I had some silk scarves I wanted to dye for a craft fair I have coming up soon so I gathered together some other fabric and threads so I could make good use of the dyes I was mixing.
I used mostly cotton but there was also some scrim and cotton perle. I also included some paper 'thread' that I bought at the Knitting and Stitching Show a few years ago. I'm not sure if I have dyed it before so I thought I'd give it a go and see how it came out.
Here are all the fabrics etc. washed and ready to go.
I also included a piece of fabric that I bought from Margaret Beal a few years ago although I had no idea what it is made from and whether it would dye. Sadly, although it looked good as it came out of the dye bath, once it was washed, all the dye disappeared so it must be synthetic and no good for Procion dyes.
I think I bought it because the grid looked interesting. It was only today that I notices it has little clear sequins knitted in to the fabric!
I space dyed the silk scarves in a tray and added a piece of cotton fabric in the bottom to add to my stash.
I went for blue, purple and magenta although the photo looks a bit brown in places!
The rest of the fabrics I intended dyeing using plastic bags but they have gone missing from the cupboard! I therefore had to make use of anything else I could lay my hands on. Thankfully I have several jugs that I use when dyeing so together with those, a bowl which I also use for dyeing and another couple of trays, I just about managed.
The photos don't seem to look much but you should have seen the mess! I really do appreciate how cleaner it is when dyeing in plastic bags so I must get some for next time.
Come back tomorrow and I will post photos of the finished fabrics. They look good wet so let's hope they will look as good when they are dry!
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