#crocking

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Color Crocking - Floor Detective

What you need to know Crocking occurs when the dye has not properly penetrated or chemically bonded to the fibers. It can also occur due to

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Crocking So I'm knitting matching hats for the fiancé and me. Both are Habitat by Jared Flood. Both are knit in Swans Island worsted with natural dyes. Mine is in Vintage Lilac and is cruising along. His is in charcoal and the progress is slow. Why? Crocking. Turns out with indigo (a pigment and not a dye) you can get something called crocking when you knit with the yarn. (Same thing if you wear dark jeans and the color runs off on things.) In this situation it rubs off on the needles and my hands. A lot. So this is after maybe 4-5 rounds of knitting, which is not a lot of knitting and a lot of crocking. While I love natural dyes and Swans Island I think that I'll avoid indigo in the future. What a crock...