Twisp of Fate

After we got back from Vancouver BC, I went to work on a new round of “Tie-Dye” silk scarves to get ready for the holiday season.  I pre-dyed 24 silk charmeuse scarf blanks about a month ago, so had a supply of different base colors.  I have gotten to like this better than using just a basic white scarf.

The frustrating thing about this is that I can’t always tell which neckties will transfer their dye well.  I will lay out a scarf, roll it up, put it in the vinegar water bath (6 at a time, actually) and then when I unroll it one or more colors may be just kind of anemic looking.  So I have taken to making a second scarf using just the necktie pieces that worked well the first time around, but adding in one or more new neckties and maybe doing some re-arranging of the layout.  This gives me two different but related scarves, and makes efficient use of the material.

In all of these pictures, the original scarf is on the right, and the second scarf is on the left.

I got these done in time to take to an annual event I attend out in Port Townsend.  Whatever is left, I will disperse to the 3 galleries (Winthrop Gallery, Confluence Gallery, and D*Signs Gallery in Twisp).  I ordered more scarf blanks from Dharma Trading Co. and have plenty of silk neckties left, so I may do another round of these in early December.