Working on the assumption that wool and silk are both protein fibres, I tried the same methods that I tried last month for sock yarns on the remaining silk scarves....success!
The photo does NOT do the colours justice. There is almost no natural light around here these days, certainly not powerful enough to get a decent photograph. These colours are beautiful Kool-Aid bright and lustrous.
The only thing I did differently from the sock yarn was to use a much larger bowl and more water so that I could agitate things with a wooden spoon in between zaps in the microwave. That and pre-dampening the scarves helped to give lovely, even colour. Next stop, Shiva Paintstiks! I have it in my head that they would look wonderful with an allover rubbing design of some kind, in lustrous colours...
I dyed all those scarves (7 in all) while making dinner last night. Can't beat that for multitasking.
Happy stitching,
Lisa
4 comments:
That's really Kool!
They look good enough to eat!
Hi Lisa. Those are awesome colors. Can't wait to see what you make of them.
excellent multi-tasking
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