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My journey – Finding the perfect yarn bases for the shop

When I started hand dying yarn, I basically dyed any skein of yarn I could get my hands on! It didn’t matter! As long as it was yarn and it had been treated well, I was going to dye it! After a lot of experimenting with colors and their application, I began to realize that there was more to dying yarn than just an idea and the right amount of citric acid. The fiber you were dying also had a lot to say when it came to how the colorway turned out. With the help of this Eureka moment, I began testing yarn bases with just that hypothesis in mind. Conclusion: the type of fiber you use decides how color...

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