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I just finished a huge, whopping dye batch! My hands are ugly, my knees hurt, my hands are sore, AND, I didn't even make anything for ME! Bummer! Plus, I did it all by myself (well, with a 4 year old helping LOL).

First, I did a bunch of different low water immersion dye baths:

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767162

Then I tie dyed a bunch of socks. If I NEVER do another sock in my life, it will be too soon!! UGH

Here is a shot of most of it:

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767165

2 scarves
30 pairs of socks (that's 60 of those buggers!)
16 pairs of undies
4 shirts
6 snap crotch shirts
1 Large men's shirt
AND one nasty pair of hands!

Here is Hadyn in her matching lavender undies and socks:

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767171

More in next post.............

Here is a close up of all the socks and undies:

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767176

Here are the shirts:

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767172

AND, finally, the really cool shirt I made dh. I love the way it turned out. It has great color contrast. I used a mix of bronze and yucca. I think he'll actually wear this one! LOL BTW, he's "modeling". Good thing he's good at his day job!!!

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767177

Thanks Mamas!! Now, I need a nap!

LOL, that picture cracked me up! Your dh is funny. :)

All I can say is WOW! and I never should've opened this post with Duncan next to me because the first thing he said was "Mama, can you dye my underwear???" :rolleyes:

So, none of that stuff is for you??? ...


...by the by, your pkg is going out tomorrow and i'm adding a surprise! :D

I think the shirt you made your husband is fabulous! It reminds me of a camouflage kind of motif! Nice work! :thumbsup:

Originally posted by starkl
LOL, that picture cracked me up! Your dh is funny. :)

Yeah, he's a keeper! He's always game for some fun! He told me yesterday that I was "totally neat". Not every woman destroys her kitchen with a giant dyeing project.
Originally posted by starkl

All I can say is WOW! and I never should've opened this post with Duncan next to me because the first thing he said was "Mama, can you dye my underwear???" :rolleyes:

LOL My friend Cerise (Mama Tie Dye) got Hadyn hooked on them! Now, I'm doomed.
Originally posted by starkl

So, none of that stuff is for you??? ...


Nope, not a thing. I couldn't even fit my left butt cheek in one of those undies! LOL
Originally posted by starkl

...by the by, your pkg is going out tomorrow and i'm adding a surprise! :D

Yours went out yesterday. I can't wait to get mine!!!

Wow!!! That's a lot of dyeing!

Everything looks wonderful (and I'm not showing this to DS!)

Wow! I'm getting sympathy pains in my knees and back, just looking at your pictures!

The shirt for your dh is GORGEOUS, and I love his pose! I was so touched when you mentioned that he said you were "totally neat"! How sweet is that? He is definitely a keeper.

Great job! I'm keeping my kids away from the screen, too!

(((((

Your dh's shirt is really cool! Love the pattern in it.

Sock, ugh. Not for a loooong time. My kids love them dyed though.

:eek: DH's shirt is INCREDIBLE! That's soo soooo cool!

Very impressive.

Originally posted by lovebugsmama
BTW, he's "modeling".

He's got that JC Penny catalog pose DOWN! :joker: That is so funny.

Everything looks awesome, Marcey. That was a TON of work. :eek:

Tara

Originally posted by tara
He's got that JC Penny catalog pose DOWN! :joker: That is so funny.

LOL He'll be crushed to know he only rated JC Penny. I think *he* thinks he's a J Crew man! :rolleyes:

Originally posted by tara
Everything looks awesome, Marcey. That was a TON of work.



You and Sam are welcome to visit and have a dye fest anytime! I know your dh travels to BP Solar sometimes, and that's not far from here! :thumbsup:

WOWZERS! Thattsa lotta dye! It all looks awesome, though! I'm crushed that we didn't get a pic of your hands after all that, lol. Dh's shirt is great, too. You can tell him he looks very "suave". :)

:eek: WOW. That's a lot of things to dye! Great job though, everything looks great! It must be cool to have tie-dyed socks LOL!

Originally posted by lovebugsmama
You and Sam are welcome to visit and have a dye fest anytime! I know your dh travels to BP Solar sometimes, and that's not far from here! :thumbsup:

We should plan one! I don't know when Rob will be heading down that way next, but we shouldn't let that stop us. ;)

Tara

now I want dyed undies...everything looks great!!!

I'm cracking up over here about your hubby, gotta love a man who will "pose" for you :D

are all those socks for Hadyn?

edited to add, your husband's shirt looks amazing :eek:

Wow your dh's shirt looks like one of my favorite hoffman baitks- really incredible.


I love having tiedyed undies and socks ;)

Sarah

Wow! I love you DH's shirt. Oren has tie dyed undies. They are getting too small now though. :(

wow everythnig looks so great....I love the shirt you did for your hubby - it looks superb !! You must be really tired.....


Monica

Wow!! Great job!!

I love the colors on your dh's shirt.

:thumbsup:

Wow! What a lot of dyeing, you were a busy mama! LOL

THose panties are so cute, I bet miss Hadyn loves them. :)

DH's pose, well that's just priceless. His shirt is pretty cool though. LOL

That shirt is gorgeous & everything else looks great too! BTDT with the socks & undies!

everything looks awesome! Although, I don't recall every not REALLY loving anything you've made. Your house, your clothes, it's all really cool. :) speaking of house, what does your bathroom mirror say? lol It's making me crazy trying to figure it out.

and since I've brought up your sig pic, I'll add another sig pic comment, in case STacey is reading. . . your girls look JUST like you! That's amazing.

Marcey..wowza mama that was a lot of dyeing.
Dh's shirt and pose are awesome...

I'm in complete awe Mama!!! Hail to the Queen Dye Mama!!! I was going to say you're the Queen of Dyeing but that sounded kinda of morbid. LOL Awesome on all of it!!! It all looks great!!! :thumbsup:

OHMYGOSH!

DH's shirt looks FABULOUS! I LOVE teh patterns!!

(he's cute, too.. )

And, Hadyn, as ever, iss uper cute!

Is it stupid to say WOW after 3000 people said so?... I love dh shirt! :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Marina
everything looks awesome! Although, I don't recall every not REALLY loving anything you've made. Your house, your clothes, it's all really cool. :) speaking of house, what does your bathroom mirror say? lol It's making me crazy trying to figure it out.

Thanks. :p My house looks cool cause I only take picts in certain rooms! LOL Most of my rooms are only half renovated and pretty hideous!

The mirror in my bathroom says:

Simplicitas Formam Est

It's Latin for :Simplicity is Beauty (beauty of form) I translated it and painted it last year. It was meant to inspire me. :rolleyes: Of coure, it's been a bazillion years since I've done latin, so it could be very poorly translated. But, I tried! LOL

~~~Thanks for all the wonderful words Mamas! You are all the best. I love being part of this community! ~~~~~

Marcey

stepping out of nak-imposed lurkdom to say everything looks fantastic! i *love* the 2 pairs of socks that are yellow & blue/greenish - they remind me of poisonous f`rogs, which i think are just so lovely looking, lol

great shirt for dh! ain't it grand to have a fun dh? ;)

edited to kill the f`rog

OMGosh, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your dh's shirt! I want one for me!!! Did you do anything special to it or is it LWI?

What a lot of work you did! I'm tired just looking at it all!

love it all but especially your dh's shirt. how did you do it? one color on top one in the bottom of bucket? both poured over the top one after the other? one poured on and then the other poured on after a certain amt of time? the designs on that are just outstanding!

Originally posted by CheekyBabies
love it all but especially your dh's shirt. how did you do it? one color on top one in the bottom of bucket? both poured over the top one after the other? one poured on and then the other poured on after a certain amt of time? the designs on that are just outstanding!

I used Dharma's procion Yucca and Bronze colors. I just did it LWI style with both colors dumped on top one after the other. Let sit for about 1 hour, add the soda ash, sit another hour and rinse. I have found that the secret to good color variation is in the scrunching. I try to make sure I scrunch it really tight and in a single layer only.

I followed these instructions:

http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/lowwaterimmersion.shtml

Selena also has some great directions with picts:

http://www.mamaselenasherbals.com/id61.htm

HTH!

I love you dh's shirt (yaI know me and everybody else) mostly I love that there are no white spots. What do you mean by "single layer only"? Like a long flat dying vat so the entire item is able to fit without doubling over in any area?....you know my absolute pet peeve with LWI is the darn white spots...Allison says I am anal LOL....what can I say I don't like white spots!!

I can't let my girls see this thread...
I just can't put myself through dying undies...socks are bad enough!! LOL Great Job mama :)

How gorgeous! and now I am thinking "I wonder if I could learn to dye?" I need another hobby like I need another hole in my head, LOL.

I hate white spots too! Allison says I'm anal too though ;)


Marcey this post motivated me to add 3 packages of socks to my last dharma order :P

Sarah

Originally posted by snugbug
I hate white spots too! Allison says I'm anal too though ;)


Marcey this post motivated me to add 3 packages of socks to my last dharma order :P

Sarah


I almost never get white spots. Hmmm, I wonder what I'm doing different. Maybe it's in the way I'm scrunching and packing the fabric. Too bad you don't live closer, or we could have a dye party.


Originally posted by B's Knees~almom

What do you mean by "single layer only"? Like a long flat dying vat so the entire item is able to fit without doubling over in any area?....you know my absolute pet peeve with LWI is the darn white spots...Allison says I am anal LOL....what can I say I don't like white spots!!

I never double the fabric over its self. I lay the fabric out flat, do as many scrunches as I can in the most random manner. Then, I stuff it in the container w/o any of the fabric tucking under any other fabric. I also poke any puffy bits back in. Maybe I've been lucky, but really, I've only had one item get white spots, and I think it's just that specific item, as it's done it twice (it was a large cotton scarf). HTH

I have seen some wonderful picture of PRR that has been dyed...how do I do that? I'm assuming it's more than just going out and buying some RIT. I looked on the dharma site but am still a bit confused. Who can help me?

amber

bump, I wanna know too :)

No, don't use RIT on PRR unless you want to dye all of the fabric including the little designs. Fiber Procion dyes are the ones to use -- also called fiber reative. They react to the fabric only, not the design. You can get them at Dharma (http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml) where you can also get playsilks and clothing blanks to dye at a good price. Sometimes you can also find them at JoAnn or Michael's in the tie-dye section, in sets of colors.

I get mine (and the soda ash) at a local knitting shop.

I compiled an article here:
http://www.todaysmom.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9&page=3

Have fun! (((((

I got this kit with the book for a gift http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/924666-AA.shtml . It was all very easy and well explained.

Sandra

I left my dharma catalog at work, but I want to order some dyes.

What are your not-to-live-without colors? :D

I LOVE:

Cerulean Blue
Orchid
Yucca

Hadyn loves:

Orchid
Lavender

I like:

Bronze
Burgundy

I just bought some chartreuse and can't wait to try it.

I want to try:

Robin's Egg Blue
Wedgewood blue
Periwinkle

Did not like:

Lapis blue - it comes out purple!
Don't use Burgundy on boy things, it's a bit pink-ish
Chinese Red - not **RED** enough

lol :sorry:

I've just spent the day tub dying so I'm almost in need of more :rolleyes:

I definitly need more salt but they don't carry it at CC and I forget to look at S&F.

More Soda Ash but I foget to even think about finding it locally.

I'll never buy Forest Green again. It looked yucky.
Ditto on Better Black. Couldn't get blacky black.

I don't have a Gotta Have List because I have yet to find colors that I love. I'm sure my problem is that I'm to frugal to use the amount of dye needed to get the intensity of the colors that I'd really like kwim?

I've never found a red red or a black black. To get black, I've always dyed it twice (which is why I don't attempt black anymore).

I love cereluan, fire red, lemon yellow, olive drab, and better black. You can get anything from those. I'm a mixer though. I don't like buying the premixed (except olive). My favorite part of dyeing is the experimenting.

Oh, Timmi and I also enjoyed playing with blue gray.

I love:
Caymen Isle Green
Alpine Blue
& I'm having lots of fun with Raspberry right now

marigold, aquamarine, lilac, light red and grape. Don't waste your money on coral pink. It looks like sunburned salmon. It's hideous. Oh, and brilliant blue is a crappy mixing blue.

Ditto what Allison said, I'm a mixer, too. :D

I do love these on their very little own though:
*Robin's Egg Blue
*Marigold (Deep Yellow is nice, too) ~ this is a great mixing color as well.
*Ice Blue is so pretty; it's a light blue that lends to periwinkle. Love it!

Great mixing colors:
*Seafoam
*Kelly green
*olive drab

I mix from lemon yellow, turquoise & fire red.

I like having grape around 'cause I'm never happy with my mixed purple.

I like midnight blue on silk, but not cotton (always to dark). Same goes for forest green.

Better black for painting on cotton, Jet black acid dye for silk.

DD wants all her clothes dyed with baby pink. Dh has a closet full of work shirts done with khaki (covers dingy white very nicely) & a baseball hat I did in the color he calls "apple green" that I mixed.

Chole

Here's what I've got in my shopping cart:

Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 1 LEMON YELLOW
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 10 FIRE RED
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 115 EGGPLANT
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 15 AMETHYST
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 23 CERULEAN BLUE
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 32 OLIVE DRAB
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 44 BETTER BLACK
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 47 CHARTREUSE
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 67 MARIGOLD
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 66 KELLY GREEN
Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 6 DEEP ORANGE

That should give me a good start, eh? I want to stock up before I move to California and have to pay tax as well as shipping. :rolleyes:

Now see I *like* Brilliant Blue. But I haven't used it for mixing. I love how it comes out on it's own, though. I'll second Grape. I used that one this morning for the first time, and I like what I got with a small bit of it, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I get with a whole bunch of it, lol. And I think Forest green makes a lovely sage when you use 2 tsp to dye a huge chunk of super wide flannel to make queen sheets, lol. :D

Suzanne just got impressive results with Fire Red. I have been too chicken to try mine, but seeing her dye job last week has me thinking I can do red, too.

deep orange dyes creamsicle orange, not deep.

Originally posted by fw221

Fiber Reactive Dye 2 Oz. - 66 KELLY GREEN


Kelly Green is a nice, fresh green. I like it too.


Originally posted by fw221

That should give me a good start, eh? I want to stock up before I move to California and have to pay tax as well as shipping. :rolleyes:

Ahhhh, so this was all a ploy so you could brag about your big move! LOL I get it. :D

Originally posted by lovebugsmama

Ahhhh, so this was all a ploy so you could brag about your big move! LOL I get it. :D

Isn't everything I do about my big move? :D

~b

My favorites esp for LWI:

chartruese
sky blue
Lapis - I like it for LWI dying
sunrise red
kelly green
ultra violet
camen isle green
raspberry
bright green

I need to remind myself to order black cherry next time I get some. :rolleyes: And the lapis....

~b

I like navy blue and jet black for solid re-dying of 'regular' clothes.

My new favorite for fun is periwinkle. :D

I'm always searching for pictures of fabric that's been dyed, and the thread that I think Meg posted (a long time ago) is now missing! :eek: Anyways, I think it would be great to have pictures of dyed fabric (telling which color dye you used) all in one spot. I know Shalon and Rachel had posted some pictures awhile back too. Oh, and Meghan, Kori and Suzanne, I know I've seen lots of d&s's from you! So...if you have dyed fabric, post pictures here! :) TIA.

Orchid and Bubble Gum Pink (http://www.amitymama.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160006)

Another Bubble Gum Pink (http://www.amitymama.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159733)

Citrus Yellow (http://losgarcias.net/sewing/14yeldrs.jpg)

Bubble Gum Pink:

Marigold:

Lavendar:

orchid/grape mix
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=923250

plum blossom on left, peacock blue and seamfoam on right

midnight lwi

tiny bit fire red lwi

fire red, soft orange and citrus yellow lwi

midnight and grape lwi

found one that isn't LWI!
citrus yellow and jungle red for cape on left
jungle red and small amount of midnight for cape on right

fuscia lwi for the top and socks
Allison did the pants- I think she used fuscia and cerulean blue but it might have been fire red

Camel

Cayman Isle Green

Safari Gray

Forest Green

Olive Drab

Baby Blue

Claret

Periwinkle

Dylon leaf green, a bit diluted

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=931921

Cobalt blue w/ a sprinkle of fire engine red LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=912113

Baby blue
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=929842

Ecru (shorts)
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=961927

Ivory on the left, unsure about the green on the right

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/hfdoyle/Silly/For%20Sale/DSC05104.jpg

Tiny amount of fire engine red

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=883987

that green (insects) ...looks like 'bright green' at about 1/2 usage.

:juggle:

Thanks everyone for posting those pictures! :) Anyone else have any to add?

Top is Baby Blue, bottom is Sky Blue.

http://losgarcias.net/sewing/20DANDyblues.jpg

Bronze and Burgundy LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802306

Cerulean Blue and Kelly Green LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802312

Midnight Blue and Burgundy LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802321

Midnight Blue and Yucca LWI
Yucca and Bronze LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802335

Lavender LWI
Turquoise and Cerulean LWI
Orchid LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802378

Kelly Green and Cerulean LWI
Burgundy and Baby Pink LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=802386

Yucca and Bronze LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=767177

Cerulean Blue

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=944148

Lavender LWI

http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=794852

dyed using baby blue:
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=976297

dyed using red velour (does this count? *lol*)

Blue Grey and Lemon Yellow:

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/charshorts.jpg

Cerulean Blue

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/arassunshirt.jpg

Fire Red:

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/aylapeasant.jpg

Dark Brown, medium shade

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/brownpeasant.jpg

Dark brown, deep yellow/fire red mix, blue grey/lemon yellow mix, cerulean/fire red mix, orchid with a bit of fire red mix

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/dyehemp6.jpg

Top is light olive drab, bottom is orchid

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/girlsvelour.jpg

Lemon yellow with a little deep orange

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/monkey2girls.jpg

Deep orange

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/orangebiketop.jpg

Dark brown used lightly

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/redridinghood.jpg

Mixture of fire red with a little cerulean

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/terracottapeasant.jpg

Very light fire red

http://www.harmonythreads.com/images/valoutfits.jpg