I can’t say no to books. So there are 2 new ones I will talk about a little.
The first one is the
Dyer’s Companion
It’s a small ringbound book which teaches the basics on dyeing with respect to the most used fibres. Moreover there are are useful sections on equipment and safety precautions. This book is a overall approach on dyeing and useful when you search for a summary on what to dye with which dyetype or really basic dyeing techniques. Don’t expect it to be complete with every information, a load of pictures or a little more uncommon ways to get multicolored yarns. But as I said before I don’t think that this was the intention of the authors.
Dyeing to knit
This books is a more artistic approach. There are huge chapters about inspiration and even design of the goods which are knitted out of the yarn. Contrary to the Dyer’s Companion this book only covers the dyeing of wool, silk ( and nylon ) with acid dyes. What I really like about this book is the huge variety of dyeing procedures to achieve different looks in the dyed yarn. I don’t think it would be a big problem to use this methods on other fibres or dyetypes as long as you stay with the chemical conditions necessary to the choosen dye. And a last one: there are lots of photos inside!
