Silk Dyeing Tutorial: Dharma Fiber Reactive Dyes in Washing Machine

[@alethearia]

It is so important to learn from our mistakes. Thank you for sharing! If anyone else starts with a yellow fabric and they want a darker or more vibrant green, dying with a blue-green dye will get deeper results. The cyan you get in blue-greens reacts really vibrantly when layered with yellow, giving you a more vibrant green than just adding straight up blue (which can turn out to be a very dark green).

[@darklymoonlit]

It's so beautiful! And I will always support 18th-century projects (and new shoes).

[@calcifowl]

Oh, that's such a beautiful shade of green! Definitely worth the roughly five million kgs of salt 😂 My vote is for the anglaise, because I would love an excuse to get some mules myself.

[@LauraIngallsGunn]

A beautiful green. I am all for the mules!!!

[@femmefrantic]

Very informative and helpful! This video + Dharma’s instructions are going to guide me through my first dyeing project on Sunday 🙏🖤

[@AJaneiteSews]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kerrijackson2436]

You are a natural with making these videos! Soooo good! The silk came out beautiful!! I would have made such a huge mess!!! Can’t wait to see what you make with this! ❤️

[@AJaneiteSews]

Awww, thank you, dear friend!!

[@misswazzra]

Wow, the end result is SO GOOD!

[@deirdrelegg1160]

What a gorgeous colour!. I make 1870s ballgowns and I have 30 mtres of taffeta which I want to dye but no odea what colour just yet. Love creating.

[@kn2838]

You are such a delight!! I suggest a Piemontaise. You can still get the shoes!!😁

[@AJaneiteSews]

Oh, I do want to try to make a Piemontaise! 💚

[@Nessi-dances]

Do it for the shoes! Thanks for explaining how much those crazy amounts matter!

[@AJaneiteSews]

Thanks for watching!

[@ReinaElizondo]

I've had dreams of dying silk, so this is fascinating! I've seen some indigo dying peeps that use a large tub and an immersion water heater stick for their large projects.

[@mdmaybe]

I've amassed a small collection of dharma dyes but have been too nervous to try it. You give me hope that it can be done!

[@mdmaybe]

Also, I am a huge fan of the Discovery of Witches series. The author is a historian and it shows.

[@AJaneiteSews]

Oh, good! One of my goals was to instill confidence!

[@mdmaybe]

@@AJaneiteSews now I just need to do it... have a mint green double faced wool (not a good color for me!) that I would like to turn teal.

[@catherinemckegney8344]

@@mdmaybe I have dyed wool with dharma dyes - much easier than silk. And use the vinegar or citric acid method with wool. Actually, Kool-aid works on 100% wool, but results are less predictable.

[@mdmaybe]

@@catherinemckegney8344 good to know!

[@EleanorMRust]

My vote for your project is . . . a pickle-themed 18th c. Anglaise gown! I really enjoyed the whole Discovery of Witches series! The second and third books delve much more into history and alchemy, so it does become more of its own thing rather than grown-up Twilight in a university library. I may be a little biased- Deb Harkness taught at the university where I did my PhD, and although I didn't interact with her often I liked her a lot.

[@AJaneiteSews]

Pickle anglaise.... OMG, you’ve just sowed the seed and I must nurture it into existence!! I’m already liking the book more than I did Twilight, and that is so cool that she taught at your University!!

[@davriecaro3036]

@@AJaneiteSews I too love the book and the 2nd book is AMAZING if you like historical novels. The 2nd book is set in 1590s England, France, and even Prague (Though I assume you know that since I think it was mentioned at the end of the 1st book that they will time travel to that era, but I am not a hundred percent sure. It has been a while since I have read the books) But you can see it in the 2nd season of the TV show that the book is based on. Snappy Dragon made a video on KZbin discussing the accuracy of the costumes, without giving any major spoilers about the book or the show. I hope it may hopefully interest you: Link to the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqewc4GJjb6WgLc

[@ghislainesabbagh-hughes]

It looks great! It's one of my favorite colors and my husband makes fun of me for it. Also, I've read the whole trilogy of A Discovery of Witches. There is also a tv series based on the books but I can't bring myself to watch it.

[@AJaneiteSews]

My husband asked if there would be any leftover fabric to make him something, lol. I’m now fully invested in this book!

[@lorisewsstuff1607]

I have been warned so many times to only use acid dyes on silk and never get soda ash any where near silk or the silk would melt. I have never dyed silk because all I have are fiber reactive dyes. Now I really want to try it. I vote for the arsenic green gown because how many people do that and get the color right?

[@AJaneiteSews]

I recommend patch testing if it’s fabric you are really worried about!

[@chastitysenek7499]

My vote is for the robe a l'anglaise

[@TealCheetah]

My back hurt just watching you bend over the washing machine! I vote victorian dress.

[@AJaneiteSews]

Yeah, I’m still recovering 😅

[@Devanrealness]

💚Team Pickle 💚

[@historicalgarb8790]

I’ve always wanted to dye silk. But I’ve always been TERRIFIED of putting silk in water.

[@AJaneiteSews]

Me, too! This silk is tightly woven and stood up to three vigorous hot washes plus me poking it and prodding it for two hours, but looser weaves like dupioni would require patch or scrap tests!

[@sarahrosen4985]

My vote is for the shoes. Always the shoes. All the shoes! I saw the Dunmores and my brain said I need them in lilac, yellow and green. Do I have any 18th century clothes? No. Do I have any clothes that would match any of them? No. Does that stop my brain from wanting them? No!

[@annellneal4198]

Praise grogu 🤣

[@lindatisue733]

BICYCLE SUIT, 😍😍 Please, please, use metric measurements. Maybe, if Americans become familiar with metric, they will be more willing to join the rest of the world, and it won't be a " that French socialist weird way of measuring." Appreciate speaking about Na , Cl ions bonding, acids and bases. Sneak science in any way you can.

[@AJaneiteSews]

In the future, I’ll include both! Dharma uses gallons, cups, Tablespoons, etc, and I just didn’t have the patience to convert. Yes, science everywhere!