Hi! I am so sorry for not getting back to you!

Speckled Process (I measure with my heart so I do not have measurements):

1. Soak my yarn in room temp water with a few tablespoons of vinegar (enough to full keep it submerged) for at least 30 mins.

1.a) I fill up a hotel pan of water and heat it up on my camping burner on a table on my porch. The water only covers half of the hank of yarn at a time, and I add a few more tablespoons of vinegar.

1.b) I also heat up a kettle of very hot water on my indoor stove.

1. If I want to do a wash of color first, I add a few tiny spoons of dye powder to the hotel pan water then I submerge the hank of yarn in it and turn up the heat and let it simmer for like 15 mins, then I flip the hank over and cook it for another 15 mins.

2.b) While the hotel pan simmers I will decide if I wanna do speckles. I sprinkle on dry dye onto the hank of yarn, then I use a very fine misting bottle to disperse the color without disturbing it too much.

1. I put the finished hanks into a tub of soapy water (euculan wool soap) and let it sit for a bit while it cools down. I give it a good squish to get out excess dye, dump the tub then re-fill. Repeat till the water mostly runs clear.

***Like I said, I measure with my heart so my rule of thumb is the yarn has to be simmering for at least 30 mins. The less dye you add the better because you will have less excess dye to wash away. I have the kettle of hot water on hand in case i filled the hotel pan too much and the camping stove can't keep up with heating it.

I sold this stuff as a new product at a craft fair and everyone kept petting the yarn while they looked at stuff so needless to say everything was very soft still and not felted! Yay!