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lapousmor Mar 30, 2006

i am trying to find out how to dye some wool to needle flet.
Can you help me, please?

Thanks,
Beary hugs,
Sophie.

matilda Mar 30, 2006

gidday possum. Somewhere on TT needlefelting it has already been discussed. But I gather you cant find it aye?
Nor can I. I am finding the searches gather difficult. haha.
I'll pop back later today when I have more time, and see if you have been answered.
Almost forgot.... I was given unwashed ,uncombed alpaca yesterday to give a try. I'll be popping back later to research what to do with this. It was a lovely gift aye? A total surprise.1     Wendy

kbonsall Mar 30, 2006

Is this the post you were looking for ?  http://www.teddy-talk.com/viewtopic.php?id=4046

lapousmor Mar 31, 2006

Thanks for the link, but if some people have tried other methods, i would love to know what kind of results you obtained!

i have tried some liquid food dyes: i put a few drops of green dye in about  10 cl of water, added a big full spoon of white vinegar, some salt, mixed all, then put some carded wool inside, then heat for 5 min in the microwave, then let it soaking overnight. I obtained a nice green colour, the same as the initial solution. I now have to work out how to get a dark forest green colour! Maybe I should had some blue in the mix...

Do you think boiling some carded wool is really ok?

Do I need to add vinegar and salt to dye with Tea. What is your own recipe to dye with tea?

Beary hugs,
Sophie.

matilda Mar 31, 2006

http://www.peak.org/~spark/dyeingfelt.html

Try the link Sophie. Some one left here at one time and I saved it to favourites.
Never know when things may come in handy. heheahah      Wendyx