Comments | binka_boo: i'm dyeing, i'm dyeing

binka_boo

i'm dyeing, i'm dyeing

Nov 17, 2006 17:17

ok... so i know there aren't that many woolly/yarny/knitty people on my flist, though there are a few of you, but anyone can help me out here ( Read more... )

dyeing, knitting

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monotonehell November 17 2006, 08:04:55 UTC

Any of your relatives used to preserve fruit/jams and have one of those huge copper things they used to sterilise jars?

binka_boo November 17 2006, 10:14:35 UTC

lol... all my family make jam, but no one has pots THAT big. even if they did they'd be at home home, not melb home...
but thanks for the thought.

monotonehell November 17 2006, 12:11:00 UTC

Camping shop - dutch oven

binka_boo November 17 2006, 12:14:00 UTC

and getting someone to fart in my bed will help how?

lol

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deasilvae November 17 2006, 12:24:19 UTC

I was going to suggest using a washing machine which turns out to be not very helpful since wool needs high temperatures for dying...
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/washingmachine.shtml
Seriously I can't think of anything you could use inside on the stove unless someone out there in Melbourne has a 25-30 litre cooking pot you could borrow.
(my dad has a 20 litre pot he uses to cook crabs in)

Good luck with the project! It will be interesting to see the results.
=D

badylugz November 17 2006, 23:46:03 UTC

Hey - a friend of yours and mine suggested I post to help out here :). Check out my blog (http://elemi.blogdrive.com to see what I get up to ( ... )

binka_boo November 18 2006, 04:35:23 UTC

thanks for that, i'm still not sure i follow though (I'm REALLY new at this)...
for my test batch (25g)i used 1tsp dye with 750ml water (hence my estimation of needing about 21L) and let it (almost) simmer for about half an hour. It didn't exhaust the dye, but it did get a colour i wanted...
so in this scenario you've suggested, i'm not sure how much water i'm needing...
does that make sense?
I'm also dyeing on pure wool and using landscape dyes (which are supposed to not need anything extra for wool)
Also, I'm not sure my biggest pot will FIT all the wool in it.

so yeah, really, i have no idea what i'm doing lol.
all i know is i have dye and wool and i need to get one into the other lol.

binka_boo November 18 2006, 04:39:28 UTC

lol, and i love that i worked out from your blog and your profile that it was angela that sent you before seeing her on your flist lol.

smangesable November 18 2006, 05:06:21 UTC

What gave it away?? hehe

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