Create your own indigo-dyed silk scarf!
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Create your own indigo-dyed silk scarf!

By DT Craft & Design

Learn to indigo dye fabric using shibori techniques & experience Nature's Beautiful Blues in this workshop with dye expert Debbie Tomkies.

Date and time

Location

A4 Studios

Grosvenor Road Altrincham WA14 1LE United Kingdom

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Highlights

  • 2 hours, 30 minutes
  • In person

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Create a beautiful indigo-dyed silk scarf!

In this in person, taster workshop Debbie will be showing you how to set up a simple dye vat that can be created easily at home with our Natural Indigo starter kit and some basic equipment. Debbie will be showing you some simple tie-dye techniques and you will dye a beautiful silk scarf to take home!

Course level:

This event is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who want to brush up their skills or just enjoy a couple of hours indigo dyeing!

What you will learn:

  • How to set up and maintain a simple indigo vat
  • Preparing your fabric for dyeing
  • The essential principles of indigo dyeing
  • What vat dyeing is and how it works
  • What can be dyed in an indigo vat
  • A selection of simple tie-dyeing techniques on fabric

What will I need to bring?

Nothing! Everything is included in the workshop including a gorgeous silk scarf for you to dye, and lovely cotton fabric swatches to practice your techniques. Just wear an old shirt (we provide aprons and gloves but just in case!)

Get your post-workshop materials & goodies with a discount coupon

To continue your indigo journey we recommend our Natural indigo starter kit which contains all the ingredients you'll need as well as our accompanying full instruction booklet

About the class

Debbie loves to teach and has been a dyer for over 30 years so you'll be able to pick her brains for tips, tricks and hacks!

Debbie's dyeing sessions are fun and enjoyable. The pace is relaxed and there is time for questions and we make time for a brew too!

Is there anything we can help with?

If you need any information about this course, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email at info@dtcrafts.co.uk or phone on 0161 718 3818.

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Debbie is a knitting & crochet expert with over 30 years' teaching and designing experience.

Debbie is on the in-house knitting expert team for Knit Now magazine and Craftworld and has been producing their how-to features and videos since the magazine started over 10 years ago, prior to which she wrote the technical features for Simply Knitting magazine. Debbie is the author of 5 internationally published books, Hand-Dyed Yarn Craft Projects, Complete Knitting Skills, 250 Knitting Stitches, Knitting.Learn it.Love it and How to Knit.

Debbie has been a hand dyer for over 25 years, working with both synthetic and natural dyes, indigo & woad. She teaches dyeing with yarn & fabrics, printing, botanical (eco) printing, tie dye and more.

In addition to teaching knitting, crochet, felting and dyeing throughout the UK, Debbie also teaches City & Guilds accredited programmes in design and handknitting at Making Futures CIC. Debbie has had over 100 designs published in major magazines over the last 10 years.

When she's not crafting, you'll find Debbie in the garden, tending her dyeplants, enjoying a nice craft beer or hugging a big mug of builders' tea. And if you're out and about, she can often be found in the mosh pit at a gig or enjoying some folk music!

£45
Sep 19 · 10:30 GMT+1