Results from the Recent Weaving Indiana Workshop

After the Weaving Indiana Yarn Painting Workshop this August, I recorded a demo in my studio. I painted two 8/2 Tencel™ demo warps during the workshop, and in the recording I'm washing them out.

This is pretty much the method I use for washing out all my painted yarn. I start out in cold water rinse, then tap hot, so by the time I get to the simmering pot and add a few drops of Synthrapol, I can add just about any color of yarn together in one pot without much risk of bleeding. Watch the video for a bit more detail.

...And the final results!

Especially with the pink/yellow/turquoise yarn, the brown color looked much redder when I initially painted it. It's a testament for not making any judgements about your painted yarn until it's completely washed out AND dry. Colors shift and lighten when dry (especially if it's cotton). It's especially true with Tencel™ and other rayons, that when sheen appears when the yarn is dry, it can change the perception of the color quite a bit (there is no poop brown with Tencel™, I am almost certain of it).

All the colors I used to produce these painted yarns are available in my starter dye kit. I didn't take good notes on how I painted these colors, but if I recall, the pink/yellow/turquoise yarn were all warm colors from the kit, with varying amounts of chino added. The green/grey/blue yarn used turquoise and chino for sure, but I forget the rest (maybe mixing blue and black at a pale value). A good reminder to take at least some notes on how you mix your paints!