A Little Ice Dyeing

I've got blue fingers!

After a good two years of mulling this little project around in my mind, I finally got all of my supplies together and gave it a whirl. Soon it will be too dreary and cold outside to slog wet fabric around.

I was really pleased with the results. These cuts of fabric are a little less than a yard long. They are hanging on the clothesline at the moment and haven't been pressed as of yet.

I dyed the fabric in colanders with a pans beneath them to catch the run-off. The pans should have been deeper. I had to sop up the extra drippings with my cleaning towels to keep it running onto the bricks. Oh well, now I have fancy hand dyed cleaning towels as well!

 

After scrunching up the PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric, I put each piece in a separate colander with a layer of ice on top. I had enough colanders to do another batch, but the seven pound bag of ice that I purchased was only enough for three.

 

Next I sprinkled Procion dyes over the ice. The hardest part was keeping the colanders covered with plastic for 24 hours while the magic was happening.

 

 

The next morning, I was so excited to see the fabrics that I forgot to put on gloves to lift them from the colanders. I hope the dye on my hands fades a bit before I show up at work tomorrow. Otherwise, my coworkers are going to know about my wild weekend.