Hand dyeing

Heather Thomas explains that dyeing anything that is packaged can usually fit in a cup and can use one or multiple colors, but when it is finished she puts it in a cheap plastic bag. She tells you to immerse the fabric for 10-15 seconds then wring it out. She likes to wait around 6 hours until rinsing, but this part is up to you.

Learn how to naturally change the shade of your fabric with a tea-dye. It's easy, and anticipation over the results are part of the fun!

No matter which fabric dyeing techniques you use, dyeing fabric can be a fun–some might even say transformative–creative experience. Pulling the hand-dyed fabric from the dye bath to reveal the colors and patterns you have

First a disclaimer: no pennies were harmed in the process of dyeing this fabric. Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens by Nova Scotia dye expert Karen Leigh Casselman is my main dye bible. Most of the dye recipes are for plants found in North America, but Casselman offers two offbeat mineral dye recipes with copper pennies and clay as the dyestuff. This summer I'll try the clay recipe which is very messy. Copper penny blue was manageable in my laundry room. Dawn MacNutt adapted…

Beginner's Guide to Hand Dyeing Yarn: 5 Steps

Congratulations to imwalton, our winner for this month's blog giveaway! We will be in touch with you shortly to arrange for the delivery of your prize. If cabin fever is starting to set in this winter, why not try dyeing your own yarn to add some color to your next project? It's easier than you think - in fact, you might have everything you need already in your kitchen! Here, we've used sugar-free Kool-Aid to dye a multi-colored skein of yarn and will show you how to do your own at-home…

In this blog post I’ll show you how to dye a scarf with mahonia berries (also known as Oregon grape) with a simple tie dye stripe pattern. These are my local berries – in the early summer, the bushes are laden with hundreds of strands of these little purple jewels. Maybe you have other local...

Very less do we know that we can create textures and pattern with the things easily available at home. Here are few interesting ideas to try with fabric dying..

The next best thing to teaching others how to hand-dye fabrics and fibers, is seeing the results of their efforts, and the fabric collections which are being produced during the current session of my…

How to dye fabric using procion fiber reactive dyes, for a wide variety of brighter and more colorfast results.

Discover the beauty of green tea dyeing! A natural, eco-friendly method for creating unique fabric tones. #NaturalDye #EcoCrafting #DIYFabric

Each skein of yarn is hand-dyed in my dye studio by me (Babs) or one of my three assistant dyers. As a result of the hand-dyeing process, each skein will be slightly different even if they laid next to each other on the dye table. However, they will be closest to each other if dyed all at the same time. I recommend tha

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DIY natural dyeing and fabric crafts. Learn how to best dye silk fabric using natural dyes such as cochineal, onion skins, avocados, marigolds. FREE natural dyes list.😀

These moody earthy tones are so hard to photograph. They do have a bit of sparkle to them. Available here. SOLD Have a goo...

Flour resist with dye