callmehippie said:

Glad to hear things are turning around for you friend.  You had me really worried for a while.

Good job at putting in the effort and trying to get the help that you needed.

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I had me worried, too! Thank you for being such a lovely friend during that dark period. We should be good now <3

I'm already working on another blanket! And a bunch of cute scrunchies!

Dala said:

Yeah churp never stop. The purpose of this thread is to photo-dump cool art that you made


Hippie I like to fold/tie lightly damp, and dye lightly damp. I wish I could let it completely dry before dying, but here's the issue I run into: the soda ash will recrystalize on the fabric as it dries, and it creates splotches on the final product. I think the crystals prevent the dye from bonding with the fabric, like it creates a barrier.

Here's an example. You can see some vertical lines in the middle that are "washed out". That's from dried soda ash on the edge of the folded fabric.



If I could get around this then I certainly would, because any water left in the fabric means less dye will penetrate.

The shirts I just posted were all too wet when I dyed (it was a new fabric for me and I was caught of guard), hence all the white lines where the dye couldn't penetrate because the material was saturated.

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