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How to Naturally Dye Yarn with Black Walnuts (update)

A few years ago, I shared with you my tutorial on how to naturally dye yarn using black walnuts. Well, it’s that time of year again, the black walnuts are dropping, so I thought I would update my yarn dyeing tutorial. I have learned a few more things about natural dyeing since then and wanted to pass that information on to you. Note, my updates will be shown printed in RED

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How to Dye Yarn with Easter Egg Color

So many dyes, so little time! Did you know that you can dye yarn with regular ole Easter Egg dyes? Yep! Not the fancy-schmancy new dyes out there but just plain-jane Paas which is made with food coloring. I was actually surprised at how vivid the yarn turned out! Beautiful, bright colors that you can dye in your kitchen using your everyday dishes. No chemicals to worry about. And this is a fun…