The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 4: Episode 06 – Crafting Chemistry That’s to Dye For

Things get colorful in this episode as Haley and Mollie talk about dying. Wait, no. That should be dyeing. Specifically, natural dyes, chemical dyes, shibori, Kool-Aid, tie-dye, and the many mysteries of dye-related chemistry that still elude them both.

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The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 4: Episode 06 – Crafting Chemistry That’s to Dye For

Things get colorful in this episode as Haley and Mollie talk about dying. Wait, no. That should be dyeing. Specifically, natural dyes, chemical dyes, shibori, Kool-Aid, tie-dye, and the many mysteries of dye-related chemistry that still elude them both.

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The Very Serious Crafts Podcast: Show Notes

S4E06 Show Notes:

Here’s a roundup of the resources, patterns, and projects mentioned in this episode:

Dyes and Dyeing:

♥ Mollie’s coffee dyeing tutorial: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-dye-clothes-with-coffee-1106372
♥ The Lemonade Shop: https://thelemonadeshopyarns.com/
♥ Astral Bath: https://www.etsy.com/shop/astralbath
♥ When Mollie dyed felt with Kool-Aid: https://wildolive.blogspot.com/2012/02/dying-my-own-felt.html
♥ And Mollie also dyed some embroidery threads: https://wildolive.blogspot.com/2010/06/dying-for-some-man-o-mango-berry.html
♥ Kim Werker’s natural dyeing:

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By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox writes the craft blog https://www.redhandledscissors.com/. She's a knitter, sewer, maker, cross-stitcher, lover of cats, purveyor of quirk, an author of cross-stitch books, and avid swearing enthusiast! (But not on this podcast!) She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon called Tiny Cranky Haley.

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