Dyepot Weekly #373 - Dyeing Braided Roving Twice for Layered Variegated Spinning Fiber

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KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Roving (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) - shrsl.com/3fq5c *
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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[2:00] Crocheting the roving
[2:47] The dyes
Dharma Deep Magenta & Frozen Acid dyes - 1% stock solutions
[3:46] The dyepot
32 cups of water + 25 mL of Deep Magenta acid dye 1% stock
+ 8 T white vinegar
[4:52] Dyeing the Pink Layer
[6:43] Why I am drying the fiber between dyeing layers
[7:54] Washing round 1
The fiber was compeltely cool before I started washing it
[9:04] Unwinding the Pink Roving
[11:15] The blue dyebath
Same dyebath from step 1 + 6 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar + 25 mL of the 1% stock of frozen blue
[12:20] Dyeing the blue layer
Add 25 mL of frozen blue to hot tap water (~4 cups) so I can add this to the dyebath.
[15:26] Washing the fiber
[18:05] The dry roving
[23:45] Conclusions
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[@phoebebaker1575]

I was really impressed with the variety of light and dark patches. I thought for sure it would dye in a more uniform way.

[@elvirakammerscheid6340]

So to dye has what, because it will look spun quite different. I guess times a lilaton, quite dark I think. I dye my raw fleeces constantly multicolored and am always happy about the result. And I'm happy when others dye like that too. It was nice to watch. Thank you!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I love love spinning hand dyed fiber! I haven't enjoyed dyeing my handspun yarn as much because I love watching the colors belnd together on the heel

[@lyndaperky4687]

This is the first time I have watched fiber being dyed it is so pretty great colors and depth of shade variety. Very fun video.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@sidmelucci3675]

Oh, how I wish I could see this beautiful roving spun up! Actually, I would love it if each skein was spun by a different spinner, to see the variation in the way they each distributed the colors.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

That would be super cool!

[@amygregg1658]

I loved this video! I’m a newby spinner and dyer and am getting up the courage to acid dye roving to spin up a sweater for my son. Your videos are the most informative ones out there for new dyers! Thank you so much Rebecca! ❤

[@elizabethscott3218]

My first time dying fiber, I did a cool vat style color way to limit the chances I'd felt it. And I love the lofty teal BFL yarn I got out of it.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Cool vat is a great way to start out with fiber! I also sometimes put the fiber inside a pasta insert so I can remove it from the pot in a gentle way.

[@dominiquemichaud7945]

Beautiful!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

thank you!

[@bjchadwick4261]

Very pretty. I enjoy when you dye fiber as that is what I mostly dye.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! 😊

[@sandry3080]

Yay roving!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@MOLLIMEDIA]

Nice colors!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@tracys.5143]

Beautiful!!! Nice to see fibre being dyed, as well.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you! I need to dye more fiber, I feel like I go through waves where I dye a lot of it and then a lot less.

[@jdieselette]

loved how the colors came out.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@carlleegamble3744]

This video came just at the right time. I am going to dye some roving in this method. Thank you for the idea.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Glad I could help!

[@Rowanstarr]

Super pretty. Love to watch your methods. Your videos are always fun and educational to watch.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much!

[@gerryivkovich1857]

Oh the color possibilities with this technique! I'll definitely try this. God bless.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

THank you!!

[@sadiesspincraft6319]

Brilliant video the roving looks amazing I can see this with moss green or plum dandy layered on top of delphinium. Thank you so much for sharing this with us and much love and light xx

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Those color combinations sound wonderful!

[@deejcarter2003]

I absolutely loved this color combo and have to try it on some roving. I might dye some up for Tour de Fleece.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

You should!!

[@JDiamondW1]

Lovely colorway. I would love to see a video of you spinning up something like this. I have no clue how to go about spinning and think it would be cool just to watch.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I really REALLY need to film some more spinning videos. I always mean to and then I say again how I need to do it. I have a huge collection of fiber to spin.

[@leahgroess5361]

It's definitely more bright magenta-pink than most broken violet colorways I can recall, but I feel like there are some bases that grab up the pink incredibly quickly and end up with very pink-leaning purple areas. This is like that, but with more pink over all of the fiber. It's definitely something to keep in mind for when you want something in that vein, but want more pink. It would be great to have an acid-dye version of your signature food coloring colorway (I'd say your signature acid dye colorway is the neon rainbow).

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I agree, I want to see if I can get closer to the classic broken violet. WHen I went to pull screenshots from other videos I realized that it wasn't quite blue enough, but it was fun to feel that similar excitement!

[@kimberlyhernandez6558]

Beautiful as usual Rebecca ☺️ can you pleeeeeease.... Do a video on spinning with the basic tool 😌🙈 I purchased a nano my little one cut my cord and one of my piece is lost in the abyss of who knows lol I'm not spending $100 again so thinking about going basic manual .... I have some beautiful roving and scared to even touch it 🙄🥺😥🙃

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I've been meaning to do some more spinning videos for AGES. I haven't used my drop spindle in almost a decade, but I think it would be fun to try that again.

[@kimberlyhernandez6558]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳☺️ I'm here for it ! I don't want those rovings to.go to waste 🥺

[@larksie]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials Ooh please! I've been wanting to try spinning for ages and can't justify the expense of a wheel but I can definitely do a drop spindle!

[@lorimurphy889]

I spin and would consider myself a advanced beginner and I am so afraid to dye fiber because I did it once and felted it. I am trying to get the courage to try again you admitting your fears has given me a bit more courage.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

This is exactly why I try to share when I'm nervous or anxious about how something will come out - and I also share my mistakes! I hope to make it easier.

[@desireeross9651]

Super interesting Rebecca. I do think one has to be careful what fibre you use . Merino would felt quickly. I’m wondering if Bfl superwash would work. I dye a fair amount of it and it can take quite a beating.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I should try this with superwash for sure. I haven't dyed 100% merino often enough - I still get nervous when dyeing roving!

[@desireeross9651]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials merino scared me for a while. It needs such gentle handling Bfl is a good fibre to dye be it super wash or non super wash.

[@angieanderson6082]

Beautiful. Now, could this roving be spun into yarn, then dyed again? 🤔

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

100% yes!

[@karinvaleri7130]

great video! will def try...thankyou, However, why was the other skein fluffier? was it pulled apart a bit in the chain?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm not sure from where you're talking about, but I did fluff up one skein to show the difference maybe? I don't remember exactly if I did that at one point. Othertimes it could just be based on the amount of compression I had in the fiber.

[@Pnwmommaof3]

Ohhhhh this color! What would happen if it was a super wash fiber?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

The colors 100% would have struck faster!

[@tattercandy]

i would like to try dying roving in a soft color

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

One fun thing about roving is that you can do a splotcy tonal with roving and then as you spin and draft it the colors will blend and become so soft. (Soft colors are fun, too! I was just surprised with how soft my attempts at speckled roving have spun up.)

[@msday2vzw]

Ohh, I waited too long to buy the beautiful roving!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think both of these braids went to the lab partner on this video, but I plan to dye some more roving up soon!

[@msday2vzw]

I found the one I was looking at!

[@msday2vzw]

I was eyeing the cabernet roving and I got it!

[@eleanor.shadow]

May I ask a daft question? I hear you calling this roving, but that to me is wool top. Do you call it roving in the US? I’m in the UK, hence the question 😅

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think that many people would call it wool top vs roving, I just use roving as a catch-all (likely VERY incorrectly) for unspun fiber. KnitPicks markets it as roving, which is maybe why I started calling it that? This is one of the issues with being self taught with spinning....

[@eleanor.shadow]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials thanks for replying! My question definitely had a lot to do with KnitPicks marketing it as roving... So, for anyone reading wondering what I'm on about, here goes a little explanation: wool top has all the smaller bits of fibre removed, and it's all combed in the same direction; roving still retains some of the shorter fibres and it goes in multiple directions, thus being less "smooth" looking. This is how we classify it in the UK, and I wasn't sure the US did it differently (which apparently it does!) :)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

@@eleanor.shadow I've 100% had people in the US comment on me calling it roving before! I think that some of the roving even says on it "xxx combed top" but they call the listing roving. Maybe roving shows up better in search results?

[@eleanor.shadow]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials oh, interesting! Maybe it’s one of those things that just slips into common lexicon and then becomes a norm, like calling paper tissues Kleenex? 😅 Also, yes - if selling wool top, also using the term roving in a listing will yield more results, because SEO is all about people using the words instead of what they really mean 😆