Featuring: Knomad Clara (100% Superwash Merino in a worsted weight) Our Goal: To take 3 primary colors and apply them in 2 different dye approaches to create a subtle, low variegation but still richly nuanced fall color story? Abstract: What happens if we first dye the yarn for a solid shade background, then speckle in […]
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Glad to have you again! Let’s get started with the PART II. If you missed the PART I we recommend you check it out here. RESIST DYE DIRECTIONS: Dye Stock Recipe: 5 grams of dye, 1 tsp citric acid dissolved in 500 ml hot water for rainbow painting stock. 8 grams pro-chem wfa black, 1T […]
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What are the dye uptake and color refraction differences in superwash versus non-superwash yarn across 3 different techniques. Featuring: Knomad Worsted Weight Marshmallow (superwash merino) and Spark (non-superwash organic merino) Our Goal: Cross compare 3 different dye techniques in the same pot with the same colors to find the differences in dye uptake, color refraction […]
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SNOWDRIFT mini skeins are finally here! We took our best-selling SNOWDRIFT superwash merino and nylon blend fingering weight yarn and skeined it up into bite sized mini skeins. These perfectly sized 20 gram skeins of yarn are just begging to become advent calendars, mini fades, cute intarsia or fair isle palettes, and whatever mini goodness […]
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Recently on the blog, we looked at how MARSHMALLOW DK and SPARK take dye. Using the same process to dye each skein revealed the subtle and obvious differences between superwash and nonsuperwash wool. If you missed this blog post the first time around, feel free to check it out at this link! As a […]
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