30/05/2026
Getting organised with colour, sample cards and dye colour recipes. Its taken a long time and now to tackle greens and blues and all of their variations.
Dyeing my own yarns can mean so many things, which im hoping to progress to over the coming months. Customisation and bespoke design, along with colour matching. With my colour mixes taking shape, any colour can be altered, creating new and additional shades, which will be added to the collection.
The dyes im using are toxic free acid dyes. They are very colour fast, and do not leach nasty chemicals into water systems, the environment or on you.
Over winter natural dyes will enter the chain of colours, they are a little more tricky, not so colour fast, and do (sadly) have mordants, which requires a little more care when using. However, natural dyes offer mellow and muted tones, which are both soft and earthy.
Also to follow shortly will be cellulose dyes for cotton, linen and lyocell. These dyes are for all plant material, once again, toxic free and colour fast. I used these many years ago when screen printing, and they are just so versatile to use, with bright tones which dont cause any issues to the environment.