Dyeing Twisted Miniskeins to Create Speckled Yarn; A "Yarn Mop" Technique (2025 Chanukah Night 7)

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2025 ChemKnits Chanukah Special - Night 7; Yarn Mops! (Dyeing Yarn Each Night of Chanukah!)
Post premiere - Dyeing Twisted Miniskeins to Create Speckled Yarn; A "Yarn Mop" Technique (2025 Chanukah Night 7)

ITEMS USED IN THIS VIDEO (or frequently used in my videos):
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Wool2Dye4 Platinum 10 g microskeins in Sock & DK (75% Superwash Merion wool / 25% nylon) - https://www.wool2dye4.com/Microskeins/
20 g minis for Yarn Mops - https://www.wool2dye4.com/Mini-Skeins/
KnitPicks Stroll Fingering Weight Yarn (75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon) - http://shrsl.com/2ly91 *
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VIDEO CONTENTS:
[0:00] Introduction
[1:33] Presoaking the yarn
16 cups of water + 6 T white vinegar
Add twisted mini skeins into the container (65 - 10 g minis)
keep the sock and DK weight yarns separate for now to make things easy for future Rebecca
[4:53] The dye colors
fluorescent safety orange, tobacco leaf, chocolate brown, sage leaf, moss green, teal green
[7:06] Setting up the minis for dyeing
[9:06] Dyeing our minis
squeeze out most of the water from the minis, and arrange them in a steam pan
[11:36] Flipping the minis to add color to the other side
[14:44] steam setting the yarn
have the minis inside a pasta insert - and have multiple batches in there at the same time. Add the yarn mop in the top to steam a tiny bit before doing more yarn.
[15:50] Dyeing the next batch
steam for 30 minutes after adding everything into the
[17:25] What are yarn mops?
[18:26] Removing the yarn from the steamer baskets
[20:21] Dyeing more and more
[23:00] Dyeing full skeins
[25:32] Untwisting the yarn
[28:50] Washing the yarn
[30:37] The finished dry yarn
[34:52] One bonus leave no dye behind
[35:57] conclusions

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