
This week: Dyeing with fugitive color and pre-making dye extracts for a later date
This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Painting using the indigo flower pigment and how to strip color from a naturally dyed fiber
This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: How to channel the color of champagne on silk with a natural dye like cutch
This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Too much dye on yarn and which natural dye extracts can be used without mordanting?
This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Maximizing color with assists and are liquid dyes prepared like extracts?
This week: Is it possible to use too much natural dye in a vat, foaming kamala and getting green with myrobalan
This week: Lac and our BioHue inks get lots of questions online. We get a little feedback help from Judi Pettite, founder of BioHue inks!
There are so many terms and techniques in the natural dye space that we decided to create a natural dye glossary for you! Unless you work in a natural dye house full-time or have been doing dyeing since time immemorial, you’re not apt to know everything. We created this glossary of terms so that you can look like a plant dye master and a natural dyeing pro. Well, at least you’ll sound like it. Check out the terms below and shoot us an email if you think we left something out and need to add it! Natural Dye Glossary Alkaline: … Read more
This week: What kind of dye pots should you use, do liquid dyes need a mordant and how to shift color with iron