With the beautiful warm weather we've had the past few weeks I've been dyeing fiber again. This time something new was tried. I put the pre-soaked fiber into a couple of large plastic containers and poured leftover dye in different colors in the jar as I added the fiber. Then into a black trash bag and sat it in the hot sun for a couple days.
When I rinsed them afterwards there was a little more color in the water than normal, but they rinsed clean after a couple times. I don't think any true color was washed away. The colors were not as varied as I'd hoped. They pretty much did their own thing together, but pretty anyway. I think I will try carding them with some of the flash I got a couple months ago. We'll see what turns out. I do like the colors they both ended up ... fluorescent pink and electric blue, and a light lime green and soft royal blue. The computer really doesn't do them justice.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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