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[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

The pink glazed tonal yarn is still available on Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/1254403146/pink-glazed-tonal-dk-weight-yarn-100

[@MirrimBlackfox]

I love that "sunset" color way, it is hands down the most beautiful orange I have ever seen.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Wow, thank you, Mirrim!

[@lindasyarnbarn5176]

I love all the different colors but, I really love the yellow/pink. It turned out WOW!!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you so much, Linda!

[@gretchentrumper9423]

That last color is absolutely amazing!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!!

[@saraa3418]

I'd call the yellow glazed with pink, "Tequila Sunrise." I see a lot of difference between oranges made with reds and oranges made with pinks, personally, and this definitely has the feel of an orange made with pink which has a more electric quality to it.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I see what you're saying for sure! I also like oranges made with pinks

[@ValWilliams57]

It looks in person like an island sunset

[@angieanderson6082]

Very cool!! Can’t wait to see what other colors do!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Me too!!

[@AndiNewtonian]

LOVE that final skein! I have such a hard time with glazing. One of these days I'll get it right!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think it really really depends on the pigment which conditions work well. I always thought that hot and short was the way to go, but the high acid and letting the dye strike slowly time ways but quickly and shallowly to the fiber has worked so much better than I ever anticipated.

[@lorrainegrasso493]

Love the orange! ❤️

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@jygood3718]

Oh, what fun with colour. 🌈Thank you very much. 👍I love this technique. 😲⭐I've just done some blues with purple over the top. It's so effective. 💙💜

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

You’re welcome 😊

[@ValWilliams57]

Yay!! It’s so beautiful!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm soooo glad you like it!!

[@ValWilliams57]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials now to try and replicate it! I don’t have bright yellow in dharma, but I have a bright yellow in ProChem.

[@Rowanstarr]

So pretty. Love the yellow/pink.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@danitshmueli5006]

My most favorite colors

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Oh thank you!

[@robin_ish]

the sunset yarn is so beautiful!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

thank you!!

[@robin_ish]

i think it would be interesting to see maybe a brown glazed onto a green to create an almost mossy tree kind of vibe? i think that could be really pretty

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Ooooooo!!! I need to find a green that I feel like strikes quickly. I wonder if forest green would do a good glaze... I iknow some brighter greens take longer to bind to the yarn.

[@newmoonjlp]

That was so useful--i have some skeins that came out a bit wimpy that I've been meaning to overdye...a nice glaze might be just the ticket!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It's so funny how nervous I get when it comes to glazing! even now!

[@Pnwmommaof3]

I love love love the yarn you came up with! Val did you decide what to make yet?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Thank you!

[@LindseyLouCats]

When you showed the first set dry, I was like "OOOHHHHH I SEE IT!" I really like how the last one turned out -- would be amazing to use in a pattern that had a fire pattern! In my head, I expected a more coral color, then as soon as I saw it I was like "oh, right, magenta and yellow make red". I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier. Regardless, all of these are beautiful! (and I still love my navy glazed yarn!)

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

It's SOOO hard to photograph the color of the more orange yarn. I do feel the pink on there a bit, but I agree it is a perfect flame proportion.

[@davidhensley76]

No navy glaze? This is a new era. 😀

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

LOL! My first ever glaze was with black. ;)

[@elainegallagher4395]

Very interesting. Have you tried black over yellow? Or navy?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm not sure if I've done JUST black over yellow. But I've done glazing with black and glazing with navy in the past. The pink worked out really well in the end.

[@cassidykraft3618]

Love the final yarn! Do you think something similar could be done with a tulip spray dye and then a regular dye?

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I'm not sure! I think I have some tulip spray dye somewhere but I haven't used it before.

[@sidmelucci3675]

Glazing: hot vs. cold. What would happen if you pre-heated the base yarn in plain water (or just water plus acid) and then added the hot yarn to a cold dye bath? Would that encourage the dye to strike even quicker to just the surface? Or-since I notice that you tend always to cool the yarn slowly-would it result in a felted mess? The pink-over-yellow is really a beauty!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I don't think that it would result in a felted mess to heat the yarn up first. It might cause some dye to strike some sections fast but unevenly? I'm not sure, TBH.

[@pattigolden1]

I'm not an orange person, but that's gorgeous!!

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think this is one of my favorite oranges ever!

[@jeanniehaines3685]

To get more color on the surface of the yarn, could you try multiple rounds of small amounts of dye rather than adding more dye into the potat the beginning? This would definitely take more time but could potentially get a more uniform glaze with a more intense depth of shade while still keeping the dye at the surface. maybe. I have a wool allergy so I don't dye my own yarn and couldn't use the yarn you dye this way (side note, can you glaze cotton or bamboo?) but i love watching your scientific approach to such an artistic medium.

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I think that you could! The one concern I would have is that the contrast between the glaze and the interior of the yarn could be reduced with more layers... potentially. this is worth exploring, though! As for cotton, I bet that a glaze look could exist... maybe if you start with dry yarn and spray on some of the dye so it can't go in very far?

[@jeanniehaines3685]

@@ChemKnitsTutorials I think in order to layer the glaze, the yarn may have to be set and allowed to dry between layers for it to work. Wet yarn would likely suck the color in faster and defeat the experiment. For the cotton idea, spray-on or like an airbrush technique could work. I would love to see you try that. I'll have to keep an eye out in your etsy shop for a lab partner listing like that :) Love the channel!

[@lorrainegrasso493]

The yellow looks just like spaghetti! Lol

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

I get cursed spaghetti comments a lot

[@pamyclark1263]

PeptoBismol

[@ChemKnitsTutorials]

Lol yes

[@ValWilliams57]

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