Vegan Yarn Studio Updates — hand dyed yarn
What's Crocking? Indigo's Strange Awesomeness.
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If you've ever had a favourite pair of perfectly faded blue jeans (not the super-fake-printed-to-look-worn ones), you know what crocking is. It's something unique to indigo dye, and its different than dye that hasn't taken properly, and is washing off. (Not cool) If you've ever knitted or crocheted with indigo dyed yarn, you may have noticed that your fingers, and perhaps knitting needles (or crochet hook) started turning blue! Don't panic, this is crocking, and its completely safe, and normal. If you're the kind of person that enjoys these strange fibrey phenomena, you may even be a little tickled by...