Dyepot Weekly 18 - Handpainting a Tonal Yarn with Serial Dilutions

Sometimes you want to create a tonal gradient yarn but dip dyeing isn't the right technique for you. Maybe you want to minimize color breaking, or have some little amounts of breaking while reducing the intenisty of the color. Serial Dilutions are a way to reduce the concentration of your dyes to handpaint a stunnning tonal yarn. Thank You, Carly Lanners, for Sponsoring this video! In this video we dye 100 g of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Worsted weight yarn http://shrsl.com/k9c0 and 100 g of Stroll fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/kp27 (Affiliate links) The WOTA is 100% wool and the stroll fingering is 75% superwash merino/25% nylon. VIDEO CONTENTS [0:00] Introduction to Serial Dilutions [1:20] Mixing the dyes and creating the serial dilutions [6:33] The presoaking Yarns (in water + 3 T white vinegar) [7:10] Dyeing the yarns [20:35] Wrapping up the finished yarn to microwave (4 min total on high) [22:27] Washing the yarns [25:03] The finished dry yarn For free knitting patterns and dyeing tutorials visit http://www.chemknits.com

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