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Saturday, February 19, 2011

One Form of Shibori ~ Mini-Pole Wrapping ~ Dyeing With Kool Aid Part2


Pour enough water into your container to cover the fabric on the mini pole
(PVC Pipe)
With Kool Aid it is pretty much what you see
is what you get
I usually add two or three packets
into the water.
It is important to bring the water temperature up to but not boiling
Silk has to be maintained at a high temperature for at least
an hour
Then when it has been in the dyebath for an hour
let it set off of the heat source to let it cool
Wait until the water is clear
which means that the dye is exhausted.


keep the fabric submersed in the dye
always

Here you can see that it has taken up the color.
I have now pushed the fabric off of the tube
See you can see some white showing
This is the point of wrapping
it resists the dye

Now on to Part 3:


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