Dyeing Yarn Using Food Coloring. Prepare your yarn as described above in Where to Begin. Bring 8 cups water and 1 cup white vinegar to just below a simmer. Measure out about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Wilton food coloring and mix well with boiling water. Add this to the pot of water and vinegar. Now you are ready to add your skein of yarn. Check it frequently and remove from the dye bath once it had reached the desired shade. From these basic steps you can get more elaborate and try different techniques such as mixing colors, dip dyeing one section at a time, overdyeing, etc. Dyeing wool yarn with Easter egg colors « Keep on Spinning. I have three young friends who have been learning how to knit recently.
I wish they could all come over to my house and dye yarn and fleece for a whole day. I love being able to invent exactly the right hues for a particular project, and it makes me so happy to watch children feel free and uninhibited with color. I have a great dye set up here. Our laundry room is big, with ample storage, and right off the kitchen. A few weeks ago, I needed some blue yarn. I thought you might like to try dyeing yarn, too, so I sent you a package this morning with wool yarn and dyes. You’ll need a few other things. Yarn. Put your yarn in your dish. Next you get to mix your dyes. So now you have three colors, all dissolved in vinegar water, and damp yarn, right? Put your dye on your yarn any way YOU want to. Then you have to cook it to make the dyes stick to the wool. Cover your dish with plastic wrap, and seal it up securely around the edges if you can.
Here’s the tricky part. Like this: Like Loading... How to Dye Yarn With Easter Egg Dye. Kathryn Ivy - Yarn Dyeing Tutorial. Designed by Alice Schnebly Supplies Easter egg dye tablets Vinegar (I used a whole 32 oz. bottle by the end of the dyeing session) Aluminum foil or Steamer Plastic wrap Large pot with lid Trash bags or newspaper to cover your work surface Cheap waste yarn Tablespoon measuring spoon Pyrex measuring cup Drying rack Paper towels Squirt bottles (Mine are condiment dispensers from the kitchenware section at WalMart) Foam brushes Small funnel Containers for mixing dye Wool wash Rubber gloves Yarn and Dye Preparation First, you will need to prepare your yarn for dyeing. Fill one side of your sink with about three inches of cold water. Once you have your soaking mixture, add your tied yarn hanks and submerge them in the water.
Prepare the dye tablets as directed on the packages. Once the colors are dissolved, you can dilute the vinegar/dye mixture with water to achieve the color you want. Prepare your workstation by first covering the area with garbage bags or newspaper. Dyeing the Yarn. Make Your Own Easter Egg Dyes. You have the ingredients to make your own natural Easter egg dyes in your kitchen and garden. Dyeing eggs using colors you made yourself is a fun pigment chemistry project, plus you'll save money that you can apply toward chocolate Easter bunnies! Unless you want to make Easter stink bombs, you won't want to color hard-boiled eggs today.
Why not make Easter decorations by dyeing hollow eggs? To make colored hollow eggs, first you need uncooked eggs (you'll probably burst a blood vessel trying to empty a hard-boiled egg this way). Take a pin, sharp nail or awl, and work a hole into one end of the egg. Turn it over and repeat the process. Next, make dyes and color your eggs. Zij maakt het: Eierfarben.