Tag: dyeing

Playing with dyes

Dyeing is a serious business. That doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Observations of health and safety can easily be incorporated into most techniques, and of those (techniques) there are many. I love teaching people to dye. The exciting thing is that given the same dyes and the same instructions each person will produce their own individual results. I have taught it for many years, but this year I am only teaching it once – at Missenden Abbey over the second weekend of May.

What will we be doing? Well I have plans to cover several techniques, and we will be using a variety of different types of dye. I know it will be a fun session, though. Want to join us? The information is here. The class is very nearly full, so you had better be quick! Last time I taught a similar class we ran out of drying space and had to use what we could find

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Quick update

New additions made to this page. More to come over the next few days.

What’s different?

Rinsing takes an age. Hot, cold, hot, cold. In truth more cold than hot. Icy fingers, even in summer, but it’s worth it to remove all the dye from the threads. I had a break from threads this week, though, by dyeing a few select knitting yarns and some fabrics.

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This one is now sold

The picture above shows one of the knitting yarns. Delicious shades of dark blues and purples amongst others. (Purple skein now sold)

chenille

Autumn colours for another skein of the same yarn. It’s a lovely soft chenille with an attractive sheen – and a good drape once knitted. If you are interested in buying either of these let me know and I’ll send you a Paypal invoice – or give me a ring if you have bought from us before and pay with your credit or debit card.g

The price? £14.50 each for 100g plus p+p.

So, what’s different? Well, if you visited to read my last post you will know. What do you think? Do you like the new arrangement? You can let me know in the main comments at the end – or as before, if you are shy, you can send me a private note here. All comments get a reply, spam excepted.

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