Dye Time

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In this Dye Time, I dip dye a new to me, unusual animal based fibre; milk protein! I had some milk protein fibre that I decided to spin into yarn, then dye. Even though this was sold as a vegan fibre, it's not a plant based fibre. So I did a bit of googling and decided to treat this as any other animal based fibre and used acid and heat to set the dye. This was a very interesting experience and the whole way through, I kept saying to myself "I can't believe this is made from milk! How???"
Fibre reactive dyes can be used on plant based fibre and animal based fibres. Acid dyes can only be used on animal based fibres.
Contents:
[00:00] Introduction spinning the fibre into yarn
[01:48] Dip dyeing the yarn
[06:56] Taking the yarn out to steam set
[07:14] Washing the yarn
[08:21] The finished yarn
Featured in this tutorial:
Yarn: 1Approx 12g of hand spun milk protein yarn
Dye: Mermaid's dream fibre reactive dyes from Dharma
All equipment (pots/spoons/jars etc) used in this video is dedicated for dyeing.
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[@leoniecochrane3108]

Its such a lovely colour.
You are so inspiring 💕

[@FromTheCauldron]

Thank you so much!