Pretty colours! Wool and silk dyeing experiments

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Dug out a load of leftover dyestuffs that needed using, over the last few weeks. Results have been fun!


Silk and BFL wool, natural dyed with lac and logwood extracts

Merino dyed using the leftover dyes from the above - candyfloss!


Merino and BFL wools, dyed with random chemical dyes I had mixed up a while back and needed using up. Better results than I'd imagined, considering...


Stuff from a session a few weeks back:



BFL wool, merino wool, seacell and silk all natural dyed with chlorophyll extract (and some turmeric with the silk and seacell)


Shetland wool and silk dyed with beetroot, onion and ivy natural dyes


Shetland wool yarn

Comments

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Sock yarn is entirely do-able (and would be my 1st choice anyway for many of these), I usually aim for a 4-ply equivalent that is actually spun as 3 plies.
I'd recommend the wools instead of the silks (due to the properties of the fibres) - I have already started fluffing out the blue-faced leicester that's purple and dark pink above but not started spinning yet. The 2 purple and green wools would do well.
The chlorophyll natural greens could as well, but have had issues with that dye rubbing off on hands and knitting needles.

100g of each of these (I always dye enough for socks or gloves!), just let me know which you prefer... :)
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