Let's make a "Yarn Lasagna" - dyeing multiple rounds of variegated yarn all in one pan. I know that everyone isn't a fan of this technique, but it works for me as a small batch dyer with limited heat sources. Sometimes I'll do this in a silly way with different colors on each layer, but the technique started more like I'm showing here; layering yarn with dye with more yarn and more dye. Then I can heat everything all together to get my colorway. I find that working the colors through on each lay

Yarn Dyeing Variables; Little things you can change to make dyes bind faster or slower Dyes will bind to your yarn faster if you're using superwash wool. Dyes will bind slower if you're using non-superwash wool. Dyes will spread out more in large volume dyebaths. Dyes will bind to the yarn faster if things are hot. Don't forget that different pigments will also bind to yarn faster than others - Deep Magenta strikes faster than fluorescent fuchsia in Dharma's line of acid dyes, for example. #indi

Dyeing with Low Contrast; Resist Dyeing for Dark on Dark Rainbow Variegated Yarn I love resist dyeing the yarn, using a physical object like a zip tie to prevent the main color from accessing all of the points. I can then go in and add little sections of another color. most of the time I'll go for high contrast - I'll use a dark color for the main color and then neons or bright colors to fill in the resists. This time I went for moody rainbow colors with a black background giving us a very low c