Dyeing Silk in Tales from the Spinning Siren

So silk is an interesting fiber. For one its from the cocoon of silk moths. Mine is from Mulberry silk worms which primarily eat mulberry leaves. I ordered silk lap as its called which are huge sheets of silk stretched out. Its many fine layers kinda sandwiched together.

I decided to dye some today. Here is what I learned. Silk loves dye. LOVES dye. Ive never seen anything as thirsty as silk for dye haha.
I videoed it, It takes less then 1 minute for HOT dye bath to absorb into fiber. It takes 3 minutes for a COLD dyebath to absorb into fiber.

Now its drying in the wind :)

ok so this prob wont work. BUT maybe? If not follow the link to the instagram video to see how fast it takes up dye hhaa.
Dyebath!

Last updated May 19, 2020