shop open and giveaway

very excited to tell you that my shop full of naturally dyed wares is now open.  you can find it here. the shop is mostly full of the shibori scarves i've been experimenting with - they're all 100% organic cotton, lovely and lightweight and perfect for spring and summer.

to celebrate, i'm going to do my first ever giveaway, and offer up this solar dyed scarf that i talked about two posts ago.  it's the one currently on my blog header.

to qualify to win, please visit my shop, then leave a comment here telling me which is your favorite scarf.  since it's a long weekend here in canada, i'll keep this open until tuesday at noon.

you can also still always find me at www.juliesinden.com.

and now......i'm heading to the cottage.  happy long weekend everyone!

 

friday colour

i have been doing a lot of dyeing in the last two days, and have lots to show you all.  for now, here's a quick couple shots of those last two scarves, the ones i started way back here.  the clamp-dyeing of these wasn't very successful, but while i had a bunch of pots going, i decided to do a little dip dyeing of the scarves i had set aside.  the first is my favorite, the whole thing was dyed in an osage bath, then i dipped parts of it into madder and cochineal baths.  the result is a lovely mix of yellow, orange and a kind of purply-pink.  i only wish my photography skills could do it justice.

the second one started out pink from cochineal, and i dipped part of it in another cochineal bath to make it darker, and another part of it in an iron modifier, to make it purple-ish.  it's very subtle, and perhaps hard to see in a photo, but it's a lovely range of pinks through purple.