Comments on: Keeping Busy http://plathsadventures.com/2012/08/01/keeping-busy-3/ . . . knitting, spinning and just plain life Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: thethingaboutjoan http://plathsadventures.com/2012/08/01/keeping-busy-3/#comment-3119 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:20:45 +0000 http://plathsadventures.com/?p=1807#comment-3119 Thanks for the tips! I’ve give that a whirl next time.

]]> By: Lisa http://plathsadventures.com/2012/08/01/keeping-busy-3/#comment-3106 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:28:45 +0000 http://plathsadventures.com/?p=1807#comment-3106 The key is to soak in soda ash mixed in water before squirting on the dye and keeping them wet for 24 hours. Then rinse in cold first, then hot. Rinsing in cold helps to set the dye.

]]> By: thethingaboutjoan http://plathsadventures.com/2012/08/01/keeping-busy-3/#comment-3090 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:08:29 +0000 http://plathsadventures.com/?p=1807#comment-3090 How do you keep your tie-dyed colors from running together and making one big pile of pink shirts? We tried tie-dyeing for the first time last weekend and though they were pretty on the line, they all ended up pink in the wash. Sigh.

Yours look wonderful and it also looks like your crew had fun too.

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