Dyeing
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Paint Your Yarn
PYY1 Sunday June 11 11:00 - 2:00
PYY2 Sunday July 16 11:00 - 2:00
PYY3 Sunday August 13 11:00 - 2:00
(Workshop size min 6 )
Instructor: Nancy Wilson
Cost: $30 + $15 Material Fee
(you may choose to dye up to 3 skeins of yarn for the addtional materials fee)
Beginners encouraged and welcome
You will need: OLD clothes that can get dirty and dish washing gloves
Take home a beautifully dyed skein of yarn.
In this workshop you will paint the yarn you choose with premixed dyes meant especially for dyeing protein fibers such as wool, silk and alpaca.
The yarn you choose to dye will be pre mordanted and ready for you to start painting.
Use your creation from Lost Art Workshops below:
or on a project of your choice.
Choose your yarn when registering
Select up to 2 skeins of yarn to paint in the 2 hour workshop.
Package Price
Purchase a dye class and Knit Your Socks Workshop - $85 (Savings of $20)
Includes: Paint Your Yarn or Paint Your Sock Blank workshop, sock yarn and Knit your Socks workshop
Add up to 2 additional skeins of yarn to dye in workshop
select and add to cart from options below
Paint Your Wool
PYW4 Saturday January 21 1:00 - 3:00
PYW5 Sunday February 19 1:00 - 3:00
PYW6 Saturday March 4 1:00 - 3:00
PYW7 Sunday April 23 1:00 - 3:00
(Workshop size: min 6 and max. 10)
Instructor: Nancy Wilson
Cost: $30 + $15 Material Fee
Beginners encouraged and welcome
You will need: OLD clothes that can get dirty and dish washing gloves
Take home a beautifully dyed wool roving or washed fleece.
In this workshop you will paint the fiber you choose with premixed dyes meant especially for dyeing protein fibers such as wool, silk, mohair and alpaca
The fiber you choose to dye will be pre mordanted and ready for you to start painting.
Use your creation In Lost Art classes
and then
or on a project of your choice.
Choose washed fleece or roving when registering
Select up to 2 items from below to dye in the 2 hour class time.
Add up to 1 additional 4oz fiber
to dye in workshop
select and add to cart from options below
Paint Your Yarn Blank
PYB2 Saturday, February 18, 1:00 - 4:00
(Class size min 6 and max. 10)
Instructor: Susan Forbes, The Fairy Yarnmother
Class Cost: $45 + $16 Material Fee
Beginners encouraged and welcome
You will need: OLD clothes that can get dirty and dish washing gloves
Love to knit? How about knitting with hand painted yarns? Take your knitting passion to the next level by learning to dye your own unique yarn. Susan will take you through the proper fiber prep, the safe handling of dyes and instruct you on how to set the fabri to get the most color from the dye. You will learn how the placement of color and types of application will affect the overall design of the yarn and fabric knit from it.
A yarn blank is made from 2 strands of yarn that will create 2 separate skeins of yarn that are identically dyed. At the end of class you will have your own hand painted blank. Come join us where your creativity is only limited by your willingness to get your hands dirty. The material fee includes a 3.5 oz. sock yarn blank and dyes.
Add up to 2 additional Yarn Blanks
to dye in workshop
select and add to cart from button below
Package Price
Purchase Paint Your Yarn Blank and Knit Your Socks Workshop - $85 (Savings of $20)
Includes: Paint Your Yarn Blank workshop, one yarn blank for dyeing and Knit your Socks workshop
Lost Art
Fiber and Textile Studio
Nancy Wilson
located at Springs Gallery / Studios
519 Wisconsin Avenue
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
Hours
WEDNESDAYS 3:00 - 5:00 pm
SATURDAYS 1:00 - 3:00 pm
or by appointment
Studio will be closed until September 11
