So I tried with a part of the ingredients and unfortunately, something went wrong. My dye looks more blue than yellow/green. When I added the wool for about 15 minutes it came out blue, not yellow and then turned blue (the temperature of the vat was 40C). The blue also seems grayer, less vibrant. I added a bit of extra lime and fructose and left it overnight, but no difference is visible. Do you have any advise on what went wrong, to learn from for the next time. And maybe any advise to activate this vat so I can still use it?
Can anyone explain this process? Is the indigo being broken down over time by natural process? I mean kind of like tobacco we’re it gets better with age as bacteria break down the tobacco.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'being broken down' the indigo starts in a reduced solution i.e. a liquid where oxygen has been removed, the dye pigment is created when the fabric is oxygenated to create a permanent dye.
If I wanted to make a solution in a big plastic bucket so I could dye larger pieces of fabric..how much water would I need to add to the mother solution please?
I'm using the ingredients in the dye kit available at www.NaturalFabricDyeing.com/shop as mentioned in the video this kit uses LIME which is Calcium Hydroxide.
I’ve been dyeing with Indigo for 7 years and my favorite method is the 1-2-3 vat from Botanical colors. That recipe does involve much more stirring to incorporate the vat.
If you are going to make a video, measurements would be nice, you are forcing people to buy from you. Not many people in the craft industry appreciate that, most are generous with their information.
She's giving instructions on how to set up a vat from her kit. If you'd like measurements, surely you can find information on this somewhere else. It's called a 1-2-3 dye vat.
No portions given which would have been an essential point to explain in this teaching presentation. Little of this and little of that is not helpful ~ Thank you.
This is a demonstration about how to make up The Wild Dyery's indigo kit which gives the ingredients in the correct proportions. You can buy the kit at www.NaturalFabricDyeing.com thanks
