Cotton chenille-handdye job pt.1

Dyeing cotton Chenille
Yesterday morning I dyed some cotton chenille with MX fiber reactive dyes. This process started by soaking the yarn in warm water and Synthrapol. As this is a bulky gauge, I let it sit for over an hour.

Then I let it soak again in salt and soda ash fixer which allows for painting the yarn.

Here it is fixed and ready to dye laid out on trash bags and plastic wrap: