Okay, while I think about whether to retoot or let old toots die, sharing this again as it's still in progress. It's a thrifted cotton sweater soaked in a bin with vinegar, iron water, and rusty objects (first 2 pics, 5 days apart). 3rd photo is the sweater clamped up with 100 wonder clips to preserve some of the orange while it gets overdyed in #indigo. Results after a few more indigo dips. #DyeingWithRust #NaturalDye #RecycledTextiles #SustainableFashion

Today in rust basin news: this sweater is a really great colour now and I was tempted to stop here but I already have two orange sweaters in progress & there's little room for more orange in my life than that. A mix of orange and blue, well there's plenty of room for that. So here it is getting folded and clamped for its swim in the indigo vat.

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Rust basin update! It's looking pretty rusty. Today I rearranged it all to get the rust printing in different spots. Once it's good and orange it'll have a swim in the indigo vat and then get unraveled to knit something new.

#DyeStudio #DyeingWithRust #DyeingWithIron #RecycledTextiles #SlowFashion #SustainableFashion

Step one: fold a thrifted cotton sweater into a basin, layer it with all the rusty things from the rusty things bucket, spray it all liberally with vinegar water, dump in the remainder of the dirty jar of dye-contaminated iron water, throw yesterday's leftover tea on top, and sprinkle in a bit more vinegar for good measure.

Step two: wait.

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