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Post by zed on Dec 14, 2011 9:30:57 GMT
We were asked on the blog the other day about using direct dyeing on a piece after it's already felted. I hadn't tried it, so I did that on Monday and got some interesting results  If you have any advice or info, links to photos of your dyeing experiments, it'd be great if you could share them, here and on the blog feltingandfiberstudio.com/2011/12/13/direct-dyeing-felt-samples/ |
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 14, 2011 18:38:20 GMT
I dyed this piece after it was felted. It's a tablet cover with a small nuno felted silk embellishment. I just made a pot of dye and put it in the pot and simmered it in the pot for about 45 minutes. My hubby wanted green with "nothing fancy" on it. A bit boring.  |
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Post by zed on Dec 15, 2011 8:49:37 GMT
That turned out really well. I wonder if it's better to use a pot of dye on felt rather than applying the dye and steaming? It'd be interesting to do a white sampler with lots of other fibres and see the dye uptake, I know there are 'rules' about which dyes to use for which fibre, but it'd be a good way to see which are more 'accepting'.
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 15, 2011 17:53:37 GMT
That sounds like a fun experiment. Most of the plant fibers will take up some acid dye but you just don't get strong colors. Wool will also take some fiber reactive dye but you get pale shades.
I think with the pot of dye you get better chance of a solid color if that's what you want.
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 16, 2011 2:26:27 GMT
Ruth you are posed to be able to use the MX dyes as acid dyes, using vinegar instead of the PHup
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 16, 2011 17:33:01 GMT
Thanks Ann - I have to get Procion MX dyes for my class so I'll have to do some experimenting with wool. I've not heard that they could be interchanged.
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 16, 2011 21:51:56 GMT
the acid dyes won't work as fiberreactive dyes. Just the other way round.
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Post by zed on Dec 18, 2011 10:21:22 GMT
Ann, you have some really nice resist dyed pieces on the website, how did you do those?
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 19, 2011 0:02:20 GMT
I will have to go look at see what I posted. The samples are from a class I took with Chad Alice Hagen. The large circles are washers clamped on the felt. The circles that are fuzzy we pinched up the felt and then tied elastics around it tight. The small circles were from a piece of metal that had holes punched in it, one clamped on each side of the felt. Lastly the one with the long stripes was done with popsicle sticks. The blue close up one was sewn up in pleats going in many directions and the red and black stole was tied onto a pole with string or elastics and scrunched up and put in the dye pot. The pictures are here feltingandfiberstudio.com/fibers/dyeing/ |
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Post by zed on Dec 19, 2011 8:47:16 GMT
Thanks Are they put into dye pots? Did they start one colour or dyed twice? I remember the pole one. |
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 19, 2011 12:42:48 GMT
The blue and white one was only dyed once and the rest dyed twice. They were all done in a dye pot.
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Post by karen on Dec 19, 2011 20:14:32 GMT
Ann could you put a link to your website in your signature pleeeeeease |
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 19, 2011 22:08:31 GMT
my personal site is not up yet but I put the blog address. I will modify the about post to include a link to the pictures. I should of thought of that.
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