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[@darleneking5244]

Reminds me of pink lemonade and summertime. Absolutely gorgeous

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm longing for summerttime!

[@lisastewart6373]

The other thing could might consider, is adding the citric acid or vinegar at the end of the process rather than in the beginning. You will likely see slower striking of the colors.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh for sure. I often add vinegar to the pot first for tonals, but often add the yarn before it has heated up. I think I wasn't thinking at first when I started. :D

[@theresasatterfield2828]

I love the tutti frutti look of this yarn. I was so surprised to see it strike so quickly! Love this Rebecca. 🥰🧶🐪🦙🐑🐐🧶🥰

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Me too!!

[@FlareHeart]

Ooo I love the orange color you ended up with using the "all in one pot" method. It would look like fire when worked up.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think so too!

[@davidhensley76]

The third dyeing looks like the orange juice with a teaspoon of grenadine that my daughters like with breakfast.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

That sounds delicious!

[@davidhensley76]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials It's like a Tequila Sunrise, but made with seltzer.

[@sharilynross1140]

Those skeins are so cheerful! Thank you for the video!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching!

[@pattigolden1]

Beautiful!! I'm not a big fan of orange or pink, but I'm loving this!! Especially the 2 step. 🥰

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! 😊

[@bumblebee2000]

We need a vocab video! I cant be the only one who googles all the terms while watching and I'm really enjoying your videos

[@daniellemclain1373]

I'm about to start my dying journey!! Just ordered my wool and decided to trial using Rit Fabric powders. I was thinking of using them with citric acid, but kinda want to trial with vinegar too. Would be interesting to see the colour variation. Thank you for your amazing videos! I've been binge watching them the last 2 days

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Citric acid works great, a lot of dyers prefer it to vinegar. :D Good luck and have fun!

[@canndell]

I wonder how you would prepare and dye a cotton cashmere blend of yarn. Dye as a cotton or ad a protein base?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It might be best to use fiber reactive dyes - since those can dye both cotton and protein. But I'm not sure. I have some samples of some wool/cotton blend. I've dyed wool/viscose from bamboo using both tie dye and acid dyes with nice results. Wih the acid dyes it is a bit heathered. I think ultimately it depends on the ratio of fibers.

[@canndell]

ChemKnits Tutorials thank you Rebecca. I’m going to experiment with some fiber reactivate dyes 😊

[@dominiquemichaud7945]

I like those colours so much! The bright pink that transitions to the yellow is really satisfying to watch. I would be interested to see if you can do the same with rovings? :)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Ooo that could be really pretty!

[@knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee]

All are gorgeous!!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@sandrajanz5103]

Hello, I'm so excited about your Videos. I come from Germany and have just started dyeing wool. You are doing it really great.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thanks so much 😊

[@ooohlaa13]

I personally wouldn't alternate these two skeins in the same piece because one is so organic looking and the other fluorescent and modern looking. I am keen on this because some of my dye jobs from nature (avocado and eucalyptus for instance) just would not mix with other things I acid dyed, they were just too subtle and DOS way off. But not being an orange person like so many others here, I do love both of these outcomes nevertheless.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh with the four I wouldn't alternate. But with the two of the "same" colorway that is what I'd do. If that makes sense. I might fade the two colorways together at a transition for fun, but I would use them separately.

[@ooohlaa13]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials ok i misunderstood you ... 🤪

[@jdmosaics]

Hi can you try dyeing natural hand spun art yarn with this method please ❤️

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I generally prefer to dye fiber before I spin it versus dyeing it after it has been spun if we're talking about hand spun, but I'll add this to my list of ideas!

[@SherryKLovesYarnCrochet]

Lovely yarns

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@dessacorson9642]

the first batch reminds me of peaches love the soft colors

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It is a LOT like how creamy peach food coloring breaks. I do enjoy the color combo a lot - even if it wasn't what I thought I was going to get at first!

[@e-comunque1761]

That layered hanks look to die for. Question: can you put sparkles on top of already dyed yarn? Ty for your much apreciated answer

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Yes! You can speckle an already dyed colorway. This is a perfect candidate for some speckling.

[@e-comunque1761]

ChemKnits Tutorials I’m trying to binge watch aaaaaall of your videos before next months *cough Knit *cough crate gets here

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

@@e-comunque1761 I made a Koolaid playlist! 😍 And my April knitcrates just arrived so I should be doing an unboxing tonight. 🥰

[@sonyahouk1503]

I so enjoy watching you dye yarn I have a question my Knitcrate yarn I got with koolade how do I make both yarn look close to same useing a pot and 2 different colors I purchased a lot more koolade

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Hi Sonya, If you want a layered look like this, then I would dye the two skeins at the same time in the same pot. (Even if you're doing two rounds.) If you have a combination of cherry, orange, and lemonade you could get some colors similar to what I had here. I would probably use a LOT of lemonade, a tiny bit of cherry, and maybe one packet or orange. Just estimating off the top of my head.

[@jodiekingsley5181]

Love the colors

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@maryannwise]

hi Rebecca, thanks for all the awesome videos. I was wondering what was the best way to keep your skeins from tangling.... my skeins are a mess.... thanks so much...

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I like to use reusable nylon zip ties on my skeins. Even if things get a bit tangled I have a starting place to untangle once the yarn is dry. (I always wait for the yarn to dry to re-order the skein - it is much easier.)

[@paulyknit]

Pretty, reminds me of roses

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@denisekerr4647]

Love it!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thanks!!

[@radhikam2401]

The yellow yarn made me crave Ramen 🍜 🤤🤤🤤

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Now I'm craving Ramen, too. Too bad one of my favorite local places is closed at the moment. :(

[@AndreaIris86]

I didn't like much the color of the mixed orange dye tbh (well, I'm not a fan of orange), but the yarn came out wonderful whit its peaches and cream vibe :)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm not much of an orange person myself, but I wanted to do something that was a bit less obvious for me (blue + green or blue+ pink) :D

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

And i love how the sunset came out. :D

[@MissGroves]

Yes me too, I like the peachy tones

[@AlanaMcCawley]

I love this, they remind me of orange sherbet ice cream

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you, Alana!

[@judithleatherberry931]

Wonderful video! Do you dye cotton yarn, by any chance?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I do! Not as often as I dye wool, but here is a plylist of a lot of my cotton dyeing videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLFvm3Bz7dhaWgsthkBEafNoljTWJLn5cY

[@judithleatherberry931]

Thanks! I’ll take a look at the videos!

[@KrissD.]

So pretty however u did it 😁 but I don’t understand a lot of the terms u use lol like what exactly breaking means and tonal and so many others lol 😝 A lot of us don’t have ur education history lol maybe do a vid about all the terms and techniques u use and tell us the definitions 😋

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I definitely need to do this. Breaking is when you have one color mixture (say purple) and you see the colors separate in to different parts. So breaking apart into pink and blue or in this case breaking into pink and orange. A tonal yarn usually refers to a subtle colorway when there are multiple shades of one color.

[@kathleenmcquade31]

I'm sorry Rebecca for unloading on you. I have been in a lot of pain this week with and I am feeling very alone and I get short tempered. Sorry.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Hi Kathleen - I honestly don't know what you're apologizing for! I wonder if there are some comments that got lost because nothing I saw felt angry.