Snow Dyeing Handmade and Commercial Blanks with KoolAid - Sock Blank Special 2!

Let's snow dye a KnitPicks Stroll Sock Blank http://shrsl.com/s18y and a homemade worsted weight Wool of the Andes http://shrsl.com/s18z blank with KoolAid! I made the worsted weight blank on a Singer Knitting Machine http://amzn.to/2Bng2OL (Affiliate Links) This video demonstrates how one method of dyeing can create drastically different results depending on the fiber content. The commercial blank is composed of 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon and the homemade blank is 100% wool. The dripping colors from the snow struck differently to give different depths of color and patterns. Video Contents: [0:00] Introduction and presoaking the blanks in plain tap water [1:55] The KoolAid Flavors: 2 Cherry, 2 Orange, 3 Lemonade, 3 Lemon-Lime, 3 Blue Raspberry Lemonade, 2 Grape + 1 Blue Raspberry Lemonade [2:07] Snow Dyeing Set up [2:35] Adding the snow to the yarns [5:54] Adding the KoolAid to the snow [11:58] Snow Melting timelapse (~5 hours condensed into 33 seconds) [12:32] After the snow has melted! [12:50] Wrapping up the yarns in plastic wrap to microwave them (you need heat to set the color) [15:37] Leftover dye [16:05] Microwaving the yarns for a total of 6 min each (4 min, then a second 2 min interval) [16:25] washing the cooled Stroll fingering weight commercial sock blank [17:41] Washing the homemade worsted weight blank [18:33] the dry blanks [22:33] blanks unwound on a niddy noddy (after the 2/7/28 unraveling livestream    • Let's Unravel Snow Dyed Sock Blanks LIVE!  ) [27:20] Conclusions For free knitting patterns and dyeing tutorials visit http://www.chemknits.com