Tuesday, December 7, 2010

With or without lid?..that is the question!


Decided to iron all the pieces of silk, cotton, canvas and muslin l have dyed lately and l had not realised l had produced soooooooooooo much. So now l am starting to divide pieces up to "create"with them. I also ironed the 6 pieces of watercolour paper l had dyed and they came up really well too. I discovered that once the pieces are ironed the leave patteren comes out really well. In fact, some pieces were amazing once ironed, that before l had thought l might dye again.
After much reading and talking to other Eco dyers, l decided l would steam my bundles covered with water and with no lid on ( the way most people seem to be doing it)....to see how different the outcome might be to the way l have been doing it.  That is to say, steaming in a basket with holes in "over " simmering water (not in water) and a lid on......l await the outcome with much excitment!
Night.

2 comments:

  1. I am totally WOWed by your dyeing experiments Lynda...seems like I may have said that already?

    It will be great to see what you create with these amazing pieces...you must be so pleased with the results!
    oxo

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  2. Thank you for such nice commentsxx l am pleased with the results so far and when l have worked out what l am going to make with them...l will let you knowxxlynda

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