Yarn dye lots
Practical guidance: yarn dye lots.
Key principles
- Buy enough skeins from the same dye lot.
- When changing lots, alternate skeins across several rows.
- Keep the yarn label until the project is complete.
Step-by-step process
- Record yarn, tool and project parameters.
- Make a small test and measure it without stretching.
- Compare the result with the target and change only one parameter at a time.
- Record the decision in the project journal so it can be reproduced.
Common mistakes
The most common mistake is treating label or pattern data as a guarantee. Technique, fibre, stitch and washing can change the result.