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| Information about dyes and colour theory, batik, jello dyes, shibori. | MEINSHELF |
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Dye Books Our bookstore has some good books on working with natural dyes. |
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E-Bay Watch Look for dyes at E-Bay. |
| Color Test Take this short test and see why you are drawn to a certain color. |
| Crock Pot Dyes How to dye yarn in a slow cooker. |
| Make a Dye Box Instructions for how to make a dye box in order to stay safe when working with chemicals. |
| Feng Shui and Color
Colour influences our fashion, decorating and our lives. Feng Shui is one way of interpreting colour. |
| Lichen Dyed Slippers A workshop on lichen dyes and a free pattern for knitted slippers. |
| Rainbow Dyeing Creating a multitude of unique rainbow shades is quite easy. |
| Handspun Silk Top A demonstration of Rainbow-dyed silk dyeing. |
| Mirror Warp Throw Project This mirror warp throw project demonstrates the technique of overdyeing unmatched wool yarns to create harmonious colors. |
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| About Batik The Big on Batik site gives information about this resist dye technique. |
| Arimatsu - Shibori Shibori tie dye techniques have developed over a period of over 380 years. |
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Association of Textile Dyers, Printers & Finishers of Southern California The ATDPF has a selection of photos illustrating how greige goods are dyed and finished to create wearable fabrics. |
| Batik Dyeing Paula Birch has a wonderful site about dyeing, including instructions on batik, tie-dye, and hand-dyeing. |
| Caveman to Chemist - Dye This is an online chemistry course featuring an excellent article about dyes. |
| Chemical Safety Information The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory has info on chemical safety, lists of incompatible chemicals and other important information to be aware of if you are working with dyes and chemicals. |
| Dye History from 2600 BC to the 20th Century An impressive historical list of natural dyeing through the ages. |
| Dyeing with Jello The Edmonton Weavers Guild explains how to dye yarn using Jello. |
| The Art and Science of Dyeing The Rivendell Educational Archive gives a history of natural dyes and a natural dye colour chart. |
| The Art and Science of Dyeing The Rivendell Educational Archive gives a history of natural dyes and a natural dye colour chart. |
| Cozy's Making Shibori Fabric Tutorial Step by step instructions for shibori, wrapping, scrunching, dyeing, unravelling. |
| Discharge Dyeing A Quiltnet discussion about discharge dyeing, a process of removing dye from fabric with bleach. |
| Dyeing with Kool-Aid, Easter Egg Dyes and Food Colors A project you can do with your kids, to make yummy coloured yarn. |
| Dyeing Fibers The Wool Works Craft site has a discussion about dyeing with Easter egg dye. |
| Dyes and Dating Caucasian Weavings An article by Steven Price, describing how dyes help determine when a rug was woven. |
| Fashion Color Forecast 2002 The Spin2Knit site predicts that blue will maintain its position as the most important color of the decade. |
| Health & Safety: Hazard Communication--Your 'Right to Know' When working with hazardous materials, such as dyes, bleaches, ammonia, there are some safety concerns you should be aware of. |
| Information Sheets G & S Dye has informative instruction sheets on Procion and Acid dyes, immersion and direct application, silk painting, microwave dyeing, marbling and other ways to use dye. |
| Natural Dyes and Medicine Rosemary Jacobs explains the connection between vegetable dyes and the pharmaceutical industry. |
| Synthetic Dye Collection From the labs at Florida State University, synthetic dyes are viewed under a microscope. Beautiful colours! |
More about Dyes and Colour |
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| Dye Information Information about working with dyes and colour theory. |
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| Make a Dye Box Instructions for how to make a dye box in order to stay safe when working with chemicals. |
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Natural Dyes
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Natural Dye Plants
Natural Dyes A table of recipes for natural dyes and mordants.
Dye Lessons
Mushroom Dyes
Synthetic Dyes |
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| Dye Forum What project are you working on? |
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