Rainbow Dye
Finished
April 29, 2013
April 29, 2013

Rainbow Dye

Project info
Knitting
Someone Special
Needles & yarn
Wool2dye4 Platinum Sock
1 skein = 400.0 yards (365.8 meters), 225 grams
Rainbow
Notes

I divided up this bare skein into 13 mini-skeins (32 yards each) - and then prepared rainbow colored dyebaths using Wilton’s icing gels (supplemented with Strawberry KoolAid for the red). Each mini-skein was soaked in lukewarm water with vinegar, and then placed into a mason jar of dye and topped off with boiling water. The jars were allowed to cool, and then microwaved for 2 minute intervals (2x). Mini’s were rinsed till clear, and hung outside to dry :)

I don’t have a recipe(I know… shame, shame on this chemist). I simply put a little gob of each color gel in a mason jar, filled it partway with boiling water, and then dropped in my (presoaked in vinegar water) superwash mini skeins. Wilton’s Icing colors were: Christmas Red (+ 1 package of strawberry Koolaid), Sky Blue, Violet, Buttercup Yellow, Orange (+ a couple dropperfuls of the red liquid to try and make it more orangey) & Leaf Green. A little Wilton’s goes a long way… so I probably had too much dye (dye bath never did come clear on the darker colors)

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Finished
April 29, 2013
April 29, 2013
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Wool2dye4
Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
465 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: April 29, 2013
  • Finished: April 29, 2013
  • Updated: May 25, 2013