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SILK SCARVES /SOCKS INSTRUCTIONS:
PROJECT 1: Logwood Shibori bandana Things needed: stainless steel/enamel (non-reactive) pot, candy thermometer, disposable cup, clean workspace, metal tongsFrom Kit: Logwood powder, 21 x 21inch silk scarf, 5 craft sticks, 4 rubberbands,Vinyl gloves
1. Fill disposable cup half full of hot water. Carefully open your tin of logwood powder. Add about half to the hot water and stir well with craftstick until Logwood is dissolved.2. Fill your medium size pot about half full of water. Add the dissolved logwood and stir. Begin heating very on medium low. Attach candy thermometer to pot and check often. TEMP SHOULD NOT RISE ABOVE 175F. 3. Wet your bandana by soaking in a medium size bowl of water. Remove your bandana and gently wring to remove excess water. Lay flat on your workspace.4. Shibori fold: See the video tutorial at wanderingsagefarm.com. Click on ‘DYE KIT’ from the menu bar. Written instructions:Lay Flat. Fold in half to create a line. Lay flat again. Staring at one end fold over to mid line. Fold under to next line, fold over to end. You will have a long rectangle folded into an accordian shape. From one end grab a corner and pull up to top edge of bandana to form a triangle. Holding the triangle in place turn the entire silk over and fold another triangle. Repeat until you reach the end. If there is a little material left simply make a smaller triangle and fold in the same Accordian pattern. In the end, you should have a neatly folded triangle. At opposite corners (about 1 inch toward center) place 1 craft stick on one side and other on exact other side so that they match up. Use your rubber bands to tightly secure your craft sticks together on both sides. Repeat on the opposite side of triangle. 5. Place in warming up pot of logwood. Leave for 20 min (or until desired depth of purple is reached), moving around occasional with metal tongs. 6. Put on gloves, remove with metal tongs and rinse thoroughly before unfolding.7. Unfold, admire, hang to dry8. Handwash in cold water and PH neutral detergent, rinse well, hang dry9. Wear as a bandana, display as a tapestry, use as a play silk, etc…!!
PROJECT 2: Rainbow silk Scarf Things needed: Medium/large pot with steamer insert. metal tongs, plastic wrap (or any kind of recycled clear plastic), tweezers, medium bowl of water, small cup of warm water, paper towel, heat source, clean work surface (this could even be the floor covered with a piece of painters plastic)From Kit: 11x60 silk scarf, four dried flower packets, string1. Remove 11x60 wool/silk scarf from your kit. Half fill medium bowl with water. Place scarf in water.2. Prepare pot + steamer insert/basket. Add water and begin to heat on medium with lid on. (Foil work too if you don’t have a lid)3. Carefully remove contents of the ‘Scabiosa’ packet onto a paper towel. There will be many petals and several whole flowers. 4. With your tweezers, carefully drop the whole scabiosa flowers (not the loose petals) in the small cup of warm water. (I have found that they more easily give color to fiber if they are lightly soaked before printing . 5. Lay out your scarf on a clean work surface so that it is flat and smooth out any wrinkles6. Make your creation!** Use the 4 packets from kit. Lay flowers on scarf any way you like. Use ‘coreopsis’ for shades of red/gold,’ Sulfur cosmos for shades of orange, ‘Cochineal’ for shades of pink/red/purple and ‘Scabiosa’. (Remove scabiosa from water with tweezers and place on paper towel to allow excess water to be absorbed)** For my sample scarf I laid each individual variety of flower in a separate row and repeated this pattern over the length of the scarf. My result was a beautiful rainbow striped scarf! Other ideas that I considered: A mandala (or several small ones along the length of the scarf) and swirling rows of flowers. The sky is the limit!!7. Once your flowers are arranged on the scarf you must decide if you want to use a plastic barrier. If you want your design to look ‘as is’ then you want to use a plastic barrier. If you do not mind your design morphing into something more unexpected (more of a watercolor effect) then don’t use a plastic barrier! If you choose the barrier: cover entire length of scarf with plastic wrap or otherrecyled plastic. 8. Roll your scarf up as tightly as possible and fold in half. 9. Take the string from your kit and tie a knot around one end of your rolled scarf. Wrap the string around tightly until you reach the opposite end of scarf and tie it off.10. Carefully remove lid of your steam pot and place scarf inside. Put lid on and allow to steam for 20 min. (I like to keep the heat on medium and check on it often. You want the steam to be hot and constant but don’t let the water below to come to a rolling boil. Adjust heat as needed) 11. Carefully remove scarf with tongs and allow it to fully cool. 12. Open your creation, admire, hang to dry for 24 hours13. Hand wash in cold waterr with PH neutral detergent. Rinse thoroughly and hang to dry. Iron on low or steam to eliminate wrinkles. 14. Wear your art! BAMBOO SOCKS KIT: 2 pair pre-treated Bamboo socks, Dried flowers (coreopsis, cosmos, scabiosa), Cochineal, wooden dowel, string You will need: medium pot with steamer insert, metal tongs 1. Wet out socks: I find the best method for this is to throw them in the washer on the 'rinse/spin' cycle. NO DETERGENT! Generally, this approach will give your socks the perfect amount of dampness with no excess water which wrks best when bundle dyeing. 2. Lay your socks out side by side on a piece of plastic a little larger than your socks.
Video Tutorial (scarf kit)
(Rainbow Scarf Tutorial Correction: Steam your Scarf for 20 minutes, not 1 hour like the video says)
