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Once in a while you fall in love with a book and even if you cannot at the moment use the information in any way, you still treasure it just in case life presents you with that IF moment one day. I have no space to dye currently, especially not to dye with natural dyestuffs, yet I love this book. I love all the visual elements, the colours, the process and the end result. I have long loved colour it is the reason I knit, do textiles and dye small quantities of fabrics and threads. I once did an indigo vat and would love to do this permanently. This is a book of my dreams. It is a resource for natural dyeing, complete with projects. Find the natural materials for dyeing; discover the wonderful colours you can create; explore the possibilities. One of the most fascinating things about dye is the different colours produced by one source. Information is provided on each source. There is also plenty of information about what you can dye. All the processes are fully explained and different methods are included such as eco printing, dyeing from whole dyestuffs and from extracts. Step-by-step photos are included of the dyeing process. There are shade cards for different fibres. The projects are excellent and each one demonstrates different skills in dyeing and the projects include knitted and fabric items such as clothes, quilts, bags. Surface design is also included. This is a highly recommended, quality book that you will want to keep. Whilst not absolutely comprehensive and old hands might not find anything new, it is a wonderful book that I enjoyed immensely. Karen Platt- yarnsandfabrics.co.uk
作者简介Kristine Vejar is the owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, a popular yarn store and natural dye studio in Oakland, California. She was introduced to natural dyeing during a semester aborad in India while earning her BA in art history from Mills College. She advanced her skills after graduation when she returned to India for 18 months to study textiles and dyeing techniques on a Fulbright scholarship. Back in California, she started dyeing in her kitchen in 2006, rented a dye studio in 2007, opened a small store in 2008, then in 2010 expanded into her current 1700-square foot space with a dedicated retail area, classroom, dye studio, and educational dye garden.
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Modern Natural Dyer has an appealing cover and photographs. I wish it would have included a wider variety of dyestuffs. There are about 24 included. Another issue I had, and I should have anticipated this, was the amount of space used for the projects. It is my opinion that if you are at the point where you want to dye your own fabric and yarn, you either already have a project in mind or can figure it out. Pages exclusively dedicated to a picture of the project or knitting and sewing instructions are about 43 pages of a 192 page book.
On the good side, specific weights and temperatures are provided, as well as a dye chart for cochineal, madder, quebracho red, cutch, rhubarb, weld, fustic, pomegranate, and walnut, for both cellulose and protein, in different concentrations of dye as well as the chalk vs wheat soak for cellulose. If only the projects could be switched out in favor of more dye charts!
The provided dyeing/scouring/mordanting instructions are clear, and make the information accessible to the beginner.
So, I think this book will be great for some, and 'ok' for others. Try and look at a copy before you purchase.
I didn't know anything about this book or the author until I took her class on the Creative Bug website. I've been interested in using natural dyes for years and have a few books on knitters but the instructions/techniques were very limited. This is the very first book I have found where there is actually precise step by step instructions on how to dye yarn and fabric with a variety of natural dyes. I thought the video I watched was going to be sufficient to give this a try but ended up getting the book and was really glad I did. There is a lot more information and examples on the most common natural dyes (about 14) including a special section on how to create and dye with indigo with is different than other dyes. I've always wanted to hand dye some quilting cotton with indigo using various resist techniques and she actually has a chapter on how to do this in the book! After having read through the book, I felt that it was lacking in more information on a wider variety of resist techniques, there are just a few, however, to be fair the major goal of the book is on how to color with dyes, not surface design. I also felt that while the information was thorough, it still felt like it was mostly intended for "beginners." Almost half the book was taken up with project ideas for knitting, sewing and quilting. Except for the quilt, and the baby onsie dyed with black tea, I wasn't very impressed with the other projects. I would have felt more satisfied if the project ideas were left out and to have had those pages dedicated to more extensive information on advanced techniques like mixing colors to create new colors, more information on various resist techniques etc. The photography for the color swatches and the natural plants used to make the dyes and their geographic and historical information was very beautiful and well written. This author went to India for a month to study the traditional methods of natural plant based dying and then won a Fullbright Scholarship to study there again for a year and a half, pretty impressive. As a quilter, I know from my quilt history books that India was the first country that learned how to dye and print on cotton fabrics, so I thought it was fantastic that she wanted to share her wealth of knowledge in a book. Unlike some cook books where they call for a pinch of this and a dash of that, she provides very precise measurements, and the instructions are very logical, well ordered, and extremely straight forward. There is even information on how to "fix" your dye bath when things go wrong. Maybe there will be a follow up book with more advanced techniques? Or maybe because she owns a professional dye studio to make and sell hand dyed yarn and cloth, those techniques are just something we need to figure out ourselves through our own experimentation?
I added this book to my wish list purely for it's gorgeously styled cover and then purchased it once I discovered the author on Instagram and fell in love with her informative feed. I caught the natural dyeing bug once the walnuts started falling in our yard and then took a field trip to forage goldenrod after realizing it was readily available in our region. Kristine's instructions for showing me the different steps I'd need to take depending on whether I was dyeing with wool or cotton yardage was helpful as well as the simple to follow steps from start to finish. It took that overwhelming feeling away that often comes with diving into a new medium and I ended up with beautifully dyed skeins of wool. I'm so thankful for her expertise in the field and how beautifully this book was written. Well done!
I am just getting into natural dying and have bought almost every book on the subject. This book is one of my favorites. I love the color swatches and seeing how different mordants can expand your color offerings. The projects included are a nice touch so you can begin getting in the habit of invisioning what you are going to do with your dyed material. Natural dye extracts are included in addition to using plants directly. I am excited to get started dying my alpaca roving and yarn naturally!
This is a beautiful hard-cover book that not only walks you through the basics of dyeing with natural dyes, but also has projects that can inspire one to experiment. This book should be a part of every dyer's library!
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