I have not been buying color yarn for a long time - I am paint white yarn food dyes in the microwave.
I went to the Internet, and did not find a similar description, so I propose my master class.
I propose to paint the yarn in bright, or pastel colors, two, three or more colors at your request, for your most bold ideas. It turns out beautiful striped socks, colored blankets in a strip, sweaters and caps of one tangler as a crochet, and on the needles
You will need:
- Waste or silk yarn white in a single
- Food dyes powder or liquid
- vinegar (or acetic essence. In my case - wine vinegar),
- Three or more glass jars with a wide throat
- Tray or flat plate, which can be supplied to the microwave
Put the cans into the plate and pour the water in them half, add vinegar - I add 1 -2 tablespoons per can.
Add your dyes, you can mix it easily thoroughly mix the contents of the bank.
Soak yarn for a few minutes in warm water.
If you have chosen painting in three colors, you divide your yarn like this:
Lower at one end of this star in different banks.
If you want a clear transition of color, then leave both:
And if you want smooth transitions, mixed colors, then gently shift the yarn from the adjacent can, mixing the colors in the intermediate, here I shifted the yarn from the blue into pink.
It turns out purple color.
Then I move pink into the blue to enhance the blue shade.
It is necessary to work in gloves so that your fingers are not painted.
Men's mixing result satisfies.
Now it's time to put my jars with yarn in the microwave.
Microwave mode 600, time is 5 minutes, but my microwave is very old, therefore, the Council is expented. Water must be brought to a boil, but no need to boil.
Give fresh yarn.
Water has become transparent, it means that the experiment succeeded. If not - then you need to warm up some more.
If the water again has a shade or even a bright color, then you may need your yarn and dye are not compatible.
Blue color is usually harder painted.
Cool in the same water, then rinse very carefully and carefully.
I usually wash the yarn, while part of the dye is flushed off. I wash, and rinse with the rinse.
Dry in collected.
Everything. Your yarn is ready and even postulated!
Author Master class Oksana - Lafiabarussa..
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