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Gansey sleeves Wooly 08-01-2006
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Posted by on August 2, 2006, 2:55 pm
Things like this come down to just trying it!

Solar constant is 7 watts/m^2 = ~100 cal/ min=~ the temperature of 3 ounces
of water goes up 1.8F =~ the temp of 1 liter goes up 11 degrees/hour,
assuming an albedo of 0. The area of a drum liner is ~1.5 m^2 so I should
be able to heat 1.5 L of water 44F in 4 hours, so I think dying in a big
heavy black plastic bag is right on the edge of doability. If I start with
110F water, I will be right on the lower edge of the reaction going (ever so
slowly). One question is how much dye can I dissolve in 1.5 l of working
fluid, so I may try an excess of dye, and let the dye reaction run for 2 or
3 days before I open the bag. Actually for dark colors, a really heavy,
clear plastic bag may be better???

I think a (white) plastic bucket has too high an albedo and too an small an
area (1/4 m^2) to absorb enough heat from sunlight to drive the dye
reaction. Then, I would need large amount of dye fluid to contact all of the
fiber. I am just not going to absorb all the necessary heat with the small
area of a plastic bucket

Next really hot day, I will try dyeing in a plastic bag, and let everyone
know how it works.

Aaron


>
> >Really, I was thinking of trying 'solar' dyeing by putting the wool in a
50
> >gal black plastic trash bag with a couple of liters of dye, burping all
the
> >air out, leaving it in the sun, and rolling it to agitate every hour or
so.
> >I think on a good summer day I could get 150F for 4 hours. That means, it
> >would have to sit in the sun for 2 or 3 really hot days. Any thoughts on
> >whether it might work?
> >
>
> It works for Koolade in a glass jar, and I've "cooked" suspect yarn in
> black plastic bags in the sun before.
>
> My concern with using a trashbag as a dyeing container would be the
> integrity of the bag. I'd think a 5-gallon plastic pickle bucket with
> a lid would probably cook just as well and it'll be easier to handle,
> too.
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...



Posted by Wooly on August 2, 2006, 6:23 pm

>Things like this come down to just trying it!

<snip eye-glazing science hehehe>

You guys must have some wimpy sun out there in Mickey-land. I fried
an egg on the sidewalk one day last week as a demonstration for the
neighborhood kids when a couple of them were bragging they didn't need
to wear shoes.

Aside from the fact that the egg stuck to the sidewalk, it was a
perfect sunny-side up in less than 90 seconds. They figured out that
if the egg is cooking their feet probably are too. Now everybody is
wearing flipflops.

I start with "tap temperature" water for sun tea. Right now due to
ground heating and shallow distribution pipes that means water that's
between 75-80f. 20 minutes in a gallon glass jar on my front walk
takes the temp up to 115 and the tea is quite stout. I left a jar out
for two hours a couple of weeks ago and it was too hot to pick up when
I remembered it and went to retrieve it.

I don't have an "official" pickle bucket, but I do have a couple of 3-
or 4-gallon cat litter buckets with sealing lids. Tomorrow is
supposed to be another hot one, I'll toss out an experimental dyepot:
2 gal of water with a capful of yellow (notoriously hard to get good
yellow saturation) and some junk wool and let it cook all day. When I
pop the lid I'll take the water temp with my digital thermometer and
report on the results.

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Posted by on August 2, 2006, 8:33 pm
Wooly,
Its 80F today, with a cool breeze off the Bay.

And, I got a wonderful package with this *huge* ball of Ivory Handspun. It
is nicer than the Irish handspun that has been the prize yarn of my stash.
Half an ounce and I could just play with it, and maybe waste it. But this
big ball demands respect and responsibility. I will have to do something
serious with it. Maybe, learn some lace stitches and make a shawl for my
wife.

Thanks! I am again in your debt.

Aaron

>
> >Things like this come down to just trying it!
>
> <snip eye-glazing science hehehe>
>
> You guys must have some wimpy sun out there in Mickey-land. I fried
> an egg on the sidewalk one day last week as a demonstration for the
> neighborhood kids when a couple of them were bragging they didn't need
> to wear shoes.
>
> Aside from the fact that the egg stuck to the sidewalk, it was a
> perfect sunny-side up in less than 90 seconds. They figured out that
> if the egg is cooking their feet probably are too. Now everybody is
> wearing flipflops.
>
> I start with "tap temperature" water for sun tea. Right now due to
> ground heating and shallow distribution pipes that means water that's
> between 75-80f. 20 minutes in a gallon glass jar on my front walk
> takes the temp up to 115 and the tea is quite stout. I left a jar out
> for two hours a couple of weeks ago and it was too hot to pick up when
> I remembered it and went to retrieve it.
>
> I don't have an "official" pickle bucket, but I do have a couple of 3-
> or 4-gallon cat litter buckets with sealing lids. Tomorrow is
> supposed to be another hot one, I'll toss out an experimental dyepot:
> 2 gal of water with a capful of yellow (notoriously hard to get good
> yellow saturation) and some junk wool and let it cook all day. When I
> pop the lid I'll take the water temp with my digital thermometer and
> report on the results.
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...



Posted by Wooly on August 2, 2006, 9:59 pm

>
>And, I got a wonderful package with this *huge* ball of Ivory Handspun.

I wouldn't call it huge, but it is more than enough for a nice little
scarf.

>It
>is nicer than the Irish handspun that has been the prize yarn of my stash.

That's saying something, unless the Irish spinner couldn't be bothered
and gave you her "one too many whiskies" ends-of-balls :P

>Half an ounce and I could just play with it, and maybe waste it.

I *do* have one sock I knitted, but the grist of that yarn is slightly
different. If you want it let me know, I'll frog the sock (what good
is a singleton sock?) scour and hang the yarn to dekink, and send it
on it's way.

>Thanks! I am again in your debt.

You're no such thing. I got three nylon needles out of the deal, I'll
call it a fair swap after I send you the sock!

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Posted by on August 3, 2006, 12:59 pm

>

> >snip<
>
> >It
> >is nicer than the Irish handspun that has been the prize yarn of my
stash.
>
> That's saying something, unless the Irish spinner couldn't be bothered
> and gave you her "one too many whiskies" ends-of-balls :P

Firmer, but softer! Nicer!

The Irish stuff, I bought at yarn store in Wells, England. It was a two
skein sample that they had, and were not going to carry. The YS owner sold
it to me inexpensively, and I fear that Irish spinners were cheated once
again. I started a pair of socks out it on the plane home, but my SIL
assures me that it is NOT a sock yarn (unless one is a penitent on a walking
pilgrimage to the distant Holy Land). I still love the color, and I KNOW
whatever I make out of it will wear like iron : )

I am happy now, but if that sock with the other grist is lonesome, you can
send it to me, and I will incorporate it in my beginner's lace project.


Aaron
>>Snip<



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