This is my current knitting project- I’m using a mixture of baby alpaca yarn, indigo dyed cotton and wool yarns, and for a pop of color a chunky blend. I’ve knit in some colorful enamel beads too. I’m not sure what it’s going to end up being as a textile (scarf, wrap…will keep you posted)
Today in the studio, I made my first vat of indigo. I used organic indigo from Botanical colors who also has an excellent tutorial on indigo dying without chemicals, which is what I did. I dyed some silk chiffon, wool felt, wool yarns and I love the resulting shades of blue! and the tonal variations!
Note: I misread the instructions to use 1 part indigo and 2 parts fructose- I added equal parts, so my fermentation did not look like it should- so I added some madder root into the vat (which has natural tannins to speed up the fermentation process) It worked!
My next project will be to used these textiles to create nuno-felt, which I am excited to try…
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