More New Colors
Posted 10/30/2008 5:38pm by Eugene Wyatt.
Hallows
This light madder was dyed (see Immersion Dyeing) by using the dye bath leftover from dyeing a dark madder, 12% WOF*. Hallows looks like it was dyed in a 4-5% WOF madder bath which could have been prepared separately—but why—when the hot pot was there and ready to dye. Even though you never know what strength of color you'll get—which is the fun of natural dyeing—using a dye bath twice is an economical and time saving way to get another hue. Madder baths need watching, they must never boil or you'll lose the color.
*% of dye extract to the weight of fiber.
Buy skeins of Hallows in the Naturally Dyed Yarn Department of the Yarn Store.
Du Vin
An indigo over-dye of madder (see Natural Dye Workshop, Indigo Blue Pt. 1, 2 & 3) Buy skeins of Du Vin in the Naturally Dyed Yarn Department of the Yarn Store.
Mystery
An indigo over-dye of cochineal, you never know what you'll get. See Natural Dye Workshop, Indigo Blue Pt. 4 Buy skeins of Mystery in the Naturally Dyed Yarn Department of the Yarn Store.0 Comments »