Dyepot Weekly

[@leahgroess5361]

I think the fun of doing dip-dye into multiple colors is the variation you get and the fact that it won't be "perfect". Hand dyed yarn is so variable anyway that the "imperfection" is part of the art form. You've got sections of primary and mixed colors in the yarn, which I'd say makes it a wonderful success! If you want specific shades of the blends, definitely mix those colors and apply in a different way, but there's definitely something special about this colorway being done in the method that it was.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh absolutely! I always try to point out when things aren't perfectly reproducible in case someone wants to do a sweater quantity. :D

[@sherryhegenbarth9183]

I have learned to dye my own yarn from your videos. Thank you so much!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm so glad! THank you so much for watching!

[@CarrieMtn]

When you were rinsing- I couldn’t help but remember Lisa Frank”s 80’s colors. So fun!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

YES!!!

[@newmoonjlp]

Really pretty 🌈. As far as color transfer... I'm lucky enough to have a steamer basket and lid that fit into my full size catering pan, so I would be able to lay the yarn out almost full length where the colors don't touch each other. Probably not worth the investment for a one-off project. Just thought it was worth mentioning for anyone who wants to be able to use a technique like this on a regular basis.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

This is something I 100% want to buy - the main thing keeping me is SPACE. I'm overflowing all over the house already. I'm really dreaming of a studio but we don't have space to convert something for me (without building on an addition... sigh) and I cannot afford to rent someplace. Maybe someday.

[@newmoonjlp]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials totally understand about the storage issues--I live in a very small space overrun by craft supplies. If you need enabling, though, I will whisper in your ear "but Rebecca, they all stack one inside the other and require no additional storage space" 🤫

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

@@newmoonjlp But they do to DRY! lol. I can't stack them when wet. We're starting to think about how maybe we will do an addition someday.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

@@newmoonjlp I mean... I'll probably get the pans soonish... I just need to make some progress with my storage issues. lol.

[@charlottekerlavage361]

So beautiful. I like seeing the learning experience, and hearing your reasoning for doing things.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm so glad! I have a lot of fun sharing a running commentary of what is going on in my brain in these videos. :D

[@jacksonleonel8887]

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[@dravenomar4032]

@Jackson Leonel instablaster ;)

[@candacel3305]

I'm in love with this yarn. I think the transfer adds more to it giving it a few pretty speckles. 😍

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!!

[@HappyGnoux]

oh my! they're absolutely stunning!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thanks! I love this one, and want to do it again!

[@AndiNewtonian]

Soooooooo pretty! **adds to growing list of dyeing techniques to try**

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

YAY! :D This was so much fun. I love playing with rainbows.

[@cathseyecatcherscatherinen5075]

I absolutely love this rainbow! It might be easier to hand paint with the premixed colors, but the random blending is what makes it so beautiful to me. Maybe it would be easier to distribute the 3 main colors on a longer skein? I'm so gonna try this out. I was drooling over the yarn mop too. When you put it all the way in I was like 'Noooooo, leave the beatuiful blue! It's mermaids hair!' lol

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think that it would be a LOT easier to try this on a long skein - it would give you a lot more space to work with and to plan where you want the colors to go.

[@Marcario]

I love my yarn, Rebecca!! Thank you again, i made the most wonderful scarf...and it glows under black light!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm so so glad you enjoyed the video and the yarn!!! THank you so much!!!!

[@natalierake4403]

Lovely yarn. The rainbow technique is so clever and impressive but the yarn mop colour is GORGEOUS!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@mm9374]

Soo pretty. You should dip the yarn up to halfway in each color. No further. The trick, as you say, is figuring out where the thirds are.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm super excited to try this on a longer skein of yarn so I have more room for error. I think my biggest issue here is that I wanted to do about a third each color... but I also wanted regions for the overlap. So I need to calculate that ratio a bit better. Maybe I want to dip each one over 2/3? No that's too much... I'll do some math next time. Lol.

[@mm9374]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials you will have six colors on the skein when you are done. Each color you use, for instance yellow, will be in three of the final colors- orange, yellow, and green. Three/ six= 1/2, so for each of the primary colors you have to dip 1/2 of the skein, turning one third of the way for each new color. Maybe tie a little bow of acrylic yarn on one strand halfway up the skein to make it easier to judge, then take it off and move it for the next dip?

[@CarmenShenk]

Ooo… gorgeous!!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you, Carmen!

[@dorie9728]

The yarn mop looks like sully from monsters Inc. So Beautiful the way thr yarn turned out, Great work!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh it does!!! Thank you so much!

[@lexmahar1531]

Fantastic colours! Have me some great ideas for dipping thirds in other colours. The rainbows are so happy though. 🥰

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thanks so much 😊

[@danitshmueli5006]

Outstanding

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@pixiepout]

I love all of this video I think that orchid color is absolutely lovely with that neon rainbow!! Just wonderful!!!! I love watching your videos

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@creationsbyayankeechristin1385]

this was cool love the yarn

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@lindabishop-surbeck2575]

Something new to try!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It is sooooo fun to try to space colors out like this! I think that if I weren't going for a rainbow and wanted to see all 6 colors it wouldn't have been as hard to conceptualize for myself.

[@dawnjanz]

gorgeous

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@darleneking5244]

The tarns are so beautiful. The are such happy colors

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! I feel like this brightness in winter is so uplifting. :D

[@chet1051]

LisaR: Happy colors :)) I wonder if A bit of speckling over the areas that had transfer would be look interesting? That was a challenge ! The blue can be so single minded ;))

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Some speckles would be awesome here!

[@cathleenwhite9991]

Pretty, pretty yarn even with the color transfer.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@jygood3718]

⭐ You brighten our lives with your experiments, thank you 🌈 When I don't want colour transfer, I use small freezer bags to hold different colours. Gorgeous colour. 🦘👍 I have seen some dyer presenting their yarns for sale not wound up at all. Giving customers the opportunity to see the full range of colours in a skein. I don't think I would go to that extreme, but I have considered using a tag, rather than a skein band. So many things to consider, when dyeing in bigger quantities 🤔🤷‍♂️ and preparing them for sale.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

This is a big reason I use hang tags, so that I can reopen and photography for someone if I needed to. (Plus, ball bands can get crushed easily and rip and I've had reasonable luck with the hang tags.) I might change to get custom tags going forward, though. :D Maybe someday when I have time again with the kids at school. I always take a photo of my skeins opened up for my listings. (Well, probably 99% of the time) because I think it really helps someone understand how the yarn could knit up.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I need to think of a good - reusable way to do this, maybe getting some of those silicone sheets could help since I could lay it between the fibers.... then I could wash and reuse. (I"m not opposed to using plastic wrap when I need to... but I try to avoid waste as much as I can)

[@jerribrown3844]

I hate to say it but, I think this is the most beautiful yet.😍🥰❤️🥰😍

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@sylviamaxwell504]

Thanks for the fun, incredible knowledge and your time! 🔊📣🎉💖🎤🎵🎶🎤🎤

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

You're so welcome, Sylvia!

[@chericrochets7811]

OMG I just love that yarn! I have only tried dip dying once and I had to put little ties of yarn on one strand to "mark" where to stop. It doesn't matter though because it's beautiful regardless! Thanks for your awesome videos. I try to see them all!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

this is exactly what I would do with a longer skein. I wanted to be able to go by feel to an extend and to "blend" the colors out, but I find that marking where I want to stop helpful sometimes.

[@chericrochets7811]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials well it worked because it turned out beautifully!

[@bluemoon5766]

I'm not going to dye yarn but I love watching you do it omg beautiful and still fun to learn

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you somuch!

[@ooohlaa13]

I enjoy the transfer, I think it affirms "hand dyed". The colors on my mac laptop screen are brilliant neony-ish. Beautiful, thanx.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

They did glow under a black light :D It is so much fun to play with these rainbows.

[@judylittle2919]

It’s gorgeous! I’ll take your mistakes anytime. ❤️

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@mctron22rd]

I love the colors you choose. They are amazing! I do enjoy the happy accidents and would love to see what happened with your mop!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I love seeing how colors layer together!

[@southerngirlhandmadeknit]

Omg it turned out beautiful. I only wish I could have seen a picture of the scarf that Victoria made with it. I'm sure it was amazing though. 👍👍💗

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! 😊 I forget if she shared a picture on instagram or though DM (my DM's get soooo clogged)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I FOUND IT!! instagram.com/p/CLFgu7UJY_z/

[@southerngirlhandmadeknit]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials Omg Thank you so much for linking it! It IS gorgeous! I'm following you now on IG. Thanks again Rebecca!

[@dominiquemichaud7945]

This is beautiful!!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@valentinaperec64]

Супер!!!!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@KitAlda]

I think the transfer comes from when you squeeze out the excess water.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I don't think so, although this is a possibility for sure. But I think that since I'm squeezing, any transfer of dye would get more spread out versus in tiny pin points... but this is more likely than tongs transfer so it is a possibility for sure! (So while I don't think that is when it happened, I should keep an eye out for this.)

[@tracyswanson8756]

That was great! Maybe you could do a pastel rainbow for Easter?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

A pastel dip dyed rainbow would be fun!

[@Hide_and_silk]

Beautiful!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! 😊

[@thryssinstitches9655]

Beautiful!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@maggiezorn4591]

I need that purple 😍😍😍

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Awe thanks! Unfortunately it has sold but I have a feeling I'll be trying this again sometime in the future!

[@jodiebanner6946]

❤️

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@DAYBROK3]

there are steamer pans for the catering pans, if you could spread the yarn out that might help the transfer

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

YES! I have had this on my list to buy for a while. The big issue is space. My dye pans are often all over available surfaces drying (versus being neatly stacked in the shed - I don't want to introduce more moisture in there so I only put things "away" that are dry.... which means a lot of stuff is never quite put away. *sigh*)

[@ritaadams8379]

I would love to see this technique with a super long skein!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

OOOO that would be fun! and a bit easier to plan out the lengths.

[@kat1984]

This makes me want to go to a thrift store and find a steamer pot. I usually just kettle dye or dip dye one color

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

steamer baskets have been SO helpful! sometimes I find canning pots with inserts at the second hand store near me. (Well - pre covid when I went often.) The pots I used are from bed bath and beyond Salt Brand (i'm not an affiliate or anything, but they were some of the cheapest multi-pots I could find that were stainless steel.)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'll add cheapest *new* versus used. I would have gone used if I wasn't filming.

[@carolcorcoran9643]

Gorgeous and great job dipping! Hey could the transfer have taken place the way you wrap the yarn around the tongs to remove the excess water? Just a thought. The yarn is so pretty. Maybe I should try just for fun. Hey I did a mini from last dye along done your way cause I have no imagination ha ha. I need to post results. I even did swatches!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I don't think so, but it IS something that could happen. I think it was more likely to happen from the yarn laying across another portion in the steamer basket (right before steaming.) If there were colors on the tongs it would be a larger splotch... at least I think! and yay!!

[@SprungCrafter]

Try with sock blank and then speckle black after ??

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

This sounds lovely! :D

[@andreabrs0931]

Hello ! That's very stunning

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I talk about the mixing here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWXHaIqfhcSLrdk but I also have a few stock solution dedicated videos on the channel. A 1% stock is 1 gram of dye in 100 mL of water. I often will do 5 g of dye in 500 mL total volume.

[@melloncollie5429]

I’m curious to know if you changed the water between the colours?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I don't think that I did. I think I would have noted if I swapped dyebaths. OH I think I used a yarn mop to clear the water in between - so this would mean I did use the same bath.

[@retroattitudes1]

Hi do you have a video where you provide information about the spin dryer you use?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

yes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXWwoWCnr5aMnJY The model is no longer available (as of a few years ago, I have no idea if they've brought it back) so that's the main reason I don't mention the brand/model of the spin dryer anymore.

[@victoriajohn3509]

Damn!! I just had to keep forwarding and even mute at some point! Sis talks to much🤣🤣 great work tho. I'll be trying that next.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I do tend to talk too much!