Dyeing Yarn with Squirt Guns Filled with Acid Dyes (Dyepot Weekly 594)

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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Today's silly project
[1:13] The yarn
Presoak in plain tap water for a few hours
[2:16] Testing the squirt guns - do they still work?
[2:59] Dyeing safety
[3:50] The color palette
Dharma acid dyes deep magenta, Caribbean blue, and brilliant yellow
(yellow at a 1% stock solution, blue and pink at 0.5% stock solutions)
1 tsp vinegar in each sample
[4:48] Adding acid to the yarn
Add 4 Tablespoons of white vinegar into that presoak
[5:37] Filling the squirt guns
Each has some water in it already, add a few mL of dye in each one
[8:23] Setting up to dye yarn outside
[9:02] Testing each color
[9:46] Dyeing the yarn!
[13:46] Heat setting the yarn
steam set for 30 minutes
[15:08] Thoughts
[16:45] Washing the yarn
[18:00] The finished dry yarn and conclusions

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