Prepared to Dye: Dyeing Techniques for Fiber Artists - Softcover

Shepherd, Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1881982920 ISBN 13: 9781881982920

Publisher: Rug Hooking Magazine, 2013

Synopsis

How to dye wool without chemicals

How to dye wool with acid dyes

Essential for all wool fiber artists, especially those working in rug hooking, wool appliqué, or quilting with wool

Learn how to marbleize, spot dye, and marry colors to make exquisite wool

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The ultimate dyeing handbook for fiber artists! You?ll learn many different ways you can use commercial acid dye to produce fantastic effects in fiber of all kinds for hooking, prodding, punchneedle, applique, knitting, crocheting, and more; you?ll also learn to bleed, marbleize, and marry found wool to produce gorgeous colors and patterns without any added dyes. Included are instructions for preparing different kinds of fiber for dyeing, information on setting up and furnishing your dye space, and hundreds of useful tips from a master dyer. With step-by-step demonstrations of 19 different dyeing methods in many variations, this book is bound to have the perfect process to get the results you want.
- Solid and mottled dyes for fabric and yarn
- Dip dyes
- Traditional multivalue swatches
- ?Lazy swatch? shortcut
- Spot dyes
- Dump dyes
- Bleeding found wool
- Marbleizing
- Special techniques for mohair, nylon, and more

About the Author:

Gene Shepherd is well known in the rug hooking world as a teacher, blogger, designer, and author. He is director of Cambria Pines Rug Camp and is a frequent contributor to Rug Hooking magazine. He teaches and blogs from his home studio in Anaheim, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rug Hooking Magazine
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1881982920
• ISBN 13: 9781881982920
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 186