Rainy Days Are Here.....Great Felting Weather
Yesterday morning I dyed eight chiffon silk scarves and some yarn and a piece of silk fabric. I used Jacquard and Dharma Acid Dyes. I wanted to do small quantities of many colors so I researched and found a way to do that in one pot. By mixing your dyes and placing them into quart canning jars you can do up to seven different colors in a typical enamel canning pot. You can put up to 2 silk scarves in each jar. If you want a smooth all over solid color I would just put in one scarf so it gets well saturated with the dye bath. If you want a variegated or tie dye look cram two scarves into the jar and it will come out with a lot of variation in color like the fuchia piece shown below. You can tie fabric bundles or scarves with string or rubber bands and get wonderful patterns.
Yesterday I Nuno felted the turquoise scarf with black flowers and white |  |
| SScarves ready for felting | Extra bits of dyed yarn for scarf embellishments |
and rusty red accents. Today I did the deep wine scarf with cobweb roving
that was pre variegated colors when I bought it.
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