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1. Maryanne Lincoln's Comprehensive Dyeing Guide
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If you're fascinated by color and the nuances it can bring to your hooked rugs or other fiber crafts, join Maryanne on a journey through the color wheel. From the basics through advanced dyeing techniques, you will learn from one of the best.2. Charlie Needs a Cloak
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A shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak.3. A Notebook for Primitive Rug Hookers: Artful Ideas, Methods, and Recipes for Dyeing Wool and Hooking Rugs
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In A NOTEBOOK FOR PRIMITIVE RUG HOOKERS Ramona engages readers in casual conversations on various subjects for beginning and experienced dyers, and interspersed with the dyeing information are hooking ideas unique to wide-strip hooking. -Easel-style book for easy use in the dye kitchen. -Recipes which include wool and dye amounts for test samples (to see if you like the color), followed by measures for larger amounts of wool. -More than 200 recipes to create special effects, described through 21 categories, from Baskets to Buildings, Flesh to Foliage, and Water to Weathervanes, plus 24 background recipes from light to dark. -Easy-to-follow directions and diagrams for the technicalities of dyeing methods, cutting wool, and increasing and reducing dye and wool amounts. Useful charts to simplify the "figuring." -Digital images of recipe swatches on DVD. -A handy pocket color wheel. -Encouragement to move beyond the technicalities and rules to "messing around" with methods and dyes. -Five pages of pictures of rugs, in color, illustrating recipe results.4. Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Custom-Color Your Favorite Fibers with Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques
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Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece Custom Color Your Favorite Fibers with Dip Dyeing Hand Painting Tie Dyeing and Other Creative TechniquesDescription
Discover the colorful joys of hand dyeing your own yarn and fleece. Its easy, fun, and can be done right in your own kitchen! Self-taught dyer Gail Callahan shows you a variety of simple techniques to turn plain, outdated, or leftover yarn into vibrant new fibers using ovens, crockpots, frying pans, and other standard kitchen equipment. Detailed advice on color theory, self-striping, grocery store dyes, and handmade multicolor skeins make successful dyeing a cinch, even for complete beginners.
5. Wool Appliqu Folk Art: Traditional Projects Inspired by 19th-Century American Life
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Wool Applique Folk Art Traditional Projects Inspired by 19th Century American LifeDescription
Savor the richness and beauty of wool appliquits texture, depth, color, and design. Well-known, award-winning folk artist Rebekah L. Smith will ignite your passion for Americana home decor with 14 simple and elegant designs. Appliqu pillows, bed toppers, and table runners from woven wools, felted wools, and wool feltincluding repurposed fibers and fabrics! Hand stitch charming folk-art projects, each with full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions. A guide for both beginners and seasoned stitchers.6. Prepared to Dye: Dyeing Techniques for Fiber Artists
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7. Merino: Handspinning, Dyeing and Working With Merino and Superfine Wools
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Merino: Handspinning, Dyeing and Working With Merino and Superfine Wools [Hardcover]8. The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen, and Cotton at Home
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Stewart Tabori & Chang Books-The Modern Natural DyerDescription
Thousands of natural materials can produce glorious colorthe insect cochineal produces pink, maroon, and purple, and more than 500 species of plants produce indigo blue. Now, in The Modern Natural Dyer, expert Kristine Vejar shares the most user-friendly techniques for dyeing yarn, fabric, and finished goods at home with foraged and garden-raised dyestuffs as well as with convenient natural dye extracts. Demystifying the "magic," Vejar explains in explicit, easy-to-follow detail how to produce consistent, long-lasting color. With stunning photography of the dyes themselves, the dyeing process, and 20 projects for home and wardrobe (some to knit, some to sew, and some just a matter of submerging a finished piece in a prepared bath), The Modern Natural Dyer is a complete resource for aspiring and experienced dye artisans.
9. Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving: Essential Guide for Beginners (Self-Sufficiency)
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In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to make their own fabrics. This book explains where different fibers come from, how to grow and harvest your own vegetable fibers, and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dyestuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Finally, there are a number of simple projects, such as a rug, shoulder bag, bed cover, and jumper and mitts to put your newly learned skills to the test.10. Dyeing Wool: 20 Techniques, Beginner to Advanced
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Learn how to add fascinating dimension, intensity, and texture to your textile projects. Step-by-step lessons show you how to spot dye, paint, and overlay color, among many great techniques that let you play with color. Gain skills, learn color theory, and find your color voice.11. Wrapped in Color: 30 Shawls to Knit in Koigu Handpainted Yarns
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Made of high-quality, hand-painted merino, Koigu's signature yarn is legendary, cherished for its wearability, versatility, and stunning colors. These collection of 30 magnificent shawls, all knit with Koigu, will be a must-have for the company's obsessively loyal following. With patterns in all weights, from ultra-luxe lace to popular bulky yarns, every knitter willl find a perfect project!
12. Spin to Knit
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Knitters who want new worlds to conquer can reach for this guide to handspinning their own designer yarns. A rundown on equipment introduces the drop spindle, supported spindle, niddy-noddy, McMorran balance, and yarn meter, while the following sections include choosing wool and other fibers, presenting knitting patterns suitable for handspun yarn, and in-depth profiles of real urban spinners. For crafters who want to experiment with spinning but don't want to sacrifice too much of their knitting time, there are lots of ideas for jazzing up a thrift-store cardigan with handspun trim or knitting a boatneck pullover in a combination of commercial and handspun yarns. Methods for incorporating beads and threads into yarn and a technique for dyeing yarn in the dishwasher are also featured.
13. The art of dyeing wool, silk, and cotton