Post by blythwhimsies on Jan 20, 2016 20:46:52 GMT
Marilyn's recent post about experimenting with samples of fabric reminded me that I meant to post here my recent fibre dyeing experiments.
I laid out a large-ish piece of white merino, just two layers, then added the various fibres.
After felting, I cut the piece into 4 strips and then dyed each one using a different technique. I only have Eurolana and Wilton food colour dyes, so it was a bit limited, but serves my needs to know which fibres take up dye and which don't.
The turquoise strip was dyed with Eurolana turquoise.
The green with a mix of turquoise and yellow dyes
The purple with Wilton violet food colour (which I know breaks to give purple and turquoise and sometimes pink)
The orange with Eurolana red and warm yellow.
The fibres used, from top to bottom are:
tussah silk
silk laps
soya bean
cotton/silk yarn
cotton/linen yarn
plastic fibre
silk throwsters
banana top
bright trilobal
flax linen
milk protein
You can clearly see in the 2nd image the tussah and silk laps take up the turquoise from the Wilton violet food colour whereas in the orange strip they are just slightly lighter orange
And the bright trilobal is more burgundy than purple in the 3rd image
Milk protein seems to have picked up more of the turquoise in the green strip
I now have a reference for fibres so I know what to use when throwing things into the dye pot - it takes some of the guesswork and surprise! out of the dyeing process.
Here it is as a blog post with lots more images
blythwhimsies.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/dyeing-fibres-sample/
I laid out a large-ish piece of white merino, just two layers, then added the various fibres.
After felting, I cut the piece into 4 strips and then dyed each one using a different technique. I only have Eurolana and Wilton food colour dyes, so it was a bit limited, but serves my needs to know which fibres take up dye and which don't.
The turquoise strip was dyed with Eurolana turquoise.
The green with a mix of turquoise and yellow dyes
The purple with Wilton violet food colour (which I know breaks to give purple and turquoise and sometimes pink)
The orange with Eurolana red and warm yellow.
The fibres used, from top to bottom are:
tussah silk
silk laps
soya bean
cotton/silk yarn
cotton/linen yarn
plastic fibre
silk throwsters
banana top
bright trilobal
flax linen
milk protein
You can clearly see in the 2nd image the tussah and silk laps take up the turquoise from the Wilton violet food colour whereas in the orange strip they are just slightly lighter orange
And the bright trilobal is more burgundy than purple in the 3rd image
Milk protein seems to have picked up more of the turquoise in the green strip
I now have a reference for fibres so I know what to use when throwing things into the dye pot - it takes some of the guesswork and surprise! out of the dyeing process.
Here it is as a blog post with lots more images
blythwhimsies.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/dyeing-fibres-sample/
