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elspethm
Chatty Knitter
USA
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 Posted - 06/20/2005 : 09:45:10 AM
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What other dyes have people used on yarn? I was thinking about using hair dye since I have a couple. Any tips?
Thanks!
Elspeth
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Lissa
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 06/20/2005 : 11:30:18 AM
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Ugh - I wouldn't use hair dye. There is a whole array of commercial acid dyes that are used to dye wool and silk, and fiber-reactive dyes for plant fibers (cotton, linen, etc.) Most people recommend Dharma Trading Company as a good source of both dyes and information.
Lissa
"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian." --Dennis Wholey
Oh, and I now have a blog:http://knittnlissa.typepad.com/knittnlissa/ |
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KS
Seriously Hooked
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Posted - 06/26/2005 : 6:07:52 PM
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I guess you could use hair dye on protein fibers (wool, alpaca,etc). Hair is a protien fiber. The color on my hair fades some though & the dye I use on my yarn doesn't. It does get treated a bit differntly though. I wash my hair every morning. I don't wash my wool yarn every day.
Recently, I've been using fiber reactive dyes (Procion dyes) on everything. It will work on silk, but it's not the best. I like it because I can use soda ash & salt on cellulose fibers & vineger & salt on protein fibers with the fiber reactive dyes. You use them like acid dyes on protien fibers. That means heating them on some sort of burner.
In a perfect world, I would use acid dyes on protein fibers & fiber reactive dyes on cellulose fibers. I don't because I don't do a high enough volume of either to justify keeping both around.
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Lanea
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USA
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Posted - 06/27/2005 : 05:33:01 AM
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I'm a fan of procion dyes. They're not all that expensive and, considering the work we put into spinning and/or knitting, it's well worth it to know that the finished product will be the color I want and will be color-fast.
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