Category Archives: Dyeing

Snow Dyeing with Acid Dyes

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

I have done snow (or ice) dyeing for a while now but I always used Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes. I did a quick how to post about it here.  But I have never tried snow dyeing with acid dyes. … Continue reading →

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Making Socks from Start to Finish

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

Our guest artist is Leonor  from Felt Buddies who is sharing a special sock story and process. Today I’m sharing with you some sock making, from the dye pot to the finished product. A few months ago, I got a … Continue reading →

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10th International Shibori Symposium Exhibitions

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

This is a guest post by Kim of Flextiles. She recently attended the Tenth International Shibori Symposium and I thought you all might to get a glimpse of what she did and saw there. Thanks Kim! My previous post about … Continue reading →

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Out of the box Part 3

Posted on February 3, 2017 by

This is the 3rd and final set of pictures from this exhibit. http://mvtm.ca/?exhibition=colour-unboxed   the first is here:  https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2017/01/18/colour-unboxed-by-out-of-the-box/ and the second here: https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2017/01/26/out-of-the-box-part-2/ Again I apologise for some of the odd angles as it was very crowded with people enjoying the exhibit. … Continue reading →

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Tenth International Shibori Symposium

Posted on February 1, 2017 by

This is a guest post by Kim of Flextiles. She recently attended the Tenth International Shibori Symposium and I thought you all might to get a glimpse of what she did and saw there. There will be a second post … Continue reading →

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Dyeing Silk

Posted on January 4, 2017 by

Since the house was tidy for Christmas I used the opportunity to do some dyeing. I mostly did fibres, but I also wanted to dye some silk. I have lots of patterned silk scarves, but wanted some more ‘plain’. This … Continue reading →

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Dyeing Some Silk for Classes

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

The first 2 weekends in December I am teaching a nuno felt scarf class. I need dyed scarves for that, so that was Sundays Job. I buy my silk by the bolt so I measured out 6 feet and then ripped … Continue reading →

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