A Dyeing Guide for Animal Fibers

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First things first! Think of your personal protective equipment, which means you need:

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- Rubber gloves

- dust mask

- Eye protection

- A way to color your pets and food out of the reach of children

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There are countless ways to dye yarn and fabrics. 

We describe here how we dye and how we achieve the best results from our point of view.

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Place the yarn in water to which you have added acid (lemon or acetic acid (approx. 50 ml citric acid for 5 liters). Let the yarn soak briefly. (not longer than an hour)

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Dose the pigments according to the dosing aid. take one

Sufficiently large pot in which the dyed goods can swim freely.

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Fill the pot with lukewarm water, add the pigments and a dash of acid and heat the dye solution to around 80 degrees.

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Place the yarn in the dye solution. Turn off the heat and let the yarn cool

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Once the yarn and dye solution has cooled, remove it from the dye bath.

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Then rinse the yarn cold - warm - cold. Respectively  always until no more pigments are washed out.

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Then let it dry and marvel at the dyeing result.