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Help.. its bleeding

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Ok, so I am working on a knotwork bookmark. I have finished the inside part, using a hand dyed thread from Weeks Dye Works. Its a green that goes into a reddish brown. The card says its not colorfast.. so before I started stitching, I and washed it in a bit of light soap and cold water and let it dry.

Well, I stitched up the middle of my bookmark.. and ran my fabric under cold water at lunch. I had made a mess of my pattern markings, so before I started on the other areas, thought I should wash out my markings. Just pulled it out to check if it had dried yet... my reds have bled! Help.. I washed my threads before stitching in cold, and rinsed today in cold thinking it would be ok. I am using just an off white aida.

Is there anything I can do?
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:shock: I don't know but maybe a bit more rinsing to see if the color will wash off and then dry it between two towels.
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All you can do is rinse in cool water, again and again and again and again until the red stops running. Tedious, but it does work in the end. :)
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Hope you get it sorted. :hug:
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oh dear! I agree, the only thing I can think of is rinsing repeatedly..
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rinse and rinse again, and Carrie (from Carrie's Threads) advised using synthrapol (a tiny bit or you'll be rinsing forever, she says) when washing hand-dyed threads, as it prevents the colour that you wash out from settling on the fabric. It's available from eBay for a few pounds.
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Thanks for all your help.

In the end, I decided to scrap it and start over. The more I rinsed out the fabric, the more the threads dulled. I had spent a while stitching it up, but decided to start over. This time, I will stitch up the outside parts first, they use solid DMC threads and wash out all my markings, then stitch up the middle part with the overdyed threads.. no rinsing! I also heard somewhere to iron overdyed threads first, something about the heat sets the color. Who knows but it didnt hurt. I should be ready to start again tomorrow night.
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