Second Round!

Second round of dying! Here it goes!

Remember that all-green piece? Well, this is what it looks like now:

I overdyed it wet with a flag fold and mixing 1 spoon of bright red, 3 spoons of basic yellow, and about one spoon of the bright yellow. It's not the prettiest piece out there, but I really like it.

Next up is the turquoise circles piece.

This one was supposed to be overdyed wet, but I got so excited about overdying that I just threw it in the bag right away. The dye is 1-2 spoons of earth blue and 3 spoons of basic blue. I double rubber-banded the circles to try and keep them intact, and it pretty much worked. I like how the circles have a few pinkish lines that snuck in there. This is definitely a boyfriend piece.

The last one I have is a newly dyed piece:

I was trying to make this a deep red, but it came out this deep fuscia color that looks pretty good. It was a wet accordion fold with one loose rubber band holding it in place. The dye consisted of about 3 spoons of basic red, and then I spilled my "drop" of basic blue and ended up putting about 2 spoons in. In the end, it was a happy accident and I love it.

First Round Of Cloth!

Here it is, the first round of dying! I only got four pieces completed, but I really like them, so I think that's a good trade-off.

Number One

The first piece was scrunched in a nylon and dyed with 3 spoonfuls of Earth Yellow and 1 of Earth Blue.

It's actually more difficult to see the pattern in person, so this picture actually looks better than the piece itself. I wish the pattern was more noticeable, but this way I have a really good piece to over-dye. And, I must admit, I really love this green.

Number Two

This piece was done up in a flag fold, wetted, and dyed with 3 Earth Red and 1 Earth Blue.

The purple color is really muted and dusty, and I love that. The edges aren't exact, which gives a really cool effect in the creases. Although, this doesn't really look like the example piece. I don't think I got it wet enough, so next time I'll make sure not to baby it.

Number Three

This piece was done with rubber bands and 4 Turquoise. It was wet.

I love that this looks like water, and I love how vibrant this turquoise is. Again, I wish I had done a better job in getting it wet.

Number Four

This piece was scrunched and dyed with 3 Earth Yellow and 1 Earth Red.

This one might be my new boyfriend.

After I had dyed it, I realized that I hadn't scrunched it the "right way," but it was too late, so I didn't let myself worry about it. So I'm super happy that I didn't try and "fix it" because I would have ruined it. Looks like my creativity mantra is already working after all.