Prepared to Dye: Dyeing Techniques for Fiber Artists - Softcover

Shepherd, Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1881982920 ISBN 13: 9781881982920

Publisher: Ampry Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Prepared to Dye is the ultimate dyeing handbook for fibre artists. Featuring acclaimed rug hooking artist, Gene Shepherd, you’ll learn many different ways you can use commercial acid dye to produce fantastic effects in fibre of all kinds for hooking, prodding, punchneedle, appliqué, knitting, crocheting, and more.

You’ll also learn to bleed, marbleise, and marry found wool to produce gorgeous colours and patterns without any added dyes. Included are instructions for preparing different kinds of fiber for dyeing, information on setting up and furnishing your dye space, and hundreds of useful tips from a master dyer. With step-by-step demonstrations of 19 different dyeing methods in many variations, this book is bound to have the perfect process to get the results you want.

About this title

About the Author

Gene Shepherd teaches hooking and dyeing classes regularly in California and through his online Internet Rug Camp, as well as at camps and special events throughout the US and in Canada, England, Australia, and Russia. His work has appeared four times in Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs, and he has been a Celebration judge as well. He is a frequent contributor to Rug Hooking magazine magazine the ATHA newsletter. He lives in Anaheim, California with his wide Marsha and his parakeets.

From the Inside Flap

The ultimate dyeing handbook for fiber artists! You?ll learn many different ways you can use commercial acid dye to produce fantastic effects in fiber of all kinds for hooking, prodding, punchneedle, applique, knitting, crocheting, and more; you?ll also learn to bleed, marbleize, and marry found wool to produce gorgeous colors and patterns without any added dyes. Included are instructions for preparing different kinds of fiber for dyeing, information on setting up and furnishing your dye space, and hundreds of useful tips from a master dyer. With step-by-step demonstrations of 19 different dyeing methods in many variations, this book is bound to have the perfect process to get the results you want.
- Solid and mottled dyes for fabric and yarn
- Dip dyes
- Traditional multivalue swatches
- ?Lazy swatch? shortcut
- Spot dyes
- Dump dyes
- Bleeding found wool
- Marbleizing
- Special techniques for mohair, nylon, and more

Edition details

• Publisher: Ampry Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1881982920
• ISBN 13: 9781881982920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186