summer dyeing ii

every summer, heat permitting i do my dyeing for the winter weavings.every year i try a color there was an ai summer an akane summer,a benibana summer.this year is a shikon summer.more than pleased with the results.the purple is extremely purple messhi purple according to the japanese color index

it was a long cold soak,came out frantastic and the added bonus no tangles!doing it the japanese way ;you pass the skeins thorough a dowel and the first 5 mins you move the dowel along with the skeins up and down and rotate the skeins. then let them soak in the dye bath moving them occasionally until the color becomes what you want. the end. i am becoming a gung ho supporter of cold dyeing  i am dyeing-mind the spelling- silk though.

 

fuji nezumi ,silk bourette.

the color was so interesting that i began dyeing whatever i had around. the victim here was a handwoven silk crepe sample.

have a scarf  which was dyed withy procion  fiber reactive dye. it was a lavender that didn't quite cut it, the thing with chemical dyes is that the colors lack depth.trying to add that depth by over dyeing it i the remaining dye bath. my AI bestie gave me the go ahead so we shall see, won't lose anything.

murasaki has been an obsession since the days here, here and here just to name a few.there has been a knowledge gain over the years.for example dye houses need to sell dye stuff hence the pressure for fresh

dyes stuff imo. my murasaki was bought in  japan during my first trip in '94. still going strong, literally.

neki desu