Last week was for less blogging but I discovered the fun of hand painting yarn. I used Lukas batik powder paints and food coloring powder. I played by mixing the paints, one skein of pure wool yarn felted a bit and now I can say I KNOW HOW TO HAND PAINT YARN. The food coloring powder produces more vibrant colors than Lukas batik, even the last one is a special fabric paint.The starting point looked like this, lovely hanks of undyed pure wool organic yarn:
And here's what I got:
5 comments:
Oh wow! They are beautiful!
That's so cool, I didn't know you could paint yarn. They look great, I really love the tan and pink one!!!
that looks yummy.. i bought the same wool a year ago and it still sits with the yummiest blue food color... i am tempted to use them..
gorgoeus yarns. Great colours.
Color are fantastic
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