March 3 (Girls' Festival): We made
spring-scarves
by dyeing
by Mie
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Today, on Girls' Festival day, we had a sub-meeting
called "Tomorrow's Friend Group."
As a member has brought in paper-crafted
Hina Dolls used in a meeting somewhere else,
we attached them on the blackboard. We will
have a study on how to make "spring-colored
scarves" by dyeing. |
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White silk texture will be dyed into colors
according to one's preference to make scarves.
There are all sorts of silk ;texture shinning
satin, crepe de Chine, and double-folded
georgette. Each of us picked up what one
likes. |
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Mrs. Kita, who has a long experience of dyeing,
will teach us today. She first makes dyestuff
by dissolving the dye powder. "What
color would you like?", she asks us. |
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Then we dip fresh silk texture we selected
into water. Partial-colored dyeing requires
hard tying of the parts to be left intact
using rubber bands. |
 
Add dissolved dye drop-by-drop into the boiling
water to get the favored thickness. "Not
yet? Shall I add another drop? OK, then immerse
the cloth in the dye well, as the color will
turn pale when the cloth gets dry. If you
are OK at that density, add vinegar as a
fixing agent." Mrs. Kita patiently teaches
us.
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"Look! look!, I got such a beautiful
color!" Mrs. Yamada is delighted by
getting what she wanted.
Then she wraps the wet cloth with towel to
remove moisture, and finally irons it for
finishing.
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All scarves were completed. We displayed
them immediately on the table. Here
comes
spring! From right: Light-pink based
work
by Mrs. Kita, my work with pretty rape
blossoms
color that makes me very satisfied,
two-tone
blue colored work by Mrs. Ono, who
loves
indigo blue. In the center a twig of
camellia
sets off the mini-exhibition. Next
is the
work by Mrs. Nishinaka, a beautiful
patterned
dyeing with pink. Mrs. Itonaga's work
was
blue color based tie-dyed scarf with
a quiet
marron-colored pattern. The left end
work
is of Mrs. Yamada, releasing full-spring
atmosphere. |
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Today, we have had a very pleasant Girls'
Festival Day by making wonderful scarves.
We enjoyed bring-in lunch. We hope to have
another dyeing class for those who couldn't
join today. From left: Kita, Itonaga, Ono,
Nishinaka, Mie, and Yamada. |