What with all the travelling and a very significant wedding, of which more later, I've not been updating as much as I should. So, there will be an update on the
tool packaging shibori, but first I have finished "
Her Ladyship's Trousers". The shibori dyeing on the hems went really well. As I'd hoped, bundling them together allowed the dye to wick upwards in some wonderful wiggles that echo the shibori patterning. This is achieved by regular lines of running stitch pulled up tight; the way the stitches relate to one another determines the pattern, so all in a line would have given me a grid pattern, but here, where I have staggered the placing, I get a lovely irregular ripple
obligingly, (and of course, due to careful placement of trousers in bucket) these have stayed pretty well level across both legs
so I now have a lovely full pair of comfy casual linen trousers to wear around the house, with a graded dye effect from the hem upwards - oh, and a couple of incidental rainbows from the crystal which hangs in the window
Even more pleasing - I had to shorten the elastic round the waist; I'm slimmer than I thought :-)
Those look super comfy, and what a cool effect with the dye. Love it!
ReplyDeletecomfy is where it's at these days - glad you like the dye effect. I intend doing more, it's such fun to experiment and each batch is different and to some extent unpredictable. Serendipity
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