I share how to dye yarn with acid dyes and tips I learned that I wish I knew when I started. You can easily try this at home.

I absolutely love color, and I am completely in love with hand-dyed yarns. It’s time for my two loves to meet each other! Hi, my name is Tara, and this is Eat, Knit and Dye! By day, I am the graphic designer for Makers’ Mercantile®. By night, I am discovering how to hand dye yarn. And you get to join me on this adventure on Wednesdays.Did you know that Makers’ Mercantile® sells undyed yarn? Hopefully, you have already had a chance to check out Kinky Yarn and maybe even had some time to play…

It snowed again here in Wisconsin, and I wanted to get some practice with my snow dyeing… What Can I use to Hand Dye Yarn? For Acid Dyes to Work you need to use ported based fibers, that means, Wool, Alpaca, Silk, etc. Acrylic won’t work. Dyeing wool with snow is somewhat of a surprise. I never really know what I’m going to get. I applied the dye on top of the snow and as the snow melted, the dye entered into the yarn in the natural way the snow melted, and stuck where the citric acid…

Back in my New Years post I talked about how looking at Pinterest for “gym bag essentials” lead me to “diy hand-dyeing acrylic yarn”. I’ve always loved looking at the …

How to Dye Yarn With Food Coloring (Plus Other Tips!): It seems like everywhere you look (ok, maybe not everywhere, maybe just on pinterest), there's a tutorial on how to dye yarn with Kool Aid. When I first saw that you could do that, I'll admit, I got pretty excited. I immediately went to the store an…

Hey you! Today I'm finishing off my at-home yarn dyeing series, and I'm talking all about Kool-Aid dyeing. (You can find the post about black bean dyeing here , and other natural dyeing experiments here )

I love the idea of ombre yarns, and since I got weaving I’ve been dreaming of a beautiful ombre scarf, plain weave, with a neutral warp, transitioning over the course of a long, fine fabric. Laurie…

Have you ever wanted to try natural dyeing? It's as easy as raiding your pantry! Check out this step-by-step tutorial for how to dye yarn using black beans to get a gorgeous smokey blue color!

6 Yarn Dyeing Techniques. Learn how to dye yarn with these 6 different color patterns including Solid, Speckled, Variegated and more.

I thought I’d post an idea for anyone who wants to try dyeing yarn at home using ingredients readily found in your kitchen. It’s more of a staining method rather than an actual dye but it works all...