ChemKnits Chanukah Special 2018 Night 4 - Dyeing Low Immersion Alpaca Yarn with Easter Dye Tablets

[@wandamuise2636]

Hi Rebecca, it's so nice to see multiple faiths being celebrated together. I grew up, for the most part, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am Roman Catholic but went to a Jewish/Hebrew high school. I loved it mostly because I had so many days if school off because of all the holidays. Love watching your videos and seeing all the wonderful dyed yarns.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you, Wanda! Oh the days off for all the holidays... but note that we don't get days off for Chanukah! ;) It is a fun family holiday. The kids are so wild with us doing candles etc every night, though. I'm trying to get some bits filmed to share some of our traditions, but it has been a wee bit chaotic around here this week.

[@marieking-stevason1775]

Gorgeous rainbow 🌈 Rebecca!!! You can still see the yellow!!! Totally awesome!! Happy Chanukah!! Happy Dying from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️Marie

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh that yellow. poor yellow always the left behind child.

[@marieking-stevason1775]

I love yellow in my yarn, it’s very difficult to get a beautiful yellow when you have other colors on the yarn also, sadly.

[@naryaknits]

Really fun colors. I love how bright and soft the yarn is. Great job Rebecca!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much, Liz!

[@bethtuten9378]

Simply stunning! Sooooo soft, and the colors are just beautiful. Such a gorgeous rainbow. One of the things I'm enjoying most about my sampler is that I tend towards cotton/cotton blends, which means I don't get to experiment with food coloring as a dye source. Also, I get to experience all the different textures of the various wool/fiber types. Thank you so much for offering the Chanukah 2018 Sampler!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm so glad that you're enjoying it! I waffled for a while between using one yarn base so the minis could be combined easily into one project or sharing the different textures with all of you. I opted for the textures since I know so many of you enjoy dyeing, too, and it is a nice way to test different bases etc. :D

[@sarbearcrafty]

I am always on the lookout for these dye tablets every time I go to the dollar store :)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think they usually show up around March. :D

[@sarbearcrafty]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials yes of course near Easter. Duh me LOL

[@terriclark3150]

I love all your tips on how to dye yarn.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! I'm so glad that people find them helpful.

[@tiffanykasadara475]

I love these!!! Wish I had opted for a sampler!! Selfishly I would just want all 3. Lovely job Rebecca!! 😍

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much, Tiffany!

[@steekjesenzo]

I love work with those tablets too, But we've got six of them...( The Netherlands) so you are lucky!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think a lot of kits come with 5/6 but then the "deluxe" kits out here can have 9. I always shop by the tablet number versus what the box says, though. :D

[@tinablair4277]

Omg! This my favorite dye technique yet. I'm gonna try this soon. Thanks for all your creativity and ur bubbly personality. Happy holidays.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Happy Holidays, Tina! I'm so glad that you enjoyed this video! I stock up on these tablets the day after Easter hits because they are so much fun to playwith.

[@suzannefenton1589]

WooHoo Easter egg tablets! It’s been a while!!! I love how this looks! It’s beautiful

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It has been a while. I have some other kits i haven't cracked into yet. I went a little wild in the post Easter shopping last year.

[@kittylevee4662]

OMG‼ I live for color😍 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you, Kitty!

[@Freakiehippy30]

Oh man, I think this has to be one of my absolute favorite colorways you’ve done. This came out so vibrant and gorgeous. Love love love it! (I have an obsession with rainbow yarn what can I say lol)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I love rainbow yarns so much myself. I'm soooo thrilled this worked as intended, especially since I hadn't dyed this yarn base before.

[@meritcooper]

Beautiful! Thanks for all the great videos and teaching us.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It is my absolute pleasure!

[@jkabholat]

Very pretty

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@chrispe82]

Rainbow Brite!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

OOO YES! I got a doll when I was 2? 3? Maybe that's why I love rainbows so much. ;)

[@saraa3418]

I used to get tablets to drop into my daughter's bath that would change the color. It really helped her learn how color works, do you think they would work for dyeing yarn? They never did dye my daughter, though.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

They might! I think a lot of products use food coloring for things like that for safety reasons. You never know unless you try.

[@LittleFischies]

seriously, this is amazing!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@KLJohnson1111]

what would happen to the yellow if you left more space between the orange and yellow and the yellow and green tablets and squished the others together a bit more.?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think that more of the yellow would show up if I had left a bit more space. It frequently gets overpowered, though.

[@melissapalmer9714]

Beautiful yarn!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you, Melissa!

[@GKDmomma]

This is stunning! And sooooooo soft! Question: The yarn is specified as sportweight, but it seems much closer to a DK weight. Did the yarn bloom with washing? I'm just curious. The yarn is incredible and is indeed really really lovely

[@GKDmomma]

Guess what? People who reviewed this yarn on the KnitPicks site also consider this a DK (or light worsted) weight as well. See www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Bare_Andean_Treasure__D5420259.html. Needless to say, I won't have any problem knitting with this! 😊

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It might have. I don't think that I had any of the bare left to compare it to. it is sooo osooooo soft. :D

[@adalai7649]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials actually, I don't think the yarn was changed at all by your process. The reviews on the KnitPicks site all day the same thing, so I think KP was slightly "off" when they categorized it as sport weight. It's gorgeous and beautiful and it really doesn't matter what weight it is.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I tend to swap sport and dk for one another a lot anyway. ;)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Hmmm... it has less yardage than the DK's, but that could also be a weight/length difference of the alpca (220 yards in andean treasure vs 246 yards in the other dk's like paragon.)

[@jessys9868]

Loved it!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@amyp3346]

So beautiful! My son totally stole my mini-skein. (And wouldn't take one of my mini-skeins I dyed as a substitute.)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

LOL! Children and cats have been very into these miniskeins.

[@reivenne]

Arrrgh the blues are around the wrong waaaaayyyy haha. Other than that I LOVE this, it's stunning!

[@mommyandmissy]

R u doing any thing for people that don't do honaca thanks. Love what you do. Cool colors. I love drying yarn and things . I do it with my nieces and nephews.

[@LoveoftheDarkFiberArts]

Why don't you look at any of her other videos? She offers a lot of really great content and it's not only for people who celebrate Chanukah. It's for everyone.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Hi c&m, I will have a special Christmas episode of Dyepot Weekly (which will fall on Christmas Day this year.) I decided to do a big Chanukah event for a couple of reasons and to invite everyone, Jewish or not, to celebrate along with me. There weren't a lot of options for Chanukah samplers but a lot of other dyers offer advents so it fit this fit both into my background and into a gap in the community nicely.

[@mommyandmissy]

@@LoveoftheDarkFiberArts I do I wach her a lot thanks

[@TallPaulKnits]

I haven’t even watched it yet and I know I’m going to love this video. Thanks for doing these tutorials, I really enjoy them. Check out my podcast if you’re in the mood, I just recently started up in an effort to motivate myself to do more knitting. Your videos are inspiring me to dye yarn for my next project. I have some really inexpensive wool blend yarn in my stash that I think will be perfect to experiment with. EDIT: and loving this Chanukah special series

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm so glad that you're enjoying this series! Thank you so much for watching.