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Dyeing experiments
Well, after all that useful information from Sonya, Helen and Els
(many thanks!), I just had to have a dabble... I found some black food colouring liquid at the back of a cupboard and sloshed some into a bowl with some warm water. Then I soaked about 100 yards of the yellow cashmere in some warm water with added vinegar, squeezed it out and chucked it in the dye bath for half an hour. When it came out, I rinsed it and almost all of the colour washed out, so I sloshed some vinegar into the dye bath and tried again. The colour stuck this time! Then the hank went into hot water (with vinegar) in the oven at about 90C (maybe less) for another half hour. Then rinse under the tap, blot on a towel and hang up to dry. The result is a hank of cashmere that is a rather uninspiring mid-brown colour with some dark brown and light brown patches - but the experiment worked! Ferreting around in the cupboards again revealed blue and yellow food colouring - now I'm getting ambitious! Soaked another hank in acid water, then made up strong colours in two egg cups and stuck opposite ends of the hank in each for half an hour. Rinse and into the oven as before. This one turned out pale green with a dark yellow/orange end and a purple end. Great fun, even if the kitchen does smell like a chippy! I'll put some pictures on my Project Pages when everything has dried. Now what else can I find to play with...? Hmm, let's see now... beetroot, turmeric, red wine, tomato paste, gravy browning... I'll just think of all those things that are so difficult to wash out when you really want them to! ;-) -- Sue CD...quietly unravelling in Cumbria... Pot Luck Crafts www.howhill.com Sue's Project Pages www.howhill.com/projects Please take off your shoes to email me! |
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Cool - glad you're finding things that work! You'll find a color combo
you like soon at this rate Sonya I'll put some pictures on my Project Pages when everything has dried. Now what else can I find to play with...? Hmm, let's see now... beetroot, turmeric, red wine, tomato paste, gravy browning... I'll just think of all those things that are so difficult to wash out when you really want them to! ;-) -- Sue CD...quietly unravelling in Cumbria... Pot Luck Crafts www.howhill.com Sue's Project Pages www.howhill.com/projects Please take off your shoes to email me! |
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| On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:37:36 +0100, "Sue Carlson Dunn" wrote:
Well, after all that useful information from Sonya, Helen and Els (many thanks!), I just had to have a dabble... I found some black food colouring liquid at the back of a cupboard and sloshed some into a bowl with some warm water. Then I soaked about 100 yards of the yellow cashmere in some warm water with added vinegar, squeezed it out and chucked it in the dye bath for half an hour. When it came out, I rinsed it and almost all of the colour washed out, so I sloshed some vinegar into the dye bath and tried again. The colour stuck this time! Then the hank went into hot water (with vinegar) in the oven at about 90C (maybe less) for another half hour. Then rinse under the tap, blot on a towel and hang up to dry. Okay, I think you're mixing up the painting methods and the vat methods here. If you're soaking the whole skein, you mix up a dye bath with both the color and the vinegar in them, no need to do separate steps. The result is a hank of cashmere that is a rather uninspiring mid-brown colour with some dark brown and light brown patches - but the experiment worked! Ferreting around in the cupboards again revealed blue and yellow food colouring - now I'm getting ambitious! Soaked another hank in acid water, then made up strong colours in two egg cups and stuck opposite ends of the hank in each for half an hour. Rinse and into the oven as before. And here, no need to rinse before you heat set, only after. Also no need pre-soak in the vinegar if you're sticking the skein into liquid dye. The vinegar can be in the liquid. The painting method is to pre-soak and squeeze to just damp, then apply the color, heat set it and THEN rinse. The vinegar can be mixed into the color or the pre-soak in that case, which ever you find easier. The color sets when is it both warm and acidic at the same time. I'll put some pictures on my Project Pages when everything has dried. Now what else can I find to play with...? Hmm, let's see now... beetroot, turmeric, red wine, tomato paste, gravy browning... I'll just think of all those things that are so difficult to wash out when you really want them to! ;-) Beet root color is not light fast, though. It gradually fades to grey, as does wine. Turmeric is quite a nice dye; resistant to light and washing. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ |
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"Helen "Halla" Fleischer" wrote in message
... Okay, I think you're mixing up the painting methods and the vat methods here. If you're soaking the whole skein, you mix up a dye bath with both the color and the vinegar in them, no need to do separate steps. Yes, I realised that when I re-read your comprehensive 'structions! But the vinegar "pre-wash" did bring quite a bit of dirt out of the yarn, and because the water here is quite hard and I was just experimenting I thought that a bit of vinegar in everything wouldn't go amiss. Now that I know that the theory works, I'll simplify the technique, although probably keep the vinegar pre-wash as a cleaning stage. Beet root color is not light fast, though. It gradually fades to grey, as does wine. Turmeric is quite a nice dye; resistant to light and washing. Thanks - I have about half a pound of turmeric in various pots, mostly gifts from fellow curry-lovers! -- Sue CD...quietly unravelling in Cumbria... Pot Luck Crafts www.howhill.com Sue's Project Pages www.howhill.com/projects Please take off your shoes to email me! |
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"Sue Carlson Dunn" wrote in message ... "Helen "Halla" Fleischer" wrote in message ... Okay, I think you're mixing up the painting methods and the vat methods here. If you're soaking the whole skein, you mix up a dye bath with both the color and the vinegar in them, no need to do separate steps. Yes, I realised that when I re-read your comprehensive 'structions! Please may I have the comprehensive 'structions' ? Ophelia |
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"Sue Carlson Dunn" wrote in message ... "Ophelia" wrote in message ... "Sue Carlson Dunn" wrote in message ... "Helen "Halla" Fleischer" wrote in message ... Okay, I think you're mixing up the painting methods and the vat methods here. If you're soaking the whole skein, you mix up a dye bath with both the color and the vinegar in them, no need to do separate steps. Yes, I realised that when I re-read your comprehensive 'structions! Please may I have the comprehensive 'structions' ? Have a look at the thread with subject line "A question of dyeing..." - it's all there in glorious detail! Thank you Sue) O |
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