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Part two of hibiscus dye!!! The jar on the left has some alum (to test out what that does to the fiber/dye) and the jar on the right is just dye, no mordants or fixatives.
I’m doing a method while I cobble together bits of information from different sources. Unfortunately I can’t find any true sources focusing solely on hibiscus dye, and what I can find seems to say that they get incredibly light pink colors (aka barely any pigment) or even blue green ish, rather than my yarn’s vibrant magenta, which has not been my experience at all.
So anyway, I boil my dried flowers in a pot, reduce as much as possible, and then pour the hot dye into the jar with pre-wet yarn (no mordants used). I close the jars tightly so they can boil or steam themselves however it goes, and then I take them outside! I’ve seen this called solar dye, but essentially I put them in a sunny spot and leave them there for 24 hours, overnight and all. Could probably leave them longer but I get impatient and want to see the colors hehehe.
I squeeze out as much liquid as possible, then let them drip dry in my shower with ventilation. Lol, my tub is a little bit pinkish now, I have to say, hibiscus loves to stain. Planning to let them sit for a while before washing them out, maybe with a bit of gentle Soak soap too.
So that’s my process! Apparently hibiscus takes to animal fiber incredibly easily with no mordants needed, which has also been my experience so far too. I did want to experiment a bit with a mordant anyway just to say that I had, and there is a minute difference in the color I can see in the jars, which doesn’t seem to be as deep a color as the non mordant jar. However, it was also from the second dye bath from the same batch of boiled flowers, which could be a weaker dye anyway. This is the alpaca fiber by the way! Excited for some pretty pink alpaca yarn!!!!
#zue speaks#dyed yarn#handdyed fiber#natural color#dye process#hibiscus#hibiscus dye#solar dye#yarn in a jar#natural dye
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Why the hell does expired, unexposed Kodachrome of all things command a premium
“Yes please, I want the film you can’t develop properly. Yes I’m just going to do it as black and white. What? Why would I buy expired Tri-x instead?���
#film photography#I know this one is a little inside baseball so here’s the skinny#expired unexposed film can still be shot it just responds differently to color and light#slide films in particular get cool results#Kodachrome is a slide film#but it also used an extremely complex process where the dyes were added to the film during development#instead of the dye being latent in the film and brought out by development#the long and short of it is that the last lab in the world that could do Kodachrome (a k a K14 process)#stopped doing so in 2010#you can still develop Kodachrome as black and white though#since it basically is#but the thing that made Kodachrome cool was the way it responded to color#so I’m not sure what the point is#who knows#maybe I’ll try it#just not for $25 a roll
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sitting on the edge of the bath, johnny sat pretty between your legs, while you dye his hair to match yours
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.....fallout brainrot has resulted in a new oc.
He’s been interested in fashion since prewar, but never pursued it since it wasn’t particularly Manly. Then the whole Apocalypse thing happened and he had other things to worry about. And then he became a ghoul. And then, a couple decades after, he realised that nobody’s stopping from just.... making clothes.
It’s never too late to follow your dreams!
#teapot noises#fallout#fallout oc#ghoul oc#my ocs#he doesnt have a name yet#he makes his own textiles and dyes#its a long long process but he has time
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2065 "Why blue?" "Cliche sad girl shit. Just sorta stuck."
⚠️ do not reupload or edit my shots without my permission ⚠️
#cyberpunk 2077#cp2077edit#cp2077 screenshots#cyberpunk 2077 photomode#cyberpunk 2077 v#cyberpunk 2077 oc#female v#fem v#fem v friday#oc: valerie v powell#g: cyberpunk 2077#mine: edits#mine: stories#long post#nsft#for the cheeky shots#we've had one fem v friday but what about 2nd etc etc#the shot with her putting the dye in her hair was what was confounding me last night btw#still not sure if i like it but whatever GOOD ENOUGH#also i know she's skipping an essential part of the electric blue hair dye process lmao#but i wasn't doing that kind of edit twice dfgjkhdfgdf#yes she was a smoker when she was younger#ahhhhhhhhh working on this has made me manic lmao#fave: valerie v powell
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TECHNOBLADE PANTS!
Pattern —built off a standard pants block, based on a palazzo pant pattern
Mockups —After the mockup I added about 4 inches total to the length, which I’m glad I did, because even after that they ended up about the same length as the mockups due to the weight of the fabric & the dyeing process.
Cutting, sewing—I flatfelled all the side seams so they’re super sturdy and can hold up to the wash, which is important because I had to wash them to be able to dye them. I didn’t add the cuffs at the bottom until after dyeing to ensure even dye application
Dyeing—The dyeing process for these was weirdly intense, considering how dull they turned out. Eventually, I plan on scouring them with soda ash and trying again with the mixture I used originally. If that doesn’t work, I’ll use a synthetic dye. They’re linen, dyed in a variety of natural dyes. I used a mordant with tannins in it so I could do an iron post-modification to create that darker color and gradient effect! The dyes themselves were madder, logwood, and cochineal extracts. It’s kind of shocking how orange they turned out, all told.
The sash is just a commercially dyed cotton gauze, I really love the texture of that fabric and I like what it adds to the pallet. I decided to leave the edges raw to complement the kind of rugged look of the base outfit.
AND THATS SOME PANTS! YEAH!
#process#pants#sewing#dyeing#technoblade#i need to stop being so precious about making these posts perfect .#especially if it’s gonna stop me from posting at all#more updates soon :)
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Finally dyeing this hat. I premordanted a little with copper, and then put it in a dyebath made of coffee ( from a bag I got last year that was just... undrinkably bad) and Ceylon tea leaves (from an old box that I need to use a lot faster than I have been). If the color stays orange I'll add more mordant, I just didn't want to overdo it and I never dye finished objects, so I'm being a little cautious.
#drove all the way to the wheelchair clinic only to find theres actually a whole Process before i can even go in#which i didnt realize and i guess i need to wait for someones call which is an aggravating way to spend 2 hours#now i am gonna try and do some sock surgery or something#natural dyeing#(kinda ?)#handspun yarn#knit hat
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#ignore the insta screenshot i cba taking more nice pics 😂#actually did some art! been a while 😅#managed to make chlorine gas in the process 😭😭#art#my art#diy#alt#alt fashion#punk#punk diy#bleach dye
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my mother has asked me to ask “that weaver friend of yours” lol — do you have experience dyeing linen? what does the process look like for natural vs synthetic dyes?
happy to be that weaver friend of yours 🥰❤️ dyeing linen is basically the same as dyeing cotton or any other cellulose fiber, so any synthetic dye that works for cotton will also work for linen. a professional grade fiber reactive dye like procion mx or dharma's procion (here) dyes cellulose fiber without heat, and the process is quick and painless. it just involves a large bucket, water, the dye powder and the cloth you wish to dye. i have little experience with rit dye so i'm not sure if you'd need heat for that, but procion dye is higher quality, comes in a lot more colours than rit, and a 2oz container is like $2 usd and goes a long way
the natural dye process for linen takes a lot longer than the procion dye process and requires several steps. cellulose fibers really don't like to take dyes so you basically have to do a bunch of alchemy to convince it to do what you want (compared to protein fibers like wool and silk which love dyes and only need some gentle nudges)
naturally dyeing linen depends on the dye you'd wish to use, but the process is essentially: scouring, mordanting, and dyeing. it's really important that you scour linen especially because it contains a lot of pectins that prevent dye from penetrating the fiber, so a harsh scouring is best (ie. washing it with hot water and ph neutral soap, even to the point of boiling the cloth. linen can take a lot of heat and is better for it, cotton is more sensitive) you'll probably have to do this before dyeing it with the synthetic dye too for best results
most natural dyes require that you mordant the cloth before dyeing. some dyes don't require a mordant (indigo is the big one, but if you're working with onion skins or other materials that contain tannins this is also true. however mordanting the cloth before dyeing with tannins or even mordanting with tannins is still recommended for better colour performance long-term unless you're working with indigo in which case using a mordant can actually cause problems) but if you're unsure, assume that you need to apply a mordant. you essentially have to simmer the cloth in a hot pot with either a material that contains tannins (tannic acid), a natural bio-accumulator of aluminum (symplocos), or use a metal salt (alum acetate is best for cellulose, but iron and copper salts can also be used. the metal salts route requires more safety precautions esp if you use copper salt, you can't dump that down the drain) your choice of mordant impacts the final colour with different mordants shifting the chemical reaction that happens in the cloth when you dye it
with cotton and linen, after you use the mordant you need to use either a chalk or wheat bran bath to remove excess mordant from the cloth, esp if you use alum acetate, otherwise it can leave a whitish cast over the cloth and also impede dyeing lol. wheat bran baths tend to cause a warmer tone to the final dyed cloth, chalk baths cause a cooler tone. i only use wheat bran baths bc i prefer the warmth and i get the bran cheaply at my local punjabi grocer
only then can you dye the cloth, again unless you're working with a dye like coffee or tea or onion skins OR indigo. linen really doesn't like to take natural dyes unless you do all the above steps, it's stubborn. the dye process itself depends on what dye you use and you can do stuff like solar dyeing if you don't want to simmer it in a pot on a stove. if you plan to go the natural dye route lmk and i can send you some scans of a book i have that contains precise instructions for preparing linen for dyeing
#fun fact the word for mordant in bahasa (both msia and indonesia) is mordan lol#i love when stuff like that happens. like computer in bahasa msia being komputer#as a caveat these are the western steps for natural dyeing there are other approaches that include the same chemical processes#but dif techniques like ex. in malaysia/indonesia mordants and dye baths are fermented for several weeks to months#and the fermentation makes it so they can be used cold and you only have to dip them in the baths rather than simmer#but that takes even longer than the western methods and is less documented in an instructional sense so the western approach is easier
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anyway just buzzed my hair and dyed it
#reallly speed running this coming out process#i got with a group of friends to dye my hair and ended up shaving half it off for a more gender affirming haircut
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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart) x.
#Takashi Shirogane#Shiro#You're nothingness but shining and everywhere at once.#Allura#The Silver-Haired Princess and Her Silver-Haired Paladin.#Voltron: Legendary Defender#Mine.#I have so many many many thoughts regarding these two.#How both of them were directly victimized by the Galra Empire#and Zarkon#himself#and find themselves in positions of leadership at the forefront of an intergalactic war despite the fact that Allura is a teenaged genocide#survivor who still misses her father and Shiro is a deeply scarred and traumatized pilot-turned-gladiator-against-his-will and neither one#of them have had the space or time to process either of these things.#How differently they handle the immense grief the Galra have caused them.#And that even though they find themselves diametrically opposed to each other's beliefs concerning Ulaz and the Blades they still trust#one another implicitly.#That Shiro looks so much like Alfor it's actually crazy.#How Allura unknowingly made Shiro relive the trauma of losing his crew when she allowed herself to be captured because they're both#inherently self-sacrificing and all-too willing to martyr themselves for the sake of others.#Allura carrying Shiro's essence inside of her before magically transferring it into the clone's body#and how it not only bleached Shiro's hair but is implied to have altered his DNA given his later interactions with the Balmeran crystals#used to power his arm and the Atlas.#That the new arm was Allura's idea and she willingly sacrificed a piece of her heritage for it and for Shiro.#The way they play off of each other when given a moment of levity and all of the potential that was wasted because the writing on this show#is an unbelievably frustrating mess.#In a perfect world where the notorious Season Eight doesn't exist or was competently handled#Shiro is part of Allura's bridal party and the godfather of her and Lance's children.#And he never attempts to dye or change his hair because he loves having a reminder of everything that Allura has done for him and their#importance to and connection with each other readily apparent every time he sees himself in the mirror.
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Ok posting my human designs :]
#fanart#dhmis#don't hug me i'm scared#dhmis red guy#dhmis yellow guy#dhmis duck guy#red guy#yellow guy#duck guy#I like them :)#that one picrew chain made me wanna draw my designs#Duck guy also dyes his hair green occasionally I think#if the others convince him to (he likes the end result but not the process of dyeing it methinks. so he doesn't dye it as often)#illustration#dhmis humanization#(<- forgot those. whoops)#art
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If you reblog, put in the notes what color you would call it.
#monster high#monster high g3#clawdeen wolf#clawdeen wolf g3#polls#id in alt#been wondering for a while what people think#its on my mind cuz i just got her g3 doll with plans to reroot it#her hairstyle isn't great either which certainly doesn't help#i gave her a new style until i can afford to get the hair for the reroot and it made me dislike it a little less#tbh idk what color to call it#its kinda mauve...? but its also not that pink#it looks pink because of the magenta in her hair#it looks like she bleached her hair then dyed it pink and this is how it looks after the pink washed out#i would really like to know the designers thought process with her hair color because it doesn't even make sense in canon#her mom's hair was legit purple and clawdeen's looks like a washed out dye job but its somehow natural...?#i kinda don't want to include the indifferent option#but its a perfectly valid opinion to have on the matter
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lineart for a comic I'm working on! this follows the moment whenever elias exchanges their heart for the queen's prize, a replacement heart
lyrics:
Life's full of tough choices, in'it?
Come on you poor unfortunate soul!
Go ahead, make you choice
I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day
it won't cost much!
Just your voice!'
#elias leroux#the red handed queen#nudity cw#ask to tag#light gore#fallen london#the red heart arc#red! elias#<- fuck dude they sure are#anyways i am posting this as motivation to continue working coloring this because oh boy have i made some mistake with the coloring process#and i can't undo them so!!! please be niceies and maybe give me encouragement cause I'm struggling y'all#dye stained art#goes in there because the lineart is still nicely finished#cw chest injury#queue the music#very important to me. the rhq is poor unfortunate souls. happles if friends on the other side#ohh maybe i can fo back over her hands with colored pencil... that might help#red arc
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everyone look at how fucking gorgeous i am
#null havoc damage#my 2 day hair process is done (bleached then slept with coconut oil but it was the wrong kind so woke up and washed it out#qnd then went to cvs to get different coconut oil to put in for a few hours and then wash out and then dry#and then dye and then wash and dry again)
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i shouldn't be at work running a show I should be taking an edible and sitting on my couch and putting all of my emotions in a box
#read something fast despite knowing that i would need more time to process it and now im at work and i can't process :/#had a rly good weekend tho. kayaking and tie dyeing and FIVE dogs#also lived my dreams of being a line cook for only eggs#ace txt
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