Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Custom-Color Your Favorite Fibers with Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques

This book is the best way to launch into dyeing with techniques and fibers that will give you successful and predictable results: protein fibers like wool and silk, and commercial acid dyes. It's beautifully illustrated and the quality of the book is wonderful - hard covers with spiral binding inside. I'm blown away by how well laid out and practical it is, and comprehensive. If you master this content and want more frustration in your life, learn to dye plant fibers with natural dyes. That's not here. This is where you can learn how dye works in fiber in a straightforward way, how to plan and work with color, get good results, and produce beautiful and useful yarn and fabric.

All kinds of fun and creative ways to break into dyeing are presented in this amazingly comprehensive and easy to read book. I love the logical layout of the book as it has chapters on equipment (readily available in most homes), fibers, types of dye, colors, huge section of techniques (my favorite section) and some lovely patterns for small items on which to practice. I would say the focus is on dyeing animal fibers and yarn, especially wool although others are discussed as well. Numerous full color pictures throughout reinforce the directions and text. The book has a nice enclosed spiral binding so it lays flat and the text, headings, highlights are printed in such a readable font with nice contrast to the background--so eye friendly! Most importantly, the author encourages fearless creativity and very practical, hands-on methods with readily available supplies. A novice would feel comfortable getting started, but I also think there is much to be explored by a more experienced person. I can't wait to dive in!

I love this book. It has nelped me a great deal in learning out to dye the fiber I get off my goats, as well as the yarn I spin, or the fiber I use in my needlefelting projects. It has step by step directions on dyeing fiber in several different ways to get certain effects. It is well written. The instructions are easy to understand and follow. It is illustrated with photos of the techniques and the results. I love the spiral binding which makes really easy to read hands free and not have to worry about losing your page as you work. I have made some beautiful yarns and rovings with the techniques in this book. If you're new to hand dyeing, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

The first half of the book is very basic -- if you are an experienced dyer, it will be repeated info. The second half gives a lot of information about HOW to put together colorways, which is very helpful if you don't have an art background and want to make sure your colors "go together" before you put them on yarn. Also includes a few free patterns that really show off dyed yarn (especially multis). Overall, it's a good book.

I love this book! Being a "virgin" to dying fibers, I found this book to be exceptionally informative! I searched extensively on Amazon looking for just the right book for dye instruction. I am so glad I chose this one! The author showed numerous techniques on dying fibers and yarn, along with different types of dyes. Although most of the dyes used were commercial dyes, I liked the fact that she included food coloring, as well as Kool-aid. The instructions for all techniques was very detailed with numerous helpful pictures. The projects at the end of the book seem to be fairly simple, and I plan to undertake at least a couple of them. A very good source for beginners in dying technique! i would recommend this book to new, as well as seasoned dyers, as the color combinations she uses are so beautiful and rich! This book is definitely a valuable source in my "fiber" library!

I have almost every book on spinning, weaving and dyeing that's out there and thought this sounded good to add to my library. Little did I know that it would become my all-time FAVORITE book on dyeing!! I started reading it one morning then had to stop to do other things, but it was so good I went back to it in the evening and didn't put it down until I finished it near midnight! It is very well written, clear, easy to understand and "friendly". You almost feel as if you are there experiencing the dyeing process right along with the author. There are many terrific tips to make dyeing easier and pleasing. The photographs are outstanding and her method of teaching about color with her ingenious color grid and grains of rice is fantastic! Much easier to use/understand than the common color wheel. Not to mention, with the book you get the terrific color grid to use from then on. Another positive thing about the book is its binding. It is a spiral-bound hardback with the spiral wired spine underneath the outside hardback spine. This allows you to open it flat to use when working and also keeps the book from getting caught on things as exposed spiral-bound books often do. There are eight interesting knitting projects (spanning various levels of experience) with directions and a full color picture of the finished item. I have been dyeing fiber for a couple years now, yet still found several of the things she mentioned to be new and helpful. I am going to request that it be added to the library at the art college that I attend. This book is truly outstanding and I am ordering another copy today for a Christmas gift for a friend! KUDOS to the author, Gail Callahan!!!

This is my first dyeing book, though I’ve read a fair amount on the Internet. This book is full of information and tips for dyeing yarn. I’ve done a couple of the techniques—mini skeins and ombré dyeing in a pot, and they’ve worked great. There are tips on acid dyes and on food-safe dyes. I only use food safe dyes at the moment (food coloring and Kool-Aid), but I’ve gotten some great results. I am looking forward to trying more experiments! I also really appreciate the lay-flat spiral binding. This is such a great feature for consulting the book without worrying about it closing while your hands are occupied dyeing. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in dyeing yarn or fiber.

Even though I am an experienced dyer of fabric there is always something to be learned from another dyer. I found many useful tips on dye techniques for fiber and yarn. I also like the spiral bound back.

Donne plein d'astuce de teinture que ce soit chimique ou naturel. avec une idées du résultat tricoté. Livre indispensable a qui aime créer avec de la laine

Muy útil, buenas explicaciones, bonita edición.

Sehr viele begeisterte Strickerinnen wie ich kommen irgendwann an den Punkt, wo sie ihre Garne auch farblich selbst gestalten wollen. Wer einmal mit dem Färben angefangen und so einiges mehr oder weniger erfolgreich ausprobiert hat, wird bald mehr zum Thema erfahren und fundierteres Wissen erlangen wollen. All denen kann ich dieses Buch nur allerwärmstens empfehlen. Es bietet ein breites Wissensspektrum zum Thema Färben mit Säurefarben (dazu gehören auh die Ostereierfarben für die Anfänger ;-)), etliche Färbeverfahren sind gut bebildert erklärt, so dass man mit Grundwissen in der englischen Sprache und ein wenig Fachterminologie zu Faser und Farbe hervorragend klar kommen kann. Einige Verfahren habe ich bereits mit Sockenwolle ausprobiert und kann nur sagen - alles klappt wie hier beschrieben! Positiv für den praktischen Gebrauch ist zu bewerten, dass das Buch einen cellophanierten Hardcover-Einband hat, der auch mal einen Spritzer Farbe nicht übel nimmt und innen eine Spiralbindung, die es an jeder Stelle offen auf dem Tisch liegen lässt, ohne dass man Möbel drauf stellen muss. Und nicht zuletzt überzeugt der Preis; es gibt halb so umfangreiche Werke mit kaum praktisch verwertbarem Inhalt, die mal locker das Doppelte kosten. Fazit: Ich bin rundherum zufrieden und kann das Buch nur allerwärmstens jedem empfehlen, der sich mit der Materie ausführlicher beschäftigen und Anleitungen für die Praxis haben möchte.

Encuentro que es un libro muy completo con muchos consejos muy útiles

I found this book very good