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Posted by BB on January 21, 2007, 2:21 pm
I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with just a
few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After knitting a few rows
of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered that red is notorious for
bleeding.
Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to prevent the
bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save the red to be an
accent color instead of a main color?
BB
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Posted by Katherine on January 21, 2007, 2:45 pm
BB wrote:
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> I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with just a
> few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After knitting a few rows
> of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered that red is notorious for
> bleeding.
> Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to prevent the
> bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save the red to be an
> accent color instead of a main color?
I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.
HTH
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by YarnWright on January 21, 2007, 2:51 pm
Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':
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> BB wrote:
> > I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
> > just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
> > knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
> > that red is notorious for bleeding.
> >
> > Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
> > prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
> > the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
> knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.
>
> HTH
> Higs,
> Katherine
>
Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
salt.
HTH,
Noreen
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Posted by BB on January 21, 2007, 5:02 pm
YarnWright wrote:
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> Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':
>
>
>>BB wrote:
>>>I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
>>>just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
>>>knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
>>>that red is notorious for bleeding.
>>>Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
>>>prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
>>>the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?
>>I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
>>knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.
>>HTH
>>Higs,
>>Katherine
>
> Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
> salt.
> HTH,
> Noreen
Thank you Katherine and Noreen! I knew this had been discussed before,
but I just couldn't remember what was said about the best way to deal
with it. I shall carry on :)
Oh, and I got the new Knitpicks Options needles (16 in circs) to try out
with making tams. The first row was the least aggravating first row I
have ever done.
BB
BB
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Posted by Katherine on January 21, 2007, 6:21 pm
YarnWright wrote:
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> Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':
> > BB wrote:
> > > I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
> > > just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
> > > knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
> > > that red is notorious for bleeding.
> > > Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
> > > prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
> > > the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?
> > I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
> > knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.
> > HTH
> > Higs,
> > Katherine
> Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
> salt.
Thanks, Noreen, I knew that one of the dyers would be able to elaborate
on my suggestion.
Higs,
Katherine
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> few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After knitting a few rows
> of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered that red is notorious for
> bleeding.
> Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to prevent the
> bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save the red to be an
> accent color instead of a main color?