Natural dye with madder and test knit for James N Watts - Boatneck Batwing Mesh Top!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- I test knit the Boatneck Batwing Mesh Top for James N Watts, and thought it'd be fun if I dyed my yarn with madder!
Join me for a cosy video on natural dyeing and musing as I knit away at the test knit..
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It looks lovely on you! Love the step by step you’ve provided us.❤️
Thank you! I'm glad it was interesting 😌I'm looking forward to doing more natural dyeing this spring!
I love the fit of the mesh top! Such a cute little boxy square shape
Yeah it's fun! I don't have anything else like it 😊
Your mesh top turned out very cute. Thanks for sharing the process.😊
Thank you! 😊
I do like that colour, it looks almost metallic. Knitting is still totally mysterious to me, verging on sorcery. Have some needles now, just need to find an affordable (very cheap!) source of yarn. Then, the joy of learning a new skill. Thanks for such a chilled video, all the best, Pete.
Thanks Pete! Glad to hear you're going to give it a go. I often look around charity shops, car boots or markets for affordable wool. It's good for experimenting before investing - it can become an expensive hobby..
@@threadandyarn Thank you for those suggestions! I'll have to start frequenting charity shops more - good place for fabric too.
Well done, it does look good on you 👩🌾👩🌾👩🌾
Thanks Susan!
Wait! I just noticed that you didn't mordant your fibers! Did I miss something? Your top turned out amazing! I love how it all turned out.
Hey Patti, this episode was a bit of something different if I remember right! I always mordant protein fibres with alum sulphate first, but this is a plant/cellulose fibre. You can mordant it with alum acetate or soak it in soya beforehand to add protein to the fibre. I've also got an aluminium pan which helps, though that's more effective with plant fibres than protein.
@@threadandyarn Interesting, because for plant based fibers, I first mordant in a tanin (oak galls), then mordant again in alum. I don't feel like getting alum acetate or use soy milk, since I can do an alum bath with what I have pretty easily. I suppose an aluminum pan would help. Your fibers turned out quite nice, though, so it obviously worked!
I create elaborate systems with stitch markers to keep me on track. I’m legally blind and can not see if a stitch is a knit or a purl generally. Is knitting mesh like knitting exaggerate lace? I love the color of tha fiber you dyed. Love your content💗
Hey, yes I think it is pretty much the same thing 😊 The stitch markers sound very useful. I found it tricky to get into a rhythm with it because each row was different! Glad you enjoyed the vid, thanks for watching x