How do you dye perle threads?

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

I have purchased some Anchor Cotton Perle thread to space dye in my own colours, but was wondering about the best way to wind the thread.

  It is on 85mtr balls at the moment;  should I them loosely and what about the lengths?

 

Hoping you can help, as I'm itching to play with my dyes!

Many thanks

Barbara

[Cindy Chapman]

Lovely colors, Barbara. I especially like the blue/lavender.

Hopscotch said:

I thought you might like to see a couple of the thread skeins I dyed It was such fun and I plan on doing some more when I get the time!
Barbara

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

Thank you, Linda, and Cindy, I also did some dip-dyeing, both ends one colour and use a darker one in the middle, a mustardy-yellow and dusty violet in the middle, doesn't sound good but it turned out lovely!
Barbara

Linda said:

Barbara, those threads are divine. I love your colours, I like the muddied effect. I'm more keen on those colours than pure brights. Thank you so much for sharing your dyeing, so stimulating.

[IRIS LINS]

I'd like to show some perle I dyed yesterday. It was fun and the effect was amazing ! 

[sharonb]

Hopscotch - wide it around the back of a kitchen chair  to create a skein or skeins 

then I dip them into procion dyes like this 

Hand dyeing threads

and I tie them off so they wont tangle like this 

Skeining off threads to dye

hope the links are useful 

[IRIS LINS]

Thank you Sharon for the links. I've read this post , it is very useful!!

[IRIS LINS]

Sharon the links in Hand dyeing threads are not working.

[sharonb]

Iris is it working now as I got one message say it was not then another saying it was useful ?

[Margaret]

I have dyed threads by lying them on a shallow tray and just drizzled them with silk paints as the colours are so great. Do very little with procion dyes due to lack of space and if I am honest inexperience.Providing you set the silk paints with a iron if the work is going to be washed it works well. Have also used brusho powder but these cannot be fixed. They come in a large variety of colours but can fade over a period of time.Usually I sprinkle the powder direct onto the fabric and then spray with water. Have not used them on threads.

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

Thanks, Sharon, I am hooked on dyeing my own threads now(when I have the time).  Your link  for hand dyeing threads is ok, but the link for skeining into hanks would not work for me and also link for list of resources is showing as  ''not found'.

P.S. Skeining off threads to dye is ok, too.

Thank you for repling :)

Barbara 
sharonb said:

Hopscotch - wide it around the back of a kitchen chair  to create a skein or skeins 

then I dip them into procion dyes like this 

Hand dyeing threads

and I tie them off so they wont tangle like this 

Skeining off threads to dye

hope the links are useful 

[Barbara/Hopscotch]

Margaret, it is fun to try diferent colour combinations. 

 I have tried Brusho on paper only because, as you say they are not colourfast, but fun!  Acrylics watered down are good but a little stiff, hence the water.  Silk dyes are lovely and procion brilliant for mixing and merging colours. 
 
Margaret said:

I have dyed threads by lying them on a shallow tray and just drizzled them with silk paints as the colours are so great. Do very little with procion dyes due to lack of space and if I am honest inexperience.Providing you set the silk paints with a iron if the work is going to be washed it works well. Have also used brusho powder but these cannot be fixed. They come in a large variety of colours but can fade over a period of time.Usually I sprinkle the powder direct onto the fabric and then spray with water. Have not used them on threads.

[Margaret]

Hopscotch, you mention acrylic paints, i have tried these but whatever I do cannot get rid of the stiffness, have even used the medium yu add to avoid stiffness but that did not seem to help.