So I took a couple of days off the most intense stuff, to rest my eyes, and tomorrow here's where I'll be. Dyeing.
The background fabric for the Big Star Thing, a new white cotton sheet, laundered and ready to mordant and dye tomorrow.
See the Kool-aid packets? Sara, Ravelry friend, sent me them when I couldn't find them anywhere. I'm going to dump the lot in, after I fold and gather the fabric. The idea is to have a gently variegated color background against which the stars and hexie formations will blend and contrast.
Koolaid's a good nontoxic dye. You'll note the mordants, washing soda and alum, are similarly benign. They don't outgas fumes.
The big white pot is the mordant bath then the dye bath. Long ago I used it for canning before, along with other kitchen items, it migrated into the studio never to return to the cooking arena.
So now that my vision has calmed down, and the jagged shapes and gaps and flashing lights have gone away, I can get on.
