Variegated yarn
Variegated yarn is yarn dyed with more than one colour.[1][2]
Objective[edit]
It can produce effects that vary depending on the technique of the crafter, the pattern used, and the frequency of colour change. These effects include "flashing" (lightning-bolt effects) and "pooling" (patchy or marbleized effects). Some yarns (known as "self-striping yarns") are designed to produce stripes when used to knit small items such as socks or mittens.
Methods[edit]
In solid dyeing, yarns dyed in one single color, Variegated yarns have more than one color. [2]There are various methods of applying two or more colors, and the most common practice is spray or space dyeing.
Space dyeing[edit]
Space dyeing is a technique of localized color application that produces a unique multicolored effect.[3][4]
Use[edit]
Variegated yarns may be used also in knitting, crocheting, and other textile arts. These variegated colored yarns help in making small fancy items such as braids, etc.[5][6]
Gallery[edit]
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Yarn hanks in the process of dyeing -
Space dyed yarn -
This lace stole is being knitted from variegated laceweight wool
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See also[edit]
- Novelty yarns include a wide variety of yarns made with unusual features, structure or fiber composition such as slubs, inclusions, metallic or synthetic fibers, laddering and varying thickness introduced during production.
References[edit]
- ^ Blakelee, George E. (1889). Blakelee's Industrial Cyclopedia: A Simple Practical Guide ... A Ready Reference and Reservoir of Useful Information. More Than Two Hundred Illustrations. Baker & Taylor Company. p. 601.
- ^ a b Forum: a journal for the teacher of English outside the United States. United States Information Agency. 1982. p. 42.
- ^ Choudhury, A. K. Roy (2006-01-09). Textile Preparation and Dyeing. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-404-3.
- ^ Mahapatra, N. N. (2019-01-31). Textile Dyeing. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 60. ISBN 978-93-85059-91-9.
- ^ Miser, Lorna (2010). The Knitter's Guide to Hand-Dyed & Variegated Yarn: Techniques and Projects for Handpainted and Multicolored Yarn. Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN 978-0-8230-8552-1.
- ^ Spon, Edward; Spon, Francis N. (1882). Spons' Encyclopædia of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Commercial Products ... E. & F.N. Spon. p. 1762.
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