I have a lot of loopers to make good sturdy rugs.
There are actually 7 bags full, of cream, grey an black loopers. Did I say that there are a lot of them.
Starting last week, I have been pre-cleaning some of them. You have to shake the lint off of them as best you can, and it really makes a mess.
I put them in groups of 100 and I fastened them together with a huge zip tie, making a big donuts sort of thing. That way I can send them through the washing machine a couple of times to get the last of the lint out. There is a lot of lint in a lot of loopers. Black, cream and grey loopers. Seven bags full of them.
Months ago Carol gave me 13 bottles of Rit dye that she had left over from a project, yes I said 13. I have broken my own rule and I have started dyeing some of these loopers.
Here is what I have so far, each color is 300 loopers but I think the red is 400 loopers. I have several more colors to go, and I do it as I have time.
You can't rush the rinsing part, and the red has been the worst so far. Since the loopers are fastened together I have used my washing machine for the rinsing, and it really has speeded it up. I couldn't imaging doing it any other way.
I know that I have been adamant about not doing any dyeing, but what are you going to do with all those cream/grey and black loopers (7 bags!) especially when the dye is just sitting there taking up space on the shelf!
Once this looper dye job is done, I will once again concentrate on other aspects of the craft. I am trying very hard not to add anything else to my crafting world, I find it hard to concentrate when I have too much going on.
Until next time, Happy Crafting, Tina
There are actually 7 bags full, of cream, grey an black loopers. Did I say that there are a lot of them.
I put them in groups of 100 and I fastened them together with a huge zip tie, making a big donuts sort of thing. That way I can send them through the washing machine a couple of times to get the last of the lint out. There is a lot of lint in a lot of loopers. Black, cream and grey loopers. Seven bags full of them.
Months ago Carol gave me 13 bottles of Rit dye that she had left over from a project, yes I said 13. I have broken my own rule and I have started dyeing some of these loopers.
Here is what I have so far, each color is 300 loopers but I think the red is 400 loopers. I have several more colors to go, and I do it as I have time. You can't rush the rinsing part, and the red has been the worst so far. Since the loopers are fastened together I have used my washing machine for the rinsing, and it really has speeded it up. I couldn't imaging doing it any other way.
I know that I have been adamant about not doing any dyeing, but what are you going to do with all those cream/grey and black loopers (7 bags!) especially when the dye is just sitting there taking up space on the shelf!
Once this looper dye job is done, I will once again concentrate on other aspects of the craft. I am trying very hard not to add anything else to my crafting world, I find it hard to concentrate when I have too much going on.
Until next time, Happy Crafting, Tina
3 comments:
Those loopers took the dye very nicely! Looks like there will be some rugs in your future.
I still love the rug I won from a challenge that you made years ago, red and green and purple loopers. Your colors look wonderful, glad you took the plunge!
I can't imagine dyeing loopers. I wove quite a few rugs from them and did the cleaning and looping part on our deck. Still, we had confetti around the yard for the next couple of months. I have two of the rugs left and really enjoy them, but think if I need any more that I will buy them from another weaver - like you :)
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