I am addicted to making stuff! This weekend I took a class that involved Shibori techniques with natural indigo dye. Shibori is a Japanese tie dying technique from the 8th century. I used the Itajime shibori style which is a shape resist technique. Traditionally, the cloth is sandwiched between two pieces of wood, which are held in place with string. I brought 2 pillow cases and this is the final product. I really like it! I wanted more! So I went to Michael's and bought a black and green tie dye kit and 1 pound of ginormous yarn! For the black one, I used a circular pill box, and a hair clip. It looked like faces to me! Unfortunately for the green one, I tried to make stripes, but it didn't turn out too well. You can hardly see them! I guess I didn't bind the string (rubber bands) tight enough, plus it's not a contrast color against the white. So use dark colors from now on. I have 6 pillow cases, should I try again? I think I am gonna try pink next time! Or, dye the green pillow cases again! What will it look like? Lastly, I've been weaving for a little over a year now. Ever since my last birthday, I started to weave. My friends bought me an Intro to weaving class at Brooklyn Brainery, and I haven't stopped since! Though, even before that, I taught myself to weave through you tube tutorials, but the with the class, I got a bigger loom! and of course the softies I made in the lower left hand corner say hello!
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