Monday, 23 August 2010

Dyed roving, done with acid dye from a local firm



This was the first time I tried acid dye.
Up untill now I have always used plants and mordants but I don't 
want to mess with H2SO4 to do the indigo blue.
Not too friendly for the environment and when I did dye that way  in my younger years I burned my hands on the stuff.
Did not like that much :(
This was very simple.
Make a dye/water/vinegar solution and " knot" the roofing a little, stick it in a pan and boil it for a while.
Et Voila 

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