Yay, I Dyed Yarn! Kuidas ma lõnga värvisin.

 

I have been looking for a nice, tonal, light coloured hand-dyed sock yarn. Not really easy to find one, and they might be quite pricey too. When I came across with dyeing yarn with food-colouring in a microwave, it sounded fun and easy. After some research, I decided to give it a go.  My first attempt was unsuccessful. The food-colour I bought turned out to be heat sensitive. The second time I was more careful, read labels in the store. I wanted to get the tonal yarn and decided to dye the yarn in a hank. This way some parts of the yarn get less dye than the other parts. At first, I dyed in blue, then moved the hank around and dyed in yellow. I repeated the dyeing four times. Every time the water turned clear.
I am very happy with the result, definitely going to do it again!
There are loads of tutorials on the internet, check it out and dye!

 

Temperature is still low

After first dyeing



Ma olen otsinud heledatoonilist käsitsivärvitud sokilõnga, kuid seda polegi nii kerge leida, ja kallivõitu on nad ka. Minujaoks kõige lihtsam viis tundus olevat värvida ise toiduvärvidega mikrolaineahjus. Selleks pole vaja eraldi potte ega pikka ettevalmistamist. Netis on palju õpetusi ja videosid olemas. Esimene katse läks mul aiataha, kuna too värv polnud kuumakindel, kuumutades kadus täiesti. Teine kord värvi ostes olin hoolikam ja lugesin silte.
Värvisin lõnga tokis, siis ei pääse värv igalepoole ligi, ja tekivad erinevad toonid, mis oligi minu eesmärk. Esimene kord värvisin sinisega, siis keerasin vihi teistpidi kokku, ja värvisin kollasega. Kordasin protsessi veel kaks korda, kuni valget enam polnud, ja lõng oli mõnusalt erinevates toonides.
Nautisin kogu protsessi ja kindlasti värvin veel!
See lõng saab juba sokiks :)