On Jan 17, 3:02 pm, Conan The Librarian wrote:


Although I used to dye a large number and amount of materials, I no
longer do much dyeing, as I have found that the majority of materials
can be coloured very well indeed using various marker pens.

Even though the really good pens ( Like these ; http://www.dickblick.com/zz213/42/
http://www.tradeprintsupplies.co.uk/...ne_markers.php )

are quite expensive, they still cost a lot less time and money than
dyeing stuff in the conventional manner. One may also easily dye small
amounts of material easily and quickly, and this means that one can
produce a large range of hackles for instance, with a single grizzly
cape and the pens. Or a partridge skin, etc etc.

This is far less wasteful than dyeing capes and skins, or even a hand
full of feathers etc. Also means you need far fewer materials in
total. Often, an amateur dresser only need a dozen or so feathers of a
particular colour, or a couple of yards of coloured thread etc etc. It
is easy to make this as required using the pens.

For optimal dyeing of materials with the pens, you should still wash
and dry the materials to be dyed, as the results are a lot better.
Varios pens also give different results with regard to colour,
permanence, fastness, etc.

For anybody starting out for instance, I would definitely recommend
this method over buying loads of different coloured materials, or
dyeing stuff oneself in the conventional manner.

TL
MC