Dye Wool Yarn With Food Coloring Easily And Economically

Download or read book Dye Wool Yarn with Food Coloring Easily and Economically written by Jenna Conklin and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dying wool with food coloring is fun, safe for both you and the environment, and has endless color possibilities. Most of the process is allowing the wool to soak, simmer, or cool. With as little as an hour of your attention, enough wool can be dyed to make a whole sweater at half the cost of pre-dyed yarn! This book walks you in detail through all you need to know to start creating your very own designer yarn and includes photo swatches of more than 400 recipes to get you started on your adventure. The wool dying process is simple:* soak wool 30 minutes or more in salt/vinegar bath* mix dye recipe and add to bath* simmer for 35 to 50 minutesThis is an excellent reference book that even experienced wool dyers will find valuable and be using for years to come. A set of large photo swatches can be cut out to easily mix and match recipes for planning a multi-color project. The swatch cards are sized to store perfectly in an embroidery floss organizer, and as future volumes of this book come out, your color library will grow. A set of photo swatches remain in the book for a quick overview of the colors. Also included are a worksheet to easily mix a recipe for any sized dye project and photos from experiments that show how salt and vinegar concentrations in the dye bath affect final color evenness and tone.Learn how to dye your own wool and gain color freedom!