The Natural Dye Workshop - Supply Kit

Enrolled students have a discount code to purchase this kit at 20% off ($495 CDN).

This kit includes Dyes & Mordants, Fabric, Yarn & Miscellaneous Supplies.

Registered Students will have received a discount code to use at checkout.

DYES, MORDANTS & SCOURING:

Natural Dyes:

• 225g Madder Root Powder
• 30g Cochineal Bugs
• 100g Logwood Chips
• 30g Lac Extract
• 100g Himalayan Rhubarb Powder
• 100g Eastern Brazilwood Powder
• 100g Weld Chips
• 225g Marigold Petal Powder
• 225g Myrobalan Powder
• 225g Cutch Extract
• 100g Natural Indigo

Mordants, tannins & additives:

• 500g Potassium Aluminum Sulphate (Alum)
• 250g Calcium Carbonate
• 100g Ferrous Sulfate (iron)
• 250g Calcium Hydroxide (Calx)
• 100g Gallnut Tannin Powder

Scouring agents for cellulose & protein fibres:

• 60ml Synthrapol
• 100g Soap
• 500g Soda Ash 

Dye Studies:

• 1/2 m wool fabric – natural
• 1/2 m silk fabric – white
• 1 x 100 g wool yarn – white
• 1 x 100 g wool yarn – grey
• 1/2 m cotton fabric – natural
• 1/2 m hemp/cotton fabric – natural
• 1/2 m linen – natural
• 1/2 m linen – white

Indigo Studies:

• 1 x 10 g wool yarn – natural
• 1 x 10 g wool yarn– grey or brown
• Approx. 15 cm piece of each of the following; silk, wool, white linen, natural linen, cotton, and hemp/cotton
• 1.4 m narrow width Japanese Cotton (for indigo shaped resist study)

Exhaust Bath Studies:

• 1/2 m of wool fabric – natural (for exhaust baths & exhaust indigo overdye)
• 1/2 m of linen – white (for exhaust baths & exhaust indigo overdye)

Miscellaneous Supplies:

• 50 Tyvek labels for labeling yarns for the dyepot
• 1 box of nickel plated non-rust pins
• 18 different coloured beads (6 or more of each) for tracking your fabric studies
  
• 25 card tags with string (for labeling yarn studies when dry)
• 100 brown card tags (for labeling your fabrics)
• 2 sheets of printer labels (80 to a sheet) (for labeling studies when dry)
• 2 dust masks
  
• 1 piece polyester organza fabric – approx 50 cm square (to use as a dye bag for raw material)
• The Dyer’s Journal 
• pH strips 

**The total value of this kit is $618.75 CAD - Available to students at a 20% discount = $495 CAD*

Important note: 

No substitutions can be made to supply kits.

All supply kits are non-refundable.

One kit per student.