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Yarn Dyeing Variables; Little things you can change to make dyes bind faster or slower Dyes will bind to your yarn faster if you're using superwash wool. Dyes will bind slower if you're using non-superwash wool. Dyes will spread out more in large volume dyebaths. Dyes will bind to the yarn faster if things are hot. Don't forget that different pigments will also bind to yarn faster than others - Deep Magenta strikes faster than fluorescent fuchsia in Dharma's line of acid dyes, for example. #indi

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Different dye pigments can bind to your yarn or fiber at different rates. A lot of this knowledge is anecdotal from observations while dyeing fibers. This can be the reason why a technique you dyed with some colors doesn't translate well when you switch out the colors. There are colorways I've dyed that I have realized years later worked differently because emerald green is a spreader. Increasing heat and acid can speed up the rates colors will bind to the yarn. Dyes bind to superwash wool faste