Dyeing Punis

I started learning to spin cotton, but the punis that I purchased are white and I love spinning color. So I tried to dye some of the punis with dyes for cotton. I soaked the punis and then painted them with colors.

Here you can see the ones that I painted.


However, when started to spin it, the dye was only surface level. It didn't soak further into the puni.


Here you can see it clearer, how the inside is still very much white.


Here you can see, kind of, how the single is barber poled.


I am next going to try immersing the punis in color to see if I can dye them through or at least more than surface level. I just need to get some more cotton dyes.