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Let's Talk: Ice dyeing adventures!
Carly wrote a blog about ice dyeing, and the end of summer is a great time to try it out.
Have YOU ice dyed? Tell us about it, and photos are always a hit.
If you haven’t, what is holding you back, or are you ready to try it now that you have some advice from the blog?
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Here is my one and only attempt at ice dyeing a warp. I was really disappointed in how little color bonded to the yarn (I think this is rayon or bamboo). After reading Carly’s article, I think I know why this didn’t work so well, so now I want to rush and try it again! Thanks Carly!
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Those are beautiful! Vivid blues can be a bit of a challenge too, many blue fiber reactive dyes need a bit of extra time or dye powder. But I love love love the faded look of those.
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So I have to ask, since you love these colors. What would you do with it? What weft? Just curious. Maybe we should do a dyed-warp swap!
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And I have an ice dyeing question for anyone: My sister does this amazing ice dyed tie dye work, creating cool planned patterns based on how she ties the fabric and the color separation and intensity that she gets with the ice. MY question is….has anyone figured out a way to ‘tie’ or ‘resist’ a pre-wound warp before ice dyeing, so that there will be shapes and patterns on the warp, instead of just a ‘space dyed’ effect?
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This sounds like Ikat! This book has some really good instructions on ikat warp binding. I did a bit of it in college, basically I prepped my warp into 1″ bouts and laid them out on a large paper with a gridded design drawn in 1″ squares. I wrapped the warp sections with the special tape where I didn’t want the dye to go. Then you dye and dry. You can also keep wrapping and dying to add more designs. It takes a lot of focus keeping all the boughs in order then warping the loom correctly, but it’s really fun.
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Carly, what book are you talking about? I have a lot of white wool yarn. What dye method would you use with wool?.Have you ice dyed already colored rayon yarn? If so what colors did you use?
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Interesting. I have done weft Kasuri, which is similar. But not ice dyed! I think I can figure out a way to use the technique you just outlined to get the effect I want. So much to do….
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I have done a few things like that, although I don’t think I have many photos.
I have done a warp that I laid out, ,and dyed in patterns (not ide dye though, as that would need a LOT of ice, especially if it was a long warp).
I have also done “warp skeins” where I measure and secure the warp, then make it into a loop like a skein, then dye it. again, I don’t often ice dye, but I think that if you did this, then put the dye on the warp skein in a pattern, then put ice on it, it would work.
This would also be kind of interesting to try with the ice on the yarn, then patterns on the ice, to see how it would come out.
hmmm…..pretty sure I have a warp sitting there ready to dye when I get back south…..
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Ice dyeing is so much fun! Here are a few warps I dyed this Spring.
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You got beautiful colors! Love the middle one.
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Thank you! The blues and blue greens are my favorites ????
My newly ice dyed warps, a mini skein and a hydrophilic cotton napkin (slightly out of my comfort zone regarding hues): Autumn colors. Warp on the right: muck dye, warp on the left gravity dye with different SA/dye ratio. Skein from the muck leftover. And of course some more blue greens: cotton/linen blend slubyarn warp (muck dye) and a skein and another hydrophilic cotton napkin from the muck leftover.
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what is hydrophilic cotton?
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Baby cotton.
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Those are beautiful!
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Beautiful! I love them all!
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