Category: Cotton

Dyeing Soleil wool & cotton blend: Acid vs fiber reactive dyes

Featuring: Knomad Soleil Fingering (50% Superwash Merino 50% Pima Cotton) Our Goal: Conduct an experiment using fiber-reactive dye to see the difference in uptake and refraction of color for the wool content versus the cotton content. Abstract: What happens if we use colors known to break from the fiber-reactive line and observe which colors adhere […]

Dyeing Soleil 50% Cotton 50% Superwash Merino – which dye is best?

As a New Englander, I am rarely in control of my wardrobe. Up here, we’re ruled by changeable and dare I say crotchety weather gods, who delight in vexing us by sending snow in April and 92 degree days in May. It could rain at any moment, regardless of what the sky looks like. You […]