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Post by zed on Dec 8, 2011 13:06:14 GMT
I've just uploaded a dyeing tutorial to the Felting and Fiber Studio site. It's for direct dyeing and has a guide for making up very small amounts of dye. feltingandfiberstudio.com/2011/12/08/direct-dyeing/I forgot to mention in the tutorial, but I mainly use just red, yellow, blue and teal dyes. I bought a turquoise which turned out to be just like teal, and a green which turned out to be no different to a blue/yellow mix. It's possible to get lots of different shades with very few colours.  Silk Throwsters waste by zedster01, on Flickr |
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Post by karen on Dec 9, 2011 22:48:48 GMT
Fantastic tutorial zed, and those colors are awesome  |
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Post by zed on Dec 10, 2011 9:06:25 GMT
Thanks, Kaz It only took about 15 goes to get a photo that looked like the silk, the greeny blues kept showing up royal blue! |
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 10, 2011 13:10:56 GMT
I have the basic colours, then some others but I tweak them too. if you want a little more blue add some it it should be a redder purple add some more red. One of my favourite is called mallard green. you get some really great colours add in a little more blue or yellow to the mix. Black is great you can really change a colour with black. like when you want to take that blue green into a deep forest green.
I took a colour class and it was really helpful. How colours go together, how they effect each other. We also learned want all the extra lines on the colour wheel are for.
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Post by koffipot on Dec 10, 2011 13:59:13 GMT
Beautiful colours zed. I love playing with colour too. Adding a tad of the opposite colour can make a garish shade into a more muted one. e.g. a tad of red into green or vice versa.
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Post by zed on Dec 10, 2011 16:16:34 GMT
Thanks, Judith I think I got about 16 different shades from each of the primaries just by adding a drop or two of other colours. Next on the list is definitely black. I guess that means I'll have to do another World of Wool order, poor me |
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Post by koffipot on Dec 10, 2011 17:54:33 GMT
I feel for you!!!
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 13, 2011 0:30:45 GMT
I just got back from my Level II stitch class and we worked on dyeing threads and fabrics for 2 1/2 days. It was great fun. I'll have to take photos to show you what all I dyed. Your colors came out beautifully, Zed. The turquoise next to the oranges really gives a nice pop.
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Post by zed on Dec 13, 2011 13:05:46 GMT
Thanks Ruth I'll look forward to seeing what you've dyed, the dyeing info has gone down really well on the website Here's one of my (many) reject pics: |
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