Day 4 - Dyeing Results

A few days ago we started dyeing some fabrics, working with dyes on hand to create ROYGBIV, or the colors of the rainbow. Here is Elizabeth mixing up the dyes.

After the initial rinse, some of the pieces are hanging on the line.  We were racing a rain storm that evening, and decided we'd just let the rain help with the rinsing over night!

After more rinsing and washing with hot water and synthropol, we finally got to the end product.

These are the ROYGBIV colors (from right to left) - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

Elizabeth also tried out some other colors to see what they looked like.

This is Sue's set - same ROYGBIV colors as above.

These are 2 pieces that Sue dyed in a previous year with printing added. both done with discharge paste to take color out.  The blue is harder to see, but is done with a crackle pattern.  This piece was interesting in that the initial discharge turned purple with the addition of heat (ironing), but then faded to gray.  After washing, the discharged parts are a pale blue-gray.  The yellow turned out as hoped.  The spiral screen used here is a new one that will be available in the Etsy shop soon.

And here is the next batch that will get washed out later today.  Also on today's agenda: printing with thickened dye, maybe some gelli plate printing, and whatever else strikes our fancy.