Yesterday I tried out something new on two of the silk scarves to be ice dyed. I confiscated 2 packages of golf wiffle balls from the golfer in the house as he doesn't use them for practice. I then wrapped the scarf over the balls and rubber banded them in place.
Here they are piled with ice and fiber reactive dye.
Here's what they looked like this morning before I patiently removed all the rubber bands and wiffle balls before rinsing the scarves.
And here are those two scarves. Kind of a neat effect although looks a little tie dye to me. Will I do this again? Not sure. I know I keep seeing more and more tie dye but not sure that's what I want to dye..........although I do think these are really interesting looking.
The 8 scarves dyed yesterday will be listed in my etsy shop as soon as I have time to edit the photos. Sitting up the ice at the moment are 3 silk shawls and a wound warp of a cotton/rayon blend. Not sure how any of these will turn out - all are experiments that will be rinsed out sometime tomorrow.
These are gorgeous!
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