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"Scrunched Dyeing for Sky with Clouds"
Isn't it wonderful to wake up and know you are going to create some beautiful sky colors. Tip: Unless your doing a sunset, don't make a rich dark sky,
it will dominate your work. If you have water in your picture, it
normally is two values stronger than your sky color. When listening to folks talking about dyeing their wool fabrics or wool yarns, it sounds complicated and a lot of hard work. Consequently a lot of people don't try to dye. Today, I will introduce you to a simple direct way to start dyeing. Now, can I say, let's make a sky to "dye" for!; -) 1. Cut 2 strips of wool, white or off white, 2" longer than your
pan.
Example: Pan is 8" x 13" then wool strips are 8" x 15". 2. Soak in warm water with liquid dish detergent for at
least an hour. 3. Cushing Dye Formula: - 1/64 teaspoon of robin's
egg blue, - 1/128 teaspoon silver gray, - 1/128 teaspoon sky blue Measure carefully in 1 cup boiling water. 4. Place the 2 strips of wool in the pan,andscrunch the wool
together leaving peaks and valleys so some of the white
or off white wool stands above the rest of the fabric.
Dribble the formula over the wool leaving spots on the peaks
free from dye to create your clouds. 5. Take 1/2 cup very warm water mixed with 1/4 cup white
vinegar and go around the dish edge, lifting the wool as you
go. 6. Cover tightly with foil with a few
air holes poked in the top, and bake for an hour at 225 degrees,F.
7. Remove from oven and let cool, then rinse thoroughly
and dry. For a moving sky, do not hook straight across,
make an irregular pattern and hook above and below your dips and valleys. Make them any size you like. Click below
for examples: In a pictorial, remember
as you go towards the horizon there is less action and your irregular pattern should be much smaller to create distance. To view LinArt Designs list of dyes, click below: To view our list of Books on Dyeing, click below:
http://www.linartdesigns.com/id 93.html Now you are will on your way to thinking like a fiber artist. Don't you feel
more creative already!? If you're having trouble
with your sky dyeing, or have any questions, contact Linda at linartdesigns@eastlink.ca I would be happy to assist you.
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