Have you always wanted to try indigo dyeing but aren't sure where to begin? Our beginner friendly kits take the guesswork out, with pre-measured ingredients and comprehensive instructions that guide you through, step by step.
Indigo bearing plants are the world's only source of natural, true, colourfast blue. A magical dyestuff that has been used around the world as a dye since pre-historic times, the culture and wonder that surrounds this plant is immense.
Indigo cannot be dyed in the same way as other natural dyes, but must be made into a vat, with pure plant indigo, an alkali and a reducing agent.
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This kit contains the pre-measured ingredients to create one organic fructose vat, with which you can dye quite a bit of fibre - how much a kit will dye depends on a few things, including how dark you want the blue to be, and what fibres you use. But it will dye a lot! As a general ballpark, you could expect to dye several yards of a medium weight cotton such as a quilting cotton, to a medium blue, and probably more, and darker if you wish.
The vat can remain active for a week or longer, depending on how much you use it.
Indigo can be used to dye any natural fibres, not synthetics. You can dye fabric, yarn, garments, wood, anything that you like, and any fibre, such as cotton, linen, wool, silk, bamboo, rayon, hemp, etc. A small amount of synthetic fibre content such as 5% spandex in a garment, or 5% nylon in a sock yarn, is no problem.
Please note that the dyed fibres in the photos are not included. They are there to show you what colours you can expect to achieve with the dye.
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Contents:
25g indigofera tinctoria powder, extracted from the plant
50g pickling lime (calx)
75g fructose sugar
All our kits are packaged in recyclable kraft paper boxes, that are silk screened by hand in eye-catching designs that make them great for gifting.
Buy as a bundle with our Natural Dye Kit and save 10%
Learn how to used the kit to create gorgeous patterns on cloth with our online workshop.
Looking for things to dye? Visit the Blanks for Dyeing section if our shop to find white and unbleached fabric, yarn, and small accessories, all ready to dye!
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