Comments on: lots of pretty pictures http://ysolda.com/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/ original knitting patterns Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ysolda http://ysolda.com/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-540 Ysolda Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:08:56 +0000 http://www.ysolda.me.uk/wordpress/index.php/archives/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-540 The colours have been fine. I mix the dye with vinegar and water, and then paint or if I'm doing stripes I put the different colours in different tubs and then microwave with the yarn in the tub. The only problems I've had with colour bleeding have been when I've used very concentrated food dyes that have no other ingredients other than the e numbers. They don't have citric acid and need a LOT of vinegar. There is a cake decorating shop in Edinburgh that sells paste dyes and I've had good results with those. I think the company that makes it is sugarcraft, it comes in a much wider colour range than the supercook liquid dyes. It is possible to get kool aid here incidentally, there is at least one website and there was a discussion on craftermath about it. But after trawling through the lengthy craftster thread on kool aid dyeing the consensus seems to be that paste dyes are better anyway. The first time I did it I was so surprises when I rinsed the yarn and the colour didn't leak out at all. The colours have been fine. I mix the dye with vinegar and water, and then paint or if I’m doing stripes I put the different colours in different tubs and then microwave with the yarn in the tub. The only problems I’ve had with colour bleeding have been when I’ve used very concentrated food dyes that have no other ingredients other than the e numbers. They don’t have citric acid and need a LOT of vinegar. There is a cake decorating shop in Edinburgh that sells paste dyes and I’ve had good results with those. I think the company that makes it is sugarcraft, it comes in a much wider colour range than the supercook liquid dyes. It is possible to get kool aid here incidentally, there is at least one website and there was a discussion on craftermath about it. But after trawling through the lengthy craftster thread on kool aid dyeing the consensus seems to be that paste dyes are better anyway.

The first time I did it I was so surprises when I rinsed the yarn and the colour didn’t leak out at all.

]]> By: pavlova http://ysolda.com/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-526 pavlova Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:45:16 +0000 http://www.ysolda.me.uk/wordpress/index.php/archives/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-526 I was just wondering, being a fellow brit and with no access to kool aid, after seeing you dye with vinegar and food colouring into a microwave... is it colour safe? i.e. do the colours bleed much? and what technique do you use (e.g. paint with the colour, then fix with vinegar or mix colour and vinegar then paint?) Obviously if I were to dye with the food colourings, I wouldn't wash my socks in a machine with my whites, but say if I wanted red and white stripes... I wouldn't want my efforts turning into a pink slurry! Hope you've had a great holiday! I was just wondering, being a fellow brit and with no access to kool aid, after seeing you dye with vinegar and food colouring into a microwave… is it colour safe? i.e. do the colours bleed much? and what technique do you use (e.g. paint with the colour, then fix with vinegar or mix colour and vinegar then paint?)

Obviously if I were to dye with the food colourings, I wouldn’t wash my socks in a machine with my whites, but say if I wanted red and white stripes… I wouldn’t want my efforts turning into a pink slurry!
Hope you’ve had a great holiday!

]]> By: colin http://ysolda.com/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-511 colin Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:14:16 +0000 http://www.ysolda.me.uk/wordpress/index.php/archives/2006/03/18/lots-of-pretty-pictures/#comment-511 I have only recently started to knit socks and the more I see the more hooked I am becoming. These are lovely! bw colin I have only recently started to knit socks and the more I see the more hooked I am becoming. These are lovely!
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