Hi all, I have been working with a skein of soy silk that I bought already dyed last year. I soon discovered that some, if not all, of the dye easily washed out. In fact, I have not found anything with which to wash this stuff that doesn't strip out at least half of the color. I ran a series of tests to determine what would strip out the most, figuring that if the dye was going to come out, I might as well get it out and start over with a color I liked better.
A good soak in plain old All laundry detergent and hot water did the best job in my tests, so I did that to an entire hank of the yarn. It stripped all the dye out, but it left the yarn feeling stiff and scratchy, although I rinsed it forever. The fiber was also not that beautiful golden color that undyed soy silk is. It was a kind of pale, "grayed" version of it. Yesterday I Kool-Aid dyed the yarn a very nice sage green. This morning when it has had a chance to mostly dry, however, I noticed that it is again stiff and scratchy where it has dried. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Has something been removed from the soy silk that made it soft and drapey? Is there something I can do to remedy this? I had intended to knit a beaded scarf out of the yarn, but I can't imagine putting something this scratchy around my neck! Thanks, Pamm in Milwaukee To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
