Showing posts with label dyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dyes. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 November 2014

New Scarf and experiments with cotton scrim

I've made a new nuno scarf and I wanted to try dyeing and using different fabrics. Mainly they were silks - raw silk, silk chiffon and more silky stuff I don't know the name. I dyed chiffon first, the others were already of the colours I wanted.

So this is the scarf.
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It's rather small so it needed a button or brooch to keep ends together. I didn't want to make a large brooch or make a button hole so I've just made a small brooch of this lovely ceramic button!
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As for a cotton scrim it was not that good. You can see than the dye doesn't work on it, after felting it returned to original off white colour.I need to think more about it...
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Friday, 29 March 2013

Nepps everywhere!

I like to use nepps, I think they add some interest to the felted items, especially if there is a combination of colours. Like this tea cosy:

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And even more in this glasscase:

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The problem is that I have nepps of white colour only. Of course WoW offer a variety of colours but the choice is rather limited and the price... I try to use some "dyes" what I have in my household and here we are! I use the combinations of three colours and the result is very pleasing:

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