'At long last, I will dye yarn in a slow cooker! These portable pots are great for maintaining a steady temperature for a long time. Today we will dye some KnitPicks Swish 100% superwash merino DK yarn http://shrsl.com/17y26 with food coloring in my Breville Slow Cooker https://amzn.to/2CHY37k (Affiliate Links.) Thank you, Susan Branson, for sponsoring this video! Want to sponsor an episode of Dyepot Weekly? Learn more: https://www.etsy.com/listing/618588327/dyepot-weekly-sponsorship-october VIDEO CONTENTS: [0:00] Introduction [1:04] Presoaking the yarn in plain tap water for a little over an hour [1:13] Setting up the slow cooker - 5 cups water + 1 T white vinegar (the 5th cup was added after I put the yarn in.) Turn the slow cooker onto slow cook LOW and wait for it to heat up before we start adding the dye. [3:47] 40 min in, let\'s add some dye! I added drops of the liquid food coloring directly to the yarn [8:07] 20 min after adding the dye [9:05] 10 min later (30 min after adding the dye) shifting the yarn and adding more color. [13:14] 20 min later - checking the yarn and adding a tiny bit more blue. Turn off the heat and leave the yarn in the pot to cool off. [15:48] Washing the cooled off yarn [17:44] The finished dry yarn and conclusions ChemKnitsCreations Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/chemknitscreations ChemKnits Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChemKnits ChemKnits Lab Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChemKnitsLab/ ChemKnits Blog: http://www.chemknits.com All items used in this video were purchased and selected by me. All thoughts and opinions are my own.'
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