THE BOOK IS FINISHED!
Let's Dye Yarn and Fiber for beginners to advanced Step-by-Step guide with fun techniques with acid dyes and food-grade, safe to dye in the kitchen, dyes.
My new dye book, Let's Dye Yarn and Fiber is finally done! It took a year to write. Why? Deep researching, experimenting, dyeing, picture taking, editing, etc., take time. But I have loved every minute of it!
My dyeing journey is extensive. I started dyeing about 15 years ago when I had a herd of 25 alpaca. The only information about dyeing back in the day was to throw dye at fiber and wish for a happy accident. I mean, there was even a book that encouraged dyeing in your kitchen with acid dyes! We now know better that this is not a good idea, at all. Oh, and there was no mask wearing either. No bueno.
After failing so many times I realized there were some very important pieces missing, such as quality of water, temperature per a given dye, amount of dye per fiber weight, cook time, acid, etc. So I went on a quest and researched published papers about dyeing and deeply in depth books on commercial dyeing. Man were my eyes wide open!
After I put all the puzzle pieces together I was a success! And I mean a great success. Colors were vibrant, no more muddy color, no more bleeding fiber or felting. I could re-create colorways with no issues. There is something to the science of dyeing after all.
I put it all in this book. Every calculation, tip and trick that will also make you a dyeing success.
Where can you get it?
USA buyers can get it at Camaj Fiber Arts with free shipping.
Amazon has it for Canada, UK, The Netherlands and Australia.
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As an extension to the book will be my soon released Yarn Dyeing Academy. Why? Because there are so many ways to dye yarn and fiber I would not fit them all in this book! Click the photo to sign up to be notified when it goes live.
Prepare to dye my friend.
Talk soon.
XO
Mary Egbert
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