tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post7671281992864755431..comments2022-03-27T04:11:20.650-04:00Comments on Thread-Headed Snippet: Don't Be Me. Thread-Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-40179148770927795532016-10-05T13:56:59.405-04:002016-10-05T13:56:59.405-04:00Chellllseeeeea!
I owe you a year-overdue email. ...Chellllseeeeea! <br /><br />I owe you a year-overdue email. <br /><br />The dye picture was a lucky find. I wish I could take credit for having a mental catalog of Extremely Appropriate Images for every post, but in reality, my Googling skills are the crutch. #ThreadHeadQualityThread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-21797833077978044032016-10-04T22:07:30.670-04:002016-10-04T22:07:30.670-04:00I am impressed that you managed to find the perfec...I am impressed that you managed to find the perfect Medieval painting to depict your dyeing woes! And, as always, you make me laugh every time I read your blog. Keep being you! Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652213021578183789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-81222633235880171702016-09-08T13:16:09.794-04:002016-09-08T13:16:09.794-04:00YES the spray paint struggle is real! I use spray ...YES the spray paint struggle is real! I use spray paint to artificially age some of the cosplay pieces I make, and they never fail to retain that smell of chemical goodness for at least a couple of years. How??? I actually spray painted a skirt for one of the costumes I used for DragonCon this year. Nothing quite like unpacking something that immediately makes the entire hotel room smell like a freshly tagged skate park. Thread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-25495027170981555162016-09-08T11:36:13.143-04:002016-09-08T11:36:13.143-04:00And this is also how I ended up on a dark patio at...And this is also how I ended up on a dark patio at 11 pm with some silver spray paint and some polyester (why did I even try?!!!!) that I'd tried to dye. Spray paint worked great, although fabric needs to stay in a well ventilated area....Sahryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683749441259054915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-89324917576382221842016-09-07T14:48:12.108-04:002016-09-07T14:48:12.108-04:00It's always the goofy ones you have to look ou...It's always the goofy ones you have to look out for. Thread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-6941823636430633962016-09-07T14:29:20.026-04:002016-09-07T14:29:20.026-04:00I'll use the blood of innocent passers-by who ...I'll use the blood of innocent passers-by who are unlucky enough to get too close to the hell hounds...yes, that sounds like the most surefire way to achieve the best red. I do NOT have pit bulls or German Shepherds or anything of the like; one is a 9 month old black lab and one is a goofy-looking wirehaired pointer who grows a beard worthy of a tophat and monocle. I don't understand the ferocity!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095426164654110973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-27699113268231360102016-08-30T22:39:19.702-04:002016-08-30T22:39:19.702-04:00Thank you!!! I'm definitely keeping this in mi...Thank you!!! I'm definitely keeping this in mind for my next Adventure in Alternate Pigmentation Regret. Particularly if I need to dye something truly black, because that was a whole different kettle of rapidly decaying fish.Thread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-24571079808266176372016-08-30T17:57:42.994-04:002016-08-30T17:57:42.994-04:00Ok, now I will get scientific with y'all bwaha...Ok, now I will get scientific with y'all bwahahahaha! I went to Aljo Dye in New York City -- they do a brisk online business as well, and if I'd listened to the instructions and actually read the paper full of how tos they gave me, instead of plowing forward in my own Hell Hound imitation, I might have achieved a darker brick. Contact them and tell them your fabric content and your color goal and you will probably do much better than I. They are terrific -- AlJo Dye at 49'Walker St., NY, NY 10013. 866-293-8913, www.aljodye.com.AuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-26542663425563045102016-08-30T14:39:28.494-04:002016-08-30T14:39:28.494-04:00Sooooo, you've got Hell Hounds living in your ...Sooooo, you've got Hell Hounds living in your front yard, and you're scared of dying pink linen? <br /><br />My work here is done. :D<br /><br />But seriously, maybe give it a shot anyway? I was trying to get white gauze to be red, and coral gauze to be black. (Long story, but at the time I initially started this experiment, I'd planned to dye the coral red as well.) I think that the pink COULD be reddened quite a lot, but I'd be surprised if anything in the iDye or Rit family of chemicals will actually get you to a true red. It'll look red in the pot, but by the time it's rinsed a few times, it will be mauve (or brick, as AuntieNan said). You may want to look into something more potent. Like maybe something with Napalm or the blood of innocents in it. Whatever you do, please blog about it so that I can either live vicariously through you if you succeed, or murmur sympathetically if you end up in the same boat with me.<br /><br />Thread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-37982224332935142062016-08-30T13:38:35.125-04:002016-08-30T13:38:35.125-04:00Bicyclists in my area luckily don't get the ch...Bicyclists in my area luckily don't get the chance to view me in my bra-less morning state as I water plants, since we have two large dogs filled with the rage of avenging angels anytime someone unlucky enough to be two-wheeled passes by. Actually no, anything on two feet, or four, or in a schoolbus or garbage truck or delivery van or mowing the yard a few houses down...you get the idea. Thank goodness for an invisible fence. <br /><br />Well, I HAD great plans to dye some very inaccurately pink linen red, but I think you've sufficiently scared me out of that. Welcome back! ;)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095426164654110973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-87657212765822149392016-08-30T08:09:42.928-04:002016-08-30T08:09:42.928-04:00Um, yeah, I did have my day in daisy Dukes while w...Um, yeah, I did have my day in daisy Dukes while washing the family car, but that was during the Kennedy administration.<br />Keep up the good work. I have very much missed your hilarious prose!<br />NNAuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-89751766623392279922016-08-29T22:59:28.747-04:002016-08-29T22:59:28.747-04:00Oh, for sure Mauve Gauze is the new big thing. If ...Oh, for sure Mauve Gauze is the new big thing. If you're feeling extra special, be sure to use the British English pronunciation of "Mauve" and force "Gauze" to rhyme. Fun for the whole family!<br /><br />Congratulations on traumatizing random bicyclists! I've done my part over the years, mainly by doing yard work in a dirty bikini top worn with a matching pair of boxer shorts. Your method sounds more efficient.Thread-Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993301657471657837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261676034084131707.post-32937622658784129462016-08-29T19:43:01.913-04:002016-08-29T19:43:01.913-04:00Oh ow! For reasons I won't bore you with, I to...Oh ow! For reasons I won't bore you with, I too found myself dyeing two pieces of beige cotton twill in May. With boiling water, salt, vinegar, in a huge galvanized tub in the yard of a very bucolic area of the US. Fabric went into the tub with some special red dye, and I spent an hour wringing and stirring over the satanic steam, while bicyclists having a Saturday morning run whizzed by, slowing down long enough to ask each other if they'd actually witness the aftermath of a crime. Because that wet fabric looked like I was working on an audition tape for Dexter. The fabric did come out red, but despite it being the "right" kind of dye, the color bled and bled until the garments were a kind of brick. Ok, but not what I wanted. O well. Theatre on a budget says I! Mauve gauze may be the new rage...?AuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.com