Ice dyeing aka cracked ice and hostess gifts

Below are some photos of some fabric I iced dyed a couple of years ago. I was using Kona PFD at the time and don't think the results are quite as good as they are with the P&B Dyers Cloth that I am currently using. These were all done but soaking the fabric in soda ash, then freezing in a solo cup. I especially like the one with fuchsia and jet black.


Dharma Sky blue and Fuchsia red











Dharma Golden yellow





Dharma Fuchsia red and Jet black





Fuchsia red




Below are the wonderful hostess gifts I received from the ladies that participated in the Make a Shade swap on Dyehard Runoff. We did a 6 step half gradation of a color and added a small amount of an additive (black, brown or grey) to it to see the shades we would get. If you are interested in learning to dye fabric or have just started dyeing or want to swap dyed fabric, this is a wonderful group to join. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DyeHard_RunOff/

Ice dyeing - a little better explanation

When I have done my ice dyeing I soaked my fabric in soda ash, then scrunched it and put it into a cup or ziploc and put it into the freezer (double bag to protect food), try not to do into too tight a ball or the dye will never get to the inside. This time I just poured the dye over the frozen fabric and let batch on the counter for 24+ hours. About a year ago I did some pieces with fuchsia and jet black and it turned out really neat, I will see if I can find the fabric and put those photos up in a few days.

Ice dyeing

I finally got my ice dyeing pieces ironed so here are pictures of them. The first photo shows them after they have been soaked in soad ash and are ready to go into the freezer. I know some have been doing snow dyeing and used turquoise without much luck but I used turquoise and caymen island green on several of these pieces and batched for 24+ hrs and the colors did very well.








This is the first set before and after dyeing, they were all done in cups.








Next set, top row done in cups, bottom row done in ziplocs









Done in ziplocs













Done in ziplocs