Me, bippimalin and Maja dyeing

[frualeydis]

I thought I'd post a photo of how the linen looked after five minutes in the dye bath. Of course it would all go away if I had rinsed the fabric then, but it's still pretty.



Now it's going to stay in that vat for a week. Since it's a little large to keep inside we put it on the balcony, close to the wall, so it wouldn't rain too much, or hopefully, not at all, in it.

Comments

[valina-anne.livejournal.com]

I never really realised how much time went into dyeing, thanks for your posts about this.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It depends on the fibre, when haugtussa and I dyed silk yarn it just took one day.

/Eva