I am dyeing and writing and writing and dyeing then writing some more. The next new Quilt University (www.quiltuniversity.com) class, Dyeing Wool is coming along. Above you can see my first round of experiments using acid dyes on wool fabric, a bit of roaving, and yarn. Glorious.
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In lesson one we dye bold bright colors as well as multicolored and variegated colors. Next week I will show you what's up for lesson two and three..JPG)
One of the very best things about acid dyes is that what you put into the pot gets used up so you know there are no left overs. This is the "after" shot.....JPG)
This is the "before" shot when the dyes had just been added. Amazing, eh? I'm loving this.
Just ordered some exotic yarns to test. Yahooooo!
The wool yarn, roaving, felt, and fabric will be available on my web site sometime in December so you can get started collecting your supplies for this online class.
I expect Wool Dyeing to be available early 2011. Are you ready??
3 comments:
Stunning. Keep it coming. I am hoping to use my Procion dyes. . . Possible?
Jackie
Marjie - I can't wait. This is so exciting.
I will primarily be teaching how to dye using the acid dyes BUT I will include how to use Procion MX dyes AS acid dyes. If you want to only use Procion MX dyes, then all the colors will have to be mixed up and saved for a minimum of 2 weeks ahead of use. That can be inconvenient but I'll show you how to do that in lesson one so that by the time we hit lesson three, it is ready.
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