Intro to Ice Dyeing

If you love vibrant colors, you’ll love ice dyeing. This method for dyeing combines elements of tie-dye, shibori, and clever techniques for manipulating how and where color spreads. We’ll talk about dye splits and color combinations, rack versus muck dyeing, dry or wet dyeing, rinsing, laundering and care. And we’ll explore some common patterns such as spirals, geodes, and stripes along with the beauty and surprise of random sprinkling. Your class fee will include 3 tea towels or bandanas and you may bring 2 cotton items of your own such as shirts, pillow cases, etc. (please limit to max 36″). The dyes we’re using are not suitable for synthetic fibers or protein fibers.

This class is for ages 12 to adult, but minors must attend with an adult. We will have some down time in the middle of this class while waiting for ice to melt, so bring a bag lunch and optionally a project to work on (such as as crochet).