We had a go at doing some food colouring and solar dyeing a little while ago with some interesting results :-
Our first try was with 100g each of merino roving. I had a go at 2 colours whilst my wife and son did a great 3 colour job. We put the rovings in bags and placed them in our car. It was a hot day and it didn't take long for the dye to take, it was almost too hot to touch!!
Our first try was with 100g each of merino roving. I had a go at 2 colours whilst my wife and son did a great 3 colour job. We put the rovings in bags and placed them in our car. It was a hot day and it didn't take long for the dye to take, it was almost too hot to touch!!
A week or 2 later I had an idea for a colourway and attempted it. It was a cloudy day and ended up trying pot-cooking it. I think this made the food colouring run and ended up not as I expected, but I still liked the result.
I named this one 'Let's make mistakes'
The second attempt I layed out the roving differently than the pot method and it gave me the result I was after. This one I did solar dye.
This one I called 'Spectrum'. Both of these rovings only used 3 colours, red, yellow and blue.
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