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Cotton Bandana Kit

$100

These dye-it-yourself kits provide the ideal opportunity for you to tap into your creative vibes and experience naturally dyeing textiles from the comforts of your kitchen.  Makes a great gift too!  Suitable for beginners.  Included in this kit are as follows:

  • 100% Organic Cotton Bandana (22″x22″): pre-scoured, pre-mordanted and ready to take on the dye.
  • Cotton/linen scraps, ready to dye
  • 2 different dyestuffs in extract form:  Logwood, Weld.  1 in ground root form:  Madder
  • “Tums”.  The main ingredient in this is Calcium Carbonate, which will harden the water.  The dyes included in this kit adhere best to the fibres with hard water.
  • These instructions (4 pages)

The natural dyes in this kit will provide you with variations of purples, yellows, and reds.  By experiencing the time-honoured craft of naturally dyeing textiles, you are taking steps towards understanding slow textiles, advocating a movement of craftsmanship that is timeless, local, and sustainable.

In stock (can be backordered)