarn the first time, it was so pretty and you were hesitating to put it back in the dye. I'm glad those colors still showed up and didn't just turn to mud. (Not that mud can't be pretty in its own right, lol).
Here is one video where i didn't move one of them and then moved the other quickly. So not quite the same, but similar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SwroUGpardM.html I would also like to do that experiment!
I really enjoy watching your videos! Your energy and enthusiasm is contagious. With regards to the Peacock Blue, it might be a dye that requires a minimum of 125 degrees F to fully dissolve because of the turquoise in it. You said you had dissolved it in hot water, but it might not have been quite hot enough. My hot water from the tap is 120 degrees F maximum. If I am using anything with Turquoise, I heat up the water a little more. Just a thought.
Boiling water would be better for sure, but I'm lazy TBH. One other issue I've had is that things are soluble when super hot and then crash back out of solution when things cool off. But yes - I should use boiling water probably! :D
I like this shoebox method. I don't really have the space for most of the dyeing tools I've seen in most videos (hopefully later! 😂). But this is great for a beginner who just wants to mess around a bit. Which fibers work best for this method? Can you use any fiber?
This is a super relavent question to something I'm working on today! ;) I mostly dye superwash wool blends, but it should work on other fiber types. The wrost that will happen is that the dye will all blend together.
I most often use the Dharma storage bottles these days that are plastic. They have a spout you can cut to use as a squeeze bottle if you want. I should have these linked down below (not an affiliate link). I used to use glass jars but it was harder to transfer and measure dyes from those. I will do glass jars when I want to use syringes to do a lot of measuring since I can reach in there easily.
