Dye-Along
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Join Kelley, Kerin, Alison, Angela, and other Knit Picks staff members as we experiment with dyeing sock blanks using different dyes and techniques.
Members: 126
Latest Activity: 1 hour ago
We were impressed with all of the gorgeous hand dyed sock blanks you made! The Dye Blank Contest winners were announced here.
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Dye-along details!
1. No purchase necessary
2. Timeframe: this is an ongoing group with no defined end time.
3. If you are not a member of our Knitting Community yet, click the "Signup and Join" box in the upper-right corner. Once you're a member, you will see a green plus sign and a link to "Join Dye-Along" in the upper-right of the group page. Clicking on the link will allow you to join this knitalong.
4. Post questions, project feedback, and pictures of your progress.
5. Cheer on your fellow members as you go!
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If you are new to dyeing, check out our tutorials to get step-by-step instructions on how to dye yarn. We have tutorials for Jacquard acid dyes, Kool-Aid dyeing, tea dyeing, food coloring dyeing, natural dyes, and indigo dyeing. We also offer tips for getting specific results like gradated dyeing and for interesting techniques like no mess crock pot dyeing.
View all our dyeing tutorials here.
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We offer sock blanks, Jacquard Acid dyes, and an Indigo Dye Kit on our web site to get you started.
Shop sock blanks.
Shop Jacquard Dye Starter Sets and Individual Colors.
Shop Indigo Dye Kits.
We also offer a wide selection of Bare yarn and roving that's perfect for dyeing. See all Bare yarn here, and Bare roving here.
Discussion Forum
Roving To Dye For
Started by christina | AlohaBlu. Last reply by Beverly Roberts 1 hour ago. 3010 Replies 2 Likes
Aloha! You all knew this was coming . . . show off your hand dyed roving or fiber!!I dyed up my first batch of KP's Superwash Merino/Nylon and Merino/Silk - so yummy, fluffy, soft and heavenly . . .…Continue
Show us your hand dyed yarn!
Started by Angela. Last reply by cherylbwaters May 18. 2578 Replies 1 Like
I love seeing photos of hand dyed yarns, they're always so beautiful in the skein. Show me your yarn! Please!
Let's talk about fiber felting, and compressed fiber.
Started by Elaine Wenger. Last reply by wendy May 2. 43 Replies 0 Likes
I am working on Immersion dyeing right now and was having trouble getting even dyeing with my colors. So I spoke with Jesse Cushing at Cushing Dyes. He looked at some samples of my dyeing that I sent…Continue
Newbie Question> Can you use oxide powders to dye yarn?
Started by Bren. Last reply by Julie's Yarn Shoppe Apr 21. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I've tried researching this but I can't find anything on the internet to help me. I have a large collection oxide powders that I use as colorants for various other projects (mostly ceramics and…Continue
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