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Post by MTRuth on Nov 24, 2013 19:02:13 GMT
Here are a few photos of the roving I dyed on Friday. It is the mixed breed 56's wool that I got recently dyed with acid dyes. Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment DeletedMost of these are dyed a solid color just a few that I tried adding several different colors to the pot.
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Post by MTRuth on Nov 24, 2013 19:08:52 GMT
I forgot that Ann wanted to see the mixed magenta and violet wool after carding. Here it is. It was hard to get a decent photo. Attachment Deleted
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Post by Pandagirl on Nov 25, 2013 0:18:12 GMT
They are all wonderful, but the magenta/viloet is stunning! The cats will love it. :-)
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Post by MTRuth on Nov 25, 2013 0:30:02 GMT
Oh - that one is merino and won't be used for cat toys. No specific plans for it at the moment.
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Post by lyn on Nov 25, 2013 8:01:40 GMT
Oooh - that carded magenta and violet is scrummy, but I particularly like the yellow/lime dyed wool it's a good mix.
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Post by zed on Nov 25, 2013 12:49:33 GMT
They all look so good
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Feb 26, 2014 20:06:34 GMT
I'm so envious right now, I want to start dyeing wool roving but am scared of messing things up and also of the investment... ah, one day
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Post by Pandagirl on Feb 26, 2014 20:18:43 GMT
Leonor, it's not that scary once you get started and it's fun even though there are mistakes along the way sometimes. You learn to be creative in figuring out how to fix them. :-)
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 26, 2014 20:53:17 GMT
wow the carded wool is practically glowing. Its fun to dye. sometimes you don't get what you thought you would but its all usable. If you are a note taker you will learn lots. Dharma trading sells a tiny little scale for dyes so you can weigh out tiny amounts. when I first started it was easier to makeup some liquid dyes and then use them to do the mixing of colours. it was easier to measure out small amounts of liquid with a syringe.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 26, 2014 20:58:46 GMT
I usually just buy red, yellow, blue and black dyes. You can mix just about any color from those. I dye my own fiber because I'm cheap and can't stand to pay the high prices for dyed roving.
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 26, 2014 21:05:00 GMT
pink is hard to get for some reason.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 26, 2014 21:23:14 GMT
I don't have any problem with pink. I just use really weak red dye and the white from the roving makes it pink.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Feb 27, 2014 0:24:41 GMT
Ruth, Those are outstanding colors, and taking the time to dye seems worth it... A bit less garish than my icing dyed wool. Nice work! How much wool do you normally dye at a time?
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Post by halay on Feb 27, 2014 6:37:30 GMT
Wonderful colours! Thanks Ruth for giving advice on the basic colours one needs for dyeing. But do I understand correctly - after dyeing and drying you need to card your wool again? I like experimenting with dyes but so far I have only dyed small amounts of silk and cotton gauze. I don't have a carder but perhaps I should get one in the future.
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 27, 2014 14:29:35 GMT
Halay there are 2 sets of primaries. one is call painters they are the more natural looking one. The other are called printers colours, these are the bright ones. www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/dharma-acid-dyes.html?lnav=dyes.html
for some reason dharma has added two florescent colours and black as primaries as well. In this case I think the fluorescents are pure colours with nothing else in them. black is never pure as far as I know.
prochem might be better for you www.prochemicalanddye.com/home.php?cat=403 they call them cool(painters) and warm(printers)
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