{"id":178,"date":"2013-04-07T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2013-04-11T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:40:02","slug":"experiments-with-indigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Experiments with Indigo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dyeing with Indigo is a new direction for me, I’m not quite sure why I haven’t gotten to it earlier! In the past few days I have just begun to dye with it. I’ve started out with a hydros vat, but I think I will be moving to a zinc lime vat, so I can set up a nice deep barrel of it for dipping my larger pieces into. Using a hydros vat made wrapping anything longer than a few inches close to impossible! And it just seems so wasteful to set up a massive vat and then tip it out without using it up. Not to mention I have no way of heating something so big!\u00a0<\/del> Edit!! Apparently I was misinformed by a BOOK! I can set up a huge hydros vat and keep adding to it, so I will do that rather than play with hazardous materials (zinc)!<\/p>\n

It has been a challenge to dive into this without a real knowledge of it, and with no help, but I have been really enjoying working with it, even if a little frustrated at times.<\/p>\n

Still I did manage to do some pretty decent stuff, although I think my patience needs a bit of work, I think I began using my vat before it was really “ready” because I am yet to achieve a super deep indigo. \u00a0Despite this, I did still get some lovely blues, some pale and summery, some steely blue like the sea on an overcast day, and some in between!<\/p>\n

I had less success dyeing protein fibres than cellulose fibres, so I won’t post any pictures of those, but I did make some new couch cushions out of some linen. Ah linen, I love it so. It’s such an interesting and luxurious fabric! It has so much character to it too. I just love it.<\/p>\n

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I also have some other pieces but I have some sewing to do with them first before I post pictures.<\/p>\n

In other news I have started to sort out a little shop! You can see a link to it at the top of the page. It’s currently only get a test item listed, but I hope to have one or two things available in the next few days.<\/p>\n

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