Dyeing process

Natural Dyeing Tutorial. Learn how to use red cabbage to obtain beautiful purples, greens and blues with organic cotton yarn.

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THE KINDCRAFT expains the step-by-step process in making natural indigo dye from plant to paste in Thailand.

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Master shibori, a Japanese dyeing technique that results in beautiful patterns in indigo color—including arashi, kumo, itajime, and ne-maki.

Ok, here goes nothing! It’s time to start the dyeing process. I have done my best to document my full process, so apologies in advance for the length and detail of the post, but if you ever decide to try natural dyeing I hope you find it useful! If you are new to Acre, I would start with Learning H

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Before the weaving of the Ilkal saree the cotton yarns are dyed into desired colours in the process of Cold water dyeing and Hot water Dyeing. Cold Water Dyeing: It is the process where the natural silk yarns or cotton yarns are separated from the bundle and firstly dipped into a soap solution then required dye is mixed into the soap solution and the yarns are further dipped into the dye solution to absorb the colour and are kept for some time. Then the yarns are taken out and with a rod the…

Learn how to use your food waste of avocado skins and pits to make a natural dye of beautiful pink shades!

India is known to be one of the earliest major center for cultivation and application of the indigo plant. Indigo is extracted from the leaves of the indigo tinctoria plant through a long fermentation process and turned into pigment powder. Batik printing is a printing process that utilizes wax to resist color dye on specific areas of the fabric to reveal beautiful, intricate pattern. After the wax resist is applied, the fabric is then dyed with natural plant based pigment. For Spring…