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Old 09-13-2004, 10:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Help! I really want to dye my own yarn

and i don't love the colors available in kool aid. so i have been kicking around at Dharma trading co and iam soooo confused. there are so many different dyes that work on wool. what kind is best for painting wool yarn? and do they need other products to set them into the wool? willt he dyes i get come with instructions on how to make them set in wool? or do i need to find out from somewhere else?

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Old 09-13-2004, 09:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Selissa, sorry, I wish I had more info about that. You can hop over to knitters review and check out their threads. http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/...sp?FORUM_ID=63
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Old 09-17-2004, 12:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I have hand dyed/painted wool yarn with the acid dyes from dharma. The acid dyes were easy to use and only needed vinegar to set them.
I had NO luck with the procion dyes with wool.
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Old 09-17-2004, 01:21 PM   #4 (permalink)
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thank you ladies!

I will get some acid dyes then... wish me luck!
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Old 09-17-2004, 10:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I used some all natural dyes that I got from aurosilk.com, and I loved them. I am going to try to buy it in bulk and sell it a the co op that I run. I dyed some fabric and some yarn and they both turned out great. It wasn't hard to do at all. I did have to use a mordar tin salt I believe, but it came with all the instructions I needed. I would defenatly recomend it!
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