Dye Lot
A dye lot is a record taken during the dyeing of yarn to identify yarn that received its coloration in the same vat at the same time. Yarn manufacturers assign each lot a unique identification number and stamp it on the label before shipping. Slight differences in temperature, dyeing time, and other factors can result in different shades of the same color between different dye lots of otherwise identical production. Although the component elements of a dye lot number are of interest only for internal business recordkeeping, retail yarn consumers have an interest in ensuring that they purchase a given color of yarn from identical dye lots.
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... generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc ... that the yarn for a project comes from a single dye lot ... The dye lot specifies a group of skeins that were dyed together and thus have precisely the same color skeins from different dye-lots, even if very similar in color, are usually ...
... are generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc ... generally ensure that the yarn for a project comes from a single dye lot ... The dye lot specifies a group of skeins that were dyed together and thus have precisely the same color skeins from different dye-lots, even if very similar in color, are usually slightly different and may produce a ...
... Use of the same dye lot or run number may also be important in other applications, such as Wallpaper, fabrics for drapes and other uses, carpets, flooring ...
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“It will help me nothing
To plead mine innocence, for that dye is on me
Which makes my whit’st part black.”
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