Snow Dyes Part 5

I don't know how much snow we've gotten today, but it's probably at least a foot. With the blizzard and all the closings, it seemed ample opportunity to do some more snow dyes! But first, I'll share some photos of the final curtain pieces that were dyed twice (to see the process, go to part 4). They definitely are not as exciting or successful as all the others done with pima cotton - these were done with unbleached muslin.

On my first weekend of snow dyes, I did a smaller piece of Pima cotton, which I did not write about. However, the outcome of the images is worth seeing. The process of the black dye over snow looked rather interesting once the snow melted, as seen here:

Today I also tried a silk acid dye with the snow, where I mixed some golden yellow dye and a tiny bit of leftover fire red in snow, then put that over a piece of silk that soaked in vinegar. I scrunched it and put it in the microwave for about 2 minutes. Here is a photo of these two pieces of fabric, the silk and the "black" pima:

Also, I overdyed fabric #3 from part 2. The first coloring just didn't come out as vibrant as I'd hoped. But I had much better luck with the second round, which I did by mixing 1 Tbsp avocado with 2-3 cups of snow and put that directly on top of the soda-ash soaked fabric. I let it melt and dry over a screen so that it would not sit in the dye before I rinsed and ironed it.

This afternoon/evening I began some more dyes...stay tuned for notes on those in another post.

All images copyright Katrina Boles.

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