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[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

The yarn from this video is available on Etsy! www.etsy.com/shop/chemknitscreations/?etsrc=sdt&section_id=23809244

[@gretchentrumper9423]

I absolutely ADORE these colors!!! This is definitely NOT what I would have expected from these colors at all! 🤯

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Right?! I was so excited to see how it turned out!

[@lyndaperky4687]

Your ideas are fascinating and what a great career choice to use the knowledge from your college degree. Color and various animal yarn. I’m loving these colors. So interesting.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much, Lynda!!

[@Pnwmommaof3]

The gradients really are amazing! I’m so so impressed with the outcome.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! I was impressed by how much I liked it. The colors had muddied, but it was lovely autumnal colors.

[@jodrichy]

I really like the light peach color. I would love a cardigan out of it.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

That color turned out so pretty! I'm pretty bummed I didn't have any actual measurements of those colors.

[@christinemurphy8862]

They look like pretty late summer early fall colors 😍

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

100%!!

[@ronii1975]

Amazing 🤩. I just love your thought process x

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!!

[@lgassin]

Super interesting. It almost makes me wish I was south of the equator to have Fall for a few weeks!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I love fall, although I have bad allergies during that time.

[@eleanor.shadow]

Would you remember whether the pastel peach you created from all 3 leftover dyes was also UV reactive? Now that would be amazing.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think that everything was a bit UV reactive... but I'm struggling to remember for sure now.

[@lyndaperky4687]

What is color breaking when dying yarn? I can see the bleeding on the paper towels but still not grasping breaking during the dying process. Is it a bad thing or both depending on the circumstances?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

This is a great question! Color breaking is when the dye mixture separates into multiple different hues. Example- a purple separating into more pink and blues. This happens when there is a mixture of pigments and if these pigments bind to yarn at different rates - especially when one is much faster than the other and may bind as soon as it contacts any yarn. It is only a bad thing if you don't want it to happen. Personally I try to embrace it because I think it is cool. :D My logo colors are based on Wilton's Violet icing color breaking. (I have a whole breaking purple playlist if you want to see me talk more about breaking.)

[@lyndaperky4687]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials I still remember how cool it was to see ink from a pen on wet paper. Thanks for explaining about the set time that makes sense with all the variables you talk about. I am also a lover of violet it was my favorite crayon. Thanks again.

[@davidhensley76]

I'd lije to see either set woven into a plaid shawl/scarf.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

That would be sooo pretty with the neon pops and fall colors!

[@sidmelucci3675]

Radioactive sure got shouted down by Fluorescent Safety Orange and Purple Pop. I'm wondering what the array would look like if the Radioactive was bumped up to 0.75% or even 1% DOS?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

The radioactive held its own better than I expected! But bumping it up would give more variation for sure.