Red yarn

I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with just a
few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After knitting a few rows
of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered that red is notorious for
bleeding.

Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to prevent the
bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save the red to be an
accent color instead of a main color?

BB

BB wrote:
I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with just a
few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After knitting a few rows
of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered that red is notorious for
bleeding.

Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to prevent the
bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save the red to be an
accent color instead of a main color?

I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.

HTH
Higs,
Katherine

Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':


BB wrote:
I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
that red is notorious for bleeding.

Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?

I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.

HTH
Higs,
Katherine

Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
salt.
HTH,
Noreen



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YarnWright wrote:
Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':


BB wrote:

I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
that red is notorious for bleeding.

Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?

I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.

HTH
Higs,
Katherine


Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
salt.
HTH,
Noreen

Thank you Katherine and Noreen! I knew this had been discussed before,
but I just couldn't remember what was said about the best way to deal
with it. I shall carry on

Oh, and I got the new Knitpicks Options needles (16 in circs) to try out
with making tams. The first row was the least aggravating first row I
have ever done.

BB

BB

YarnWright wrote:
Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':


BB wrote:
I was starting on my first tam, after deciding to go simple with
just a few colors. I chose red, petal, and natural. After
knitting a few rows of red, my delayed reaction brain remembered
that red is notorious for bleeding.

Will the bleeding stain the natural yarn? Is there a way to
prevent the bleeding before knitting with the yarn? Should I save
the red to be an accent color instead of a main color?

I wouldn't worry too much about it, BB. Just "set" the colours after
knitting by rinsing the tam in a mixture of vinegar and cold water.

HTH
Higs,
Katherine

Elaborating: ICEY cold water, vinegar, and you could also add a cup of
salt.

Thanks, Noreen, I knew that one of the dyers would be able to elaborate
on my suggestion.

Higs,
Katherine