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The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen, and Cotton at Home Kindle Edition

by Kristine Vejar (Author), Sara Remington (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition

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“Kristine’s book breaks down natural dyeing from both a scientific and creative perspective, making the process feel as approachable as it is beautiful.” —Design*Sponge

Thousands of natural materials can produce glorious color—the insect cochineal produces pink, maroon, and purple, and more than 500 species of plants produce indigo blue. In The Modern Natural Dyer expert Kristine Vejar shares the most user-friendly techniques for dyeing yarn, fabric, and finished goods at home with foraged and garden-raised dyestuffs as well as with convenient natural dye extracts. Demystifying the “magic,” Vejar explains in explicit, easy-to-follow detail how to produce consistent, long-lasting color. With stunning photography of the dyes themselves, the dyeing process, and twenty projects for home and wardrobe (some to knit, some to sew, and some just a matter of submerging a finished piece in a prepared bath), The Modern Natural Dyer is a complete resource for aspiring and experienced dye artisans.

“A terrific primer for anyone new to the technique. Kristine walks you through the ins and outs of the process, from defining what scouring and mordanting mean to helping you learn how best to achieve desired colors.” —DIY Network

“Vejar’s lovely book is very sophisticated and detailed.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Absolutely stunning . . . The projects range from dyeing pre-made items like a slip, silk scarf or tote bag to dyeing yarn to knit a hat, shawl or cardigan . . . exceeded all my high expectations.” —Make Something

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“This book is an amazing resource for hand-dyeing using natural materials and crafting with the results. If you’ve never dyed before it will give you the bug, and if you’ve tried some dyeing projects in the past you will definitely want this book on your shelf for reference and inspiration.”―About.com (5 stars)

“Kristine’s book breaks down natural dyeing from both a scientific and creative perspective, making the process (which has always seemed intimidating to me) feel as approachable as it is beautiful. I love the projects in the book because, in addition to learning basic dye formulas and techniques, the DIY ideas are a nice balance of classic and contemporary. From cool, blousy shirts (that would look at home in any hip boutique) to table linens and pillows, The Modern Natural Dyer is a great way to dive into the world of dyeing.”―Design*Sponge

“The Modern Natural Dyer is a terrific primer for anyone new to the technique. Kristine walks you through the ins and outs of the process, from defining what scouring and mordanting mean to helping you learn how best to achieve desired colors.”―DIY Network

“Vejar’s lovely book is very sophisticated and detailed.”―Library Journal (starred review)

About the Author

Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodriguez own A Verb for Keeping Warm in Oakland, California, a retail textile store and natural dyeing studio. Vejar is the author of The Modern Natural Dyer (Abrams, 2015).

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08QFT2Y32
Publisher ‏ : ‎ STC Craft; Illustrated edition (December 15, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 38799 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1617691755

Best Sellers Rank: #496,494 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #19 in Craft Dye
- #81 in Fabric Dying
- #153 in Fiber Art & Textile eBooks

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Kristine Vejar is a natural dyer, artist, teacher, and owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, a center for textiles.

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Susan Radke

Excellent detail

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024

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Well organized, well thought out. The inclusions of COMPLETE project
instructions is a delight not often found in books of this nature. Often you can dye the yarn then figure out what to use it for or make the garment and try to figure out how to dye it, but this covers start to finish.

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Hope Bailey

An incredible reference guide

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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This book is so informative and helpful for hobbyist who are interested in learning the art of natural dying. There are numerous projects that she walks you through and in-depth instructions on how to achieve each step in the dying process. With beautiful photos and modern colors and projects, this has been a book I’ve turned to many times for inspiration and guidance.

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Patti G

Top notch instructions.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020

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This is a wonderful book for beginners through experienced dyers. Beautiful photos and comprehensive explanations and directions. Great projects are also included that walks you through the process from beginning to end with pictures, patterns and recipes. If you don't become an experienced dyer with this book, you only have yourself to blame. 🤗

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Rachel Denbow

A beautiful resource for any new or familiar dyer

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016

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I added this book to my wish list purely for it's gorgeously styled cover and then purchased it once I discovered the author on Instagram and fell in love with her informative feed. I caught the natural dyeing bug once the walnuts started falling in our yard and then took a field trip to forage goldenrod after realizing it was readily available in our region. Kristine's instructions for showing me the different steps I'd need to take depending on whether I was dyeing with wool or cotton yardage was helpful as well as the simple to follow steps from start to finish. It took that overwhelming feeling away that often comes with diving into a new medium and I ended up with beautifully dyed skeins of wool. I'm so thankful for her expertise in the field and how beautifully this book was written. Well done!

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Phoebe J. Epstein

Great for the home dyer

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018

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I love this book. It’s informative and clear. If I had any issue it would be that some of the plant sources listed are from the west coast and not available in New Jersey. But that’s a minor thing. It can’t cover the entire world.

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H. Rodriguez

My favorite book on natural dying

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017

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I am just getting into natural dying and have bought almost every book on the subject. This book is one of my favorites. I love the color swatches and seeing how different mordants can expand your color offerings. The projects included are a nice touch so you can begin getting in the habit of invisioning what you are going to do with your dyed material. Natural dye extracts are included in addition to using plants directly. I am excited to get started dying my alpaca roving and yarn naturally!

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Great book for beginners, Great companion to the Creative Bug Class

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016

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I didn't know anything about this book or the author until I took her class on the Creative Bug website. I've been interested in using natural dyes for years and have a few books on knitters but the instructions/techniques were very limited. This is the very first book I have found where there is actually precise step by step instructions on how to dye yarn and fabric with a variety of natural dyes. I thought the video I watched was going to be sufficient to give this a try but ended up getting the book and was really glad I did. There is a lot more information and examples on the most common natural dyes (about 14) including a special section on how to create and dye with indigo with is different than other dyes. I've always wanted to hand dye some quilting cotton with indigo using various resist techniques and she actually has a chapter on how to do this in the book! After having read through the book, I felt that it was lacking in more information on a wider variety of resist techniques, there are just a few, however, to be fair the major goal of the book is on how to color with dyes, not surface design. I also felt that while the information was thorough, it still felt like it was mostly intended for "beginners." Almost half the book was taken up with project ideas for knitting, sewing and quilting. Except for the quilt, and the baby onsie dyed with black tea, I wasn't very impressed with the other projects. I would have felt more satisfied if the project ideas were left out and to have had those pages dedicated to more extensive information on advanced techniques like mixing colors to create new colors, more information on various resist techniques etc. The photography for the color swatches and the natural plants used to make the dyes and their geographic and historical information was very beautiful and well written. This author went to India for a month to study the traditional methods of natural plant based dying and then won a Fullbright Scholarship to study there again for a year and a half, pretty impressive. As a quilter, I know from my quilt history books that India was the first country that learned how to dye and print on cotton fabrics, so I thought it was fantastic that she wanted to share her wealth of knowledge in a book. Unlike some cook books where they call for a pinch of this and a dash of that, she provides very precise measurements, and the instructions are very logical, well ordered, and extremely straight forward. There is even information on how to "fix" your dye bath when things go wrong. Maybe there will be a follow up book with more advanced techniques? Or maybe because she owns a professional dye studio to make and sell hand dyed yarn and cloth, those techniques are just something we need to figure out ourselves through our own experimentation?

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Karen S. Tsutsumida

This book is not only beautiful to look at but the information is ordered well ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016

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This book is not only beautiful to look at but the information is ordered well and written to provide the reader with the skills necessary to become successful each and every time. It is probably in the top three of my natural dyeing reference books of which I have many. My top two are out of print and have to do with indigo so really no competition. This is one great book!!!!

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