Hand Dyed Tee Shirts

As promised, I am sharing a picture of my hand dyed tee shirts. The one on the left was ice dyed, using primarily turquoise and a tiny sprinkling of sapphire blue and teal. The shirt on the right was dyed in a big pickle jar using a solution of sapphire blue. Both turned out with soft hints of purple, so I guess that is coming from the sapphire blue.

I bought five of these shirts at WalMart at the end of the summer for $3.00 each. Of course, they were white at the time. I was thrilled to find v-neck shirts since I look terrible in crew necks. These are a bit on the large side but will be fine for yoga as long as I make sure and tuck them in before doing any inversions. Oops! Hopefully, they will shrink a little in the wash.

On Friday I ordered some more containers of dye from the Dharma Trading Company. I am excited to receive the new colors!

Reprieve

We were finally blessed with rain last night. Only .20 inches, but an additional .46 inches of drizzle today. We are grateful.

This morning I puttered about the garden, clipping this and that. So much foliage needs to be tamed and thrown into the compost barrel.

Among the felled cannas, I found this sweet praying mantis, heavy with eggs. I gently rescued her from the compost bin and placed her in a rose bush. That should give her a safe place to lay her eggs.

I look forward to seeing her progeny in the spring.

Before heading out to the garden this morning, I set two tee shirts in dye. One is in a big, lovely pickle jar I bought at the Dollar Tree--mainly for the jar. The other is ice-dyeing in a colander. I am excited to see the results.

More to come...