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Fiber Arts Friday

This week’s spotlight fiber art is Hand Dyeing. This farmgirl is new to dyeing, so I thought I would try it out with some alpaca yarn that I already had mill spun. I started with Easter Egg Dye and instructions from this video over at Blonde Chicken Boutique.

dyejar

Here is the yarn in the jar that I kept putting in the microwave. After I used the green dye there were still some places on the yarn that had not taken the color. So I decided to dye it again in blue and see what would happen. Fortunately I loved the results. I did the same thing with yellow and orange and was not nearly as excited about the outcome.

bluegrnyarn

I did the same thing with orange and pink. Liked these results.

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Liz from Hobbledehoy posted a great tutorial on kettle dyeing, which is the next step I’m hoping to take. She uses professiona acid dyes from the Dharma Trading Company. Another great source for dyeing information is Paula Burch’s All About Hand Dyeing site. I recently picked up the book, Hands on DyeingThere is also a group on Yahoo! Groups called “Dye Happy” for those who are interested in discussing dyeing techniques and resources. I can’t wait to dig in and get started, how about you?

Do you have any other great dyeing resources? If so, please leave them in the comment section!

Now let’s see what you Fiber Artisans have been up to this week. Link your fiber blog posts to the Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival!

Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival!

To participate:

Add the permalink to a specific blog post that features something Fiber Art related, rather than your general blog address and not your Etsy store. (Please DO put a link in your blog post that takes us to your store though.)
Link back to Fiber Arts Friday from your post so that your readers can come and see everyone else’s projects! Use the button or a text link to http://www.alpacafarmgirl.com.
Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what helps us all connect!
Double-check to make sure your link works and goes to the right page so it doesn’t get deleted.

Fiber Art Fridays Participants

1. Texas Red
2. Hobbledehoy
3. Blonde Chicken Boutique
4. vintagepix
5. zebisisdesigns
6. FiberDeviant
7. Michele@AHouseCalledNut
8. Emily – Skyline Chilly

9. Dutch Hollow Acres
10. Dawn
11. Teresa Levite Studio
12. Feistywoman Designs
13. Fuzzy Mitten
14. Woolyhands
15. kath whipup roundup
16. Dawn

17. Frolic \’n Fibers
18. COLORBOMBer Velma
19. COLORBOMBer Velma
20. Leigh Thomas
21. Just Ducky
22. Alison Christy

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April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca yarn, Blond Chicken Boutique, Dharma Trading Co., Dyeing, Easter egg dye, hand dyeing, Hobbledehoy, Mr. Linky, Paula Burch | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Subscribe to comments | Comments are currently closed | Trackback URL

FiberDeviant:
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm

thanks so much for inviting me to participate! i cant wait to see all of the neat things everyone else has done!

happy fiber friday!

FiberDeviants last blog post..A NEW GREENVILLE ATTRACTION: WESTEND MOVIES … what a cool concept!

Michele:
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 am

Thanks for all the dyeing resources! I’ve never dyed my own fiber, but would really like to give it a try. I’m an avid mushroom picker and keep coming across beautiful, but inedible, mushrooms that can be used for dyes. Maybe this season it’ll finally be time to give them a try!

Katy:
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 am

You are so welcome. I was surprised at how much I liked it, and how relatively easy it was!

Sharon B:
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 am

Ooohh… and I’m going to have major time by myself this weekend and some handspun that hasn’t been dyed yet. I haven’t taken the plunge into dying yet because I didn’t want to invest a lot of kitchen equipment that I’d then have to store, but this, I can do!

Thanks for the links!

Sharon Bs last blog post..Blink… Blink…

Carolyn B (vintagepix):
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:58 am

Thanks for inviting me (and putting me in the right week ;o) Look forward to seeing what everyone else has done! Or should that be “dyeing to see”? *groan*

FiberDeviant:
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 am

oh.. i loved seeing your experiments in dyeing! one of these days i hope to add this into my skill set!

i am so drawn to the pink\orange combo! lovely!