There are books on the subject, but I've gotten by thus far on all the knowledge at Dharma Trading (and asked a few questions of their staff as well). I would like to get some books on it though to further refine the process.
And you're right Jess, I fussed over the overdye process way more than dyeing outright. 1.) because this time the fabric was a lot more expensive. 2.) because it really is a lot harder to figure end results.
Which makes me remember yet another small detail I left out of my notes above (my target test swatch, #10, I dipped it in water to soak it down and kept it by the washer, wet, so that I had an idea of what the rest of the fabric should look like wet once it got to the target color).
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on 2005-10-19 02:12 am (UTC)There are books on the subject, but I've gotten by thus far on all the knowledge at Dharma Trading (and asked a few questions of their staff as well). I would like to get some books on it though to further refine the process.
And you're right Jess, I fussed over the overdye process way more than dyeing outright. 1.) because this time the fabric was a lot more expensive. 2.) because it really is a lot harder to figure end results.
Which makes me remember yet another small detail I left out of my notes above (my target test swatch, #10, I dipped it in water to soak it down and kept it by the washer, wet, so that I had an idea of what the rest of the fabric should look like wet once it got to the target color).