Thursday, May 6, 2010

applewood dye part 1

Some time back while I was walking I found that someone had dumped quite a bit of rotted applewood.
At first I thought treats for bunnies then disguarded the idea as it was more rotted than I though. The next idea was potential dye.

silly me i should have taken a picture of the wood as well as the first soaking. which was a pale almost vomit colour.
this is what i got from heating it with ammonia





A close up. such a delicate color i do like it but i want to see if it will get darker.

This is the first attempt at dyeing on alpaca.prewashed in Ivory dish soap and then soaked in warm water and a touch of CoT.

No comments: