I've used Dylon hand dye in Jeans blue to get that indigo effect. Interesting to note the difference in shade depending on the fabric. The darker shades are a pure cotton while the lighter ones are a polyester/cotton.
While I had a dye bath on the go I decided to try something I've not done in years and make a hooky mat sample. In the past I've used strips of waste fabric or pre-cut wool strands but decided to try something different. I bought an old white t-shirt from a charity shop and cut it into 2cm x 12.5cm strips and added them to the dye bath. Then I tumble dried them and they came out like this:
And after a couple of hours hooking:
I love the way the fabric has curled into tubes and the colour is a beautiful soft indigo.
Another project over the last week has been a pair of soft leather shoes for my beautiful new niece Sofia.
I designed and made the patten to fit her foot size then hole punched and hand stitched the leather and embellished with lilac and a perfect contrasting turquoise bead.
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