Products in the “Two hours of 1:1 Food Colouring-in-the-Microwave Dyeing Tuition (Materials Inc)” Category
Teaching
Available as a tutor to lead up to 8 students in a dyeing tutorial in your workshop space.
This 1/2 day Dyeing Tuition session will give your students a taster. Using professional grade acid dyes, each student will dye up two skeins of silk; one skein will be pot dyed in a Solid Colour, the other as a hand painted “Space-dye” microwaved skein.
We will also cover some basic colour theory and talk about dyeing techniques.
More Details
I’ll bring 2 skeins of Pre-Soaked “Duke”, our DK weight Silk Yarn, per student (included in the price, if your students want to dye up more, each skein will be £8.00 extra), my dyeing pots & pans, latex gloves and of course the dyes and fixing agents required.
(NB: if any of the students are Latex allergic, let me know, and I’ll bring Vinyl gloves!)
Your space will need
- To be in London, or willing to pay travel expenses to get me out to you if not
- running water
- long-ish work surfaces
- spare newspaper to go on the worktop
- 4 electric cooker rings (1 per pair of students)
- cling-film and
- a Microwave
Spray-bleach for the clean-up is good as well!
(0)
Two hours of 1:1 Acid Dyeing Tuition (Materials Inc)
Always wanted to try dyeing but didn’t know where to start? Dyeing is such a joy, gives instant gratification and really very easy to do!
This 2 hour Dyeing Tuition session in your home kitchen will give you a taster. Using professional grade acid dyes, you will dye up two skeins of silk; one skein will be pot dyed in a Solid Colour, the other as a hand painted “Space-dye” microwaved skein.
More Details
I’ll bring 2 skeins of Pre-Soaked “Duke”, our DK weight Silk Yarn (included in the price, if you want to dye up more, each skein will be £8.00 extra), my dyeing pots & pans, latex gloves and of course the dyes and fixing agents required.
(NB: if you are Latex allergic, let me know, and I’ll bring Vinyl gloves!)
You will need
- To live in London, or willing to pay travel expenses to get me out to you if not
- running water
- a long-ish work surface
- spare newspaper to go on the worktop
- a cooker, preferably Gas
- cling-film and
- a Microwave
Spray-bleach for the clean-up is good as well!
(0)
Two hours of 1:1 Food Colouring-in-the-Microwave Dyeing Tuition (Materials Inc)
Always wanted to try dyeing with your children but didn’t know where to start? Using Food Colourings for Dyeing is incredibly easy, child-safe and gives them almost instant gratification. (It’s good for Adults as well!)
This 2 hour Dyeing Tuition session in your home kitchen will give you a taster. Good for you and up to 3 of Children aged 10 and over (Or slightly younger if they are mature), as it does produce hot yarn from the microwave!
You will dye up 4 skeins of Chunky wool; two in a microwave steamer in a solid colour, the other two as hand painted “space-dyed” skeins.
More Details
I’ll bring 4 skeins of Pre-Soaked Chunky Wool (included in the price, if you want to dye up more, each skein will be £4.00 extra), Microwave steamers, latex gloves and of course the Food Colourings!
(NB: if you are Latex allergic, let me know, and I’ll bring Vinyl gloves!)
You will need
- To live in London, or willing to pay travel expenses to get me out to you if not
- running water
- a long-ish work surface
- spare newspaper to go on the worktop
- cling-film and
- a Microwave
Spray-bleach for the clean-up is good as well!
(0)
Updating…