Summer heat has it's advantages for fiber artists .I solar dye protein fibers with acid dyes.
soak your wool, silks, animal fiber in water with some white vinegar
my fibers left to right silk hankie blanks, Louet Icicle
here ,wool top just a small portion of what I am dyeing.
using my extracter to take some water out (saving the water in buckets to rise after the fiber is dyed )
covering the tables with black plastic or black garbage bags
applying dyes and kneading them in to the fibers
large restaurant mayo jars filled with dye and water for some fiber in emersion dyeing
cover with more black plastic , walk away for a few days come back.
I checked and even after cool evenings in the 50's under the plastic the next morning the temp was still over 90 degrees in my home made " solar oven"!
after a few days I rinsed my fibers again saving the water or carring it to my planting and watering them so no water was wasted.
fibers dried in sun
from this
to this! all colors set by the sun.
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Jennifer and Carole dropped by the studio
they had fun trying on some of Saori clothing pieces
my handwoven ruanna design...
this piece is in my
Etsy shop
Four harness Saori inside set here Now i have made available besides the 2 harness inside set in my shop a 4 h set for those of you with the 4 harness upgrade saori looms I have the 4 harnesss inside set which allows you to change out your weaving in a 10 minutes to another with out rethreading available now in my etsy shop.
peaceful weaving in the redwoods
Jill Niclolene Sanders
cotton hand paint skeins in my etsy shop
looks like allot of fun happening
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