Variegated yarn
Variegated yarn is yarn dyed with more than one colour.[1][2]
Objective
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
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
Space dyeing is a technique of localized color application that produces a unique multicolored effect.[3][4]
Use
Variegated yarns may be used also in
Gallery
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Yarn hanks in the process of dyeing
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Space dyed yarn
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This lace stole is being knitted from variegated laceweight wool
See also
- yarnsmade with unusual features, structure or fiber composition such as slubs, inclusions, metallic or synthetic fibers, laddering and varying thickness introduced during production.
References
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 978-1-57808-404-3.
- ISBN 978-93-85059-91-9.
- 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.