This comprehensive and award-winning handbook covers the fundamentals of dyeing cotton, rayon, linen and silk with the MX fiber-reactive dyes and textile paints. Many of the techniques are appropriate for dyeing yarn, ribbon, paper, basket reed, and even wood.
•Informative troubleshooting information at the end of each section.
•Explanations of how to use, what they do, and why you need the different products.
•Mix colors to your hearts content and get close to the color you want by using the Color-mixing chart on page 45. We've heard it really does work well and easily reproduces the colors in the book.
Flexibility and versatility are the two best words to describe the MX dyes. This book includes 16 different patterning techniques. It is truly a foundation book, that anyone working with dyes should not be without.
Retail Price $34.95
164 pages
Full color
Published 2003
ISBN: 0-9728252-07
First published by Martingale & Company
