DIY Shibori – HonestlyWTF. Today marks HonestlyWTF’s four year anniversary. Four years! To celebrate, we’re revisiting the very first tutorial we ever featured on the site: shibori tie dye. Lauren and I first discovered shibori after discovering an old photo on the web. The idea of recreating an ancient Japanese dyeing technique inspired us to spend an entire weekend experimenting with our favorite deep blue, indigo. After dyeing just about every white article of clothing in sight, our blue stained fingers excitedly uploaded the tutorial – we couldn’t wait to share it with our 30 readers. And so began the ongoing series of tutorials and DIYs. You’ll need:an indigo dye kitnatural fiber clothing or fabric2 5 gallon bucketsrubber glovessmall wood squaresrubber bandstwinea PVC pipea long wooden sticka drop clothrubber glovesscissors When choosing fabric or clothing, it’s important that made of natural fibers.
Itajime shibori is known as the shape-resist technique. Wrap the twine around the fabric. Therapeutic blends contain whole, natural herbs and spices & rice. Aromatherapy is the art of using herbs and spices both externally and internally for preventive health care, healing and relaxation. Aromatherapy involves both the inhalation of the aromas and the dermal absorption of the herbs to achieve these ends. Aromas can trigger the healing power within - Our sense of smell connects us directly with our emotions and instincts.
The following is a list of the herb and spice blends contained in each product. These selections indicating the qualities traditionally attributed to each: NeckEase Allspice - Natural sedative & pain reliever for relaxation Black Pepper - Stimulates circulation to reduce swelling Cinnamon - Rheumatism analgesic & natural pain reliever Clove - Analgesic for arthritis, natural pain reliever and sedative Sinus Pillow Eye Pillow Packs, Mitt, Muff, Wraps, Keyboard & Mouse Support FootEase Heart and Star Spot and Fisheze Cecil Aromatherapy along with aromatherapy pillows are a soothing way to de-stress. Kool-Aid Dyed Playsilks – Tried and True. A couple months ago I came upon a tutorial on The Artful Parent for Kool-Aid Dyed Playsilks.
I hadn’t really heard about playsilks before that but upon further investigation found out that they’re awesome. They can be pretty much anything your child wants them to be: capes, dresses, blankets, scenery, tents and the list goes on and on. So, seven of us got together with our seven toddlers (all under 2 years) and dyed 42 playsilks in total. We started around 11 am and didn’t finish until about 5 pm. After we did the first batch of Kool-Aid packets, some of the mothers decided to get a bit creative with color combination and as a result we ended up with 14 different color at the end of the day. Edit: Here are a few answers to some of the more popular questions posted in the comments. Where did you get your scarves/What size were they? Will these bleed? Will this process work on other materials (cotton, wool, hair, etc)? I can’t read the color combinations! Dharma Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes.
Tutorial: Crock Pot Yarn Dyeing! You may not even know about these, but way back at the beginning of this blog, almost 3 years ago, I did a couple of kool-aid yarn dyeing tutorials. They were specifically how-tos for getting particular kinds of variegation (as opposed to dyeing basics) – part 1 being three blending colors, part 2 longer stripes of random-order solids.
(I’ve just gone back and edited these old posts a little, changing some bad advice I’d given and some minor details, but not anything major.) So, after 3 years and countless skeins of dyeing experience have now passed, I want to do a couple of new dyeing tutorials for you! (For the basics of dyeing, if you’re new to it, see the link list in my first tutorial, since this post is only meant for this particular variegation method, not for kool-aid dyeing in general.) I recently dyed up a skein of bulky yarn (Imperial Stock Ranch Lopi) with 5 different colors in my crock pot, for a spotty, kettle dyed kind of look, as you can see above. Fun!