Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A  Challenge Presents Itself

I shibori dyed two pieces of 44" x 8o" alpaca and merino felted onto silk gauze using the FeltLOOM
There is lots of white, more than I anticipated.  The color is darker on the part of the fabric that was on the outside.   I presoaked the fabric, then used one cup each of turquoise, green and blue vinyl sulphon dye mixed according to the instructions at Dharma Trading .  As more layers are created from pole wrapping there is less penetration.  There are so many factors that determine penetration.  How long did I wait after presoaking?  Should I have used more dye?  Shall proceed and make the coat I had planned?

I shall, putting thought into design before cutting out the front, back and sleeves.


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