Mushroom Results

For the mushroom dyeing workshop, we were asked to bring some fiber to dye so I pulled out a partially used skein of MCN high twist sock yarn from wool2dye4.  It consists of 80/10/10 super wash merino, cashmere, and nylon.

I followed the instructions and separated the skein into 4 parts so they could go in 4 different dye pots.  Here are the results I ended up with.

I'm thinking about making a color work cowl with these skeins.  They have been rinsed and are hanging out in the sun to dry.

We also were provided with a silk scarf and did a shibori technique.  We started with a tube.

Where we attached the end of scarf with a rubber band.

We then loosely wrapped the scarf around the tube and securing the end with another rubber band.

We were instructed to attach a piece of string at the top under the rubber band and then wind the string all the way down on top of the scarf with a width between the string of about a pencil.

Last step was to squish the entire thing down to the bottom of the tube.

Into the green pot it went and this is how it looked when it came out.

After unwrapping it and rinsing - this is the result.

There were other scarf blanks for sale so I picked up a couple of others - one with shimmer dots that went into the brown pot without any preparation.

And the final scarf that I did some origami and resist with some chopsticks which also went into the brown pot.

Cool techniques and results that I can replicate with acid dyes.