I was all very methodical testing my solid colors, but that doesn't mean I didn't have some fun with random experimentation.
I got these...
...by doing this:
I can see now that the dye on the pointy one is just way too pale. To get vivid color on the end result, it needs to be a little evil-looking as it cures.
I made notes on these to show how I folded it.
These are all from the same dye-bath.
The one on the left was down in the dye-bath. The center one was tied in a knot and set on top of the other fabric. The one on the right was pleated, coiled, and set on top.What strikes me the most is the way the color traveled, especially in the sample on the right. The blue traveled deeper into the folds than the other colors in the mix. The mixed color sorted itself into its constituents on the fabric.
The squid ink green contains equal amounts of Turquoise--which is a single chemical--and Better Black, which contains any number of blues, Turquoise among them.
This cute little bundle resulted in this:
Note to self: tight little bundles will have a lot of white space. And such an organized bundle results in a very regular pattern.
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