I’m not absolutely sure yet, but early indications suggest that the thread I used on the cloth diaper wipes may not be colorfast. At least, that’s the only explanation I have for why I wound up with blue dye on my hands after changing Young Master James’s diaper this morning.
This would be, shall we say, a design flaw.
It’s Sulky variegated thread, designed for quilting and machine embroidery. I find it hard to believe that it wouldn’t be colorfast, but the evidence is pretty clear. We’ll see what happens when I wash the wipes, but for now I’ve gone back to using the old frayed ones.
Yikes! You could do a colorfast test on the thread without any (how do I put this tastefully?) foreign substance beyond water. Wet some of the thread and put it between paper towels to dry. If there’s nothing on the paper towels, perhaps some foreign substance caused the dye to run.
Hmmmm. That’s a very good point, one that I hadn’t considered. I will be posting an update soon, now that I have laundered the first few wipes. A preview of the verdict: mixed.
That is surprising – I would have expected Sulky thread to be colorfast. But maybe not… We’re anxiously awaiting the update…