This afternoon neighbor Carol and I did some ice dyeing. Can't wait to see how the scarves turn out after we rinse them tomorrow. Technique is to soak the scarves in soda ash, pile up on some sort of screen (over a bucket to catch the dye drips), pile ice on top, sprinkle with fiber reactive dye and let sit until tomorrow afternoon. The ice was already melting giving us a peek at what's to come.
My first scarf I used bronze and pagoda red - it's hard to see in this picture but the scarf has a very nice autumnal look.
My second scarf I used chartreuse, one of my favorite colors, and indigo - looks like there will be quite a bit of green in this scarf from them mixing.
Unfortunately I can't remember the exact names of the dyes Carol used but this one is one of the grays and I think lilac. It's going to be a stunner.
Carol used the same gray on this plus I think marine but not positive of the color name of the blue.
Stay tuned to tomorrow to see the results. I've also got a long sleeve asymmetrical tee from Dharma to dye but just couldn't decide what colors so that will be another day.
Interesting! I've never seen this method before. It'll be fun to see how they turn out. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou always seem to come up with the most interesting dye methods! So much fun....
ReplyDeleteI get loads of inspiration from Quilting Arts Magazine - always so much on dyeing/surface design in the issues. I first saw ice dyeing a few years back......finally I got around to trying it.....hoping for enough snow this winter to try snow dyeing.
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