The Fredericksburg Spinners and Weavers Guild would like to introduce an outstanding learning opportunity.  The Guild is hosting a multi-day/part dying workshop that will cover many facets of fiber dying, from beginner to more advance topics specifically geared toward certain artist groups.

The signup sheets are on the Guild bulletin board.  Please pay when you sign up and put payment in the Treasurer’s drawer.  And PLEASE label your payment so we know which class(s) you are paying for.

Introduction to Dyeing Fibers

Introduction to Dyeing Fibers – Focused on the background of chemical dyeing and how to do it. If you have ever picked up a book about dyeing or catalogue of materials and found the terminology or details overwhelming, this day will help you to see and understand the tools and processes of chemical dyeing. Handouts, catalogues and directions will accompany all information. If you are like me, sometimes even after the workshop, details slip your mind and you wish you had specific instructions to follow. This course will provide it all in an easy to follow format.

 

Dates: Saturday May 18th and Sunday May 19th, 2013

Registration Deadline: May 8

Time: 10am to 4pm (with break for lunch)

Cost of workshop: $150.00 for two days (or $75.00 if interested in only one day)

Day 1-Learning the basics

-The difference between fibers and what dyes work best for each fiber

-A quick history of chemical dyeing

-Natural vs. chemical dyes. Why choose chemical?

-Engineered dyeing in the modern world

-Chemical assistant (what else do you need besides dye to make dyeing work)?

-Overview of the process to dye different natural fibers

-Safety procedures and environmental responsibility

-Setting up a workspace

-Prepping fibers for dyeing (participate in process)

Hands on portion of the day

-Basic solid color dyeing of fibers (immersion dyeing)

-Dyeing with grocery store finds

Day 2-Hands-on Basic Dyeing

(The second day is entirely hands on! Bring your own natural fibers to dye! Samples of each process to keep will be provided a long with directions. )

-Dyeing a color wheel sample to keep for reference

-Dyeing fiber in the microwave

-Dyeing in the crockpot

-Troubleshooting common problems

2nd Day Bonus!

And just for fun (if there is interest) I will create an Indigo dye vat (for plant fibers). This is a very cool process if you haven’t tried it before! Workshop conducted by Julie Hodge, Assoc. Professor of Theatre, Univ. of Mary Washington Dept. of Theatre and Dance Professor of THEA 291- Fabric Dyeing and Painting

Creating Colorful Fibers

Have you ever wanted to have the skills to make those beautifully color fibers that you see at the wool festivals? This workshop is all about getting hands-on experience with dyeing. Participants are encouraged to bring their own yarns/fibers to experiment on. We will be hand painting fibers to create both monochromatic skeins of yarn (or roving) as well as learn techniques for dyeing multi-colored skeins (or roving). All participants will receive written directions, information on suppliers, and take home a sampling of the day’s techniques. If you are like me, sometimes even after the workshop, details slip your mind and you wish you had specific instructions to follow. This course will provide it all in an easy to follow format.

Date: Saturday June 15th, 2013

Time: 10am to 4pm (with break for lunch)

Cost: $75.00 for the day

-Quick overview of the process to dye different natural fibers

-Safety procedures and environmental responsibility

-Keeping records of what you have done so you can do it again

-Setting up the workspace for each process at home

-Prepping fibers for dyeing (participate in process)

-Creating hand-painted multi-color yarn or roving

-Immersion dyeing monochromatic fiber with changes in value or multi-colored yarns

-Knitting, dyeing, unknitting, and reknitting

Samples of each process will be given to all the participants to keep for reference Workshop conducted by Julie Hodge Assoc. Professor of Theatre, Univ. of Mary Washington Dept. of Theatre and Dance Professor of THEA 291- Fabric Dyeing and Painting

More Hands-On Colorful Fiber Dyeing!

Date: Saturday July 13th

Time: 10am to 4pm (with break for lunch)

Cost: $75.00

This day of fiber dyeing processes has a variety of dyeing techniques that are good for both shorter and longer lengths of fiber that need to be dyed. This day is all about COLOR! If you are a weaver or just taking on a larger project and want to create distinctive yarns, this class will provide the opportunity to learn how to do this! Bring your own fibers or just take home a sampling of the ones we dye in class. All processes are hands-on! Most knitters, spinners and weavers are tactile learners and what better way to learn than doing it yourself. We all take classes with the best of intention to do a process at home, but, sometimes, even after the workshop, details slip your mind and you wish you had specific instructions to follow. This course will provide it all in an easy to follow format. Written directions, suppliers and samples of each technique will be provided to all participants in the workshop. Come and create your own distinctively colored fibers and learn to do it at home!

-Quick overview of the process to dye different natural fibers

-Safety procedures and environmental responsibility

-Keeping records of what you have done so you can do it again

-Setting up the workspace for each process at home

-Prepping fibers for dyeing

-Multi color dyeing balls of yarn or cones of yarn

-Color injection dyeing

-Tye-dyeing yarns

-Long length dyeing (warps) monochromatic or multi-color

-Hand painted warps

Workshop conducted by Julie Hodge Assoc. Professor of Theatre, Univ. of Mary Washington Dept. of Theatre and Dance Professor of THEA 291- Fabric Dyeing and Painting