Weavers Craft Weaver's Craft Magazine - 15 Kitchen Dye Techniques (WINTER03)

Weaver’s Craft, a quarterly publication by former Handwoven editor Jean Scorgie, features well-designed projects with special emphasis on creative expression in color and design. The projects are for beginning and intermediate weavers on four- to eight-shaft table or floor looms, with most of the projects for four-shaft looms.

Each issue centers around a topic, explaining concepts, discussing options, and illustrating processes step by step. It’s like having a teacher at your elbow guiding you with the information you need to learn and grow.

No advertisements, no filler, just information you can use to make your weaving highly rewarding.  Each issue is like a chapter in a book.  Imagine the possibilities!

Issue 15  - Kitchen Dye Techniques

I confess: traditional methods of dyeing based on industrial methods cause my head to go to sleep. I am more at ease with simplified kitchen methods and common sense with a simple method that I can repeat easily from my notes. A good dye to start with is MX-fiber reactive dye for cotton (and other cellulose-type fibers). This method involves soaking small skeins of yarn in a dye activator, dyeing with small amounts of dye in clear plastic drinking cups, and placing the skeins in plastic sandwich bags to set the dye. Also shown is a simple way to get eight shades of the same color, from dark to light.