Friday, 15 January 2010

Holiday activities.

D'Arcy got a tie-dye kit for his birthday some years ago which he's been keen to use. I finally managed to get some plain shirts for him to dye...




Here are the results. It's not the immersion type, rather that you fill bottles with dye and squirt it on after you've tied. We weren't quite careful enough to get all the folded bits coloured, so might have another go at the very sparse white one. Just need to get more soda ash from the craft shop. There's dye left over and they claim it'll last two weeks. The kit was made by Jacquard and came with everything you need, except shirts. It's pretty good really and I'd recommend it as a birthday gift for someone in that 7-13 age range. Boys or girls.
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3 comments:

Kate said...

Yee har for dyeing :) glad that you had fun, the shirts look great.

Mummy/Crit said...

Thanks Kate. the very plain white one had another go yesterday, along with the yellow one. They're going on the line in the morning.

It's a lot of fun, you're on to a good thing.

Kate said...

Fabric is great, as are yarn and fibre. Totally addictive!