Indigo Dye Kit
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The Indigo Dye Kit - Bringing ancient craft to contemporary fashion.

Indigo dye, which comes from a plant, is one of the oldest (thousands of years!)dyes used for coloring fabrics and the one still used today to color blue jeans. This natural dye process has long been and is still used in many cultures around the world. The unique characteristics of indigo dyeing make it easy to create wonderful resist patterns on fabric. This kit brings the ancient art of indigo dyeing to the home dyer in a user friendly formulation. With a resurgence of interest in indigo and ethnic patterning in the fashion world, this kit is sure to be a winner! Because of the fact that the dye has to be reduced to get it into solution, and oxidized to have it turn blue again, it is a fun science project too!

A unique feature of this kit is that it is not a one time dyeing experience. The dye vat can keep up to several weeks and dye more than 15 yards or 5 pounds of fabric or 15 shirts. This allows the dyer several sessions to experiment and discover the magic of indigo! Indigo is for use with natural fabrics and clothing that haven't been treated with any finishes.

Each kit contains:

  • Pre-Reduced Indigo 20 grams
  • Reducing Agent 250 grams
  • Gloves - 1 pr.
  • Rubber bands
  • 2 wood blocks
  • Quick start instructions
  • Instruction booklet with dye patterns and historical and cultural overview of indigo

 

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Kit ingredients are also available separately so you can continue dyeing with indigo. Refer to pre-reduced indigo crystals, #PRIC, for more dye, and know that the reducing agent is a mixture of 60% soda ash (#FIX) and 40% thiourea dioxide (#CR), both available from Dharma Trading Co.

Made in: UNITED STATES (USA)

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Average Rating:  4.85 (14 reviews)
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Reviewed: Wed Aug 5 22:07:16 2009
I've dyed with natural indigo before, also from Dharma. But this kit is the BOMB. Gets a fairly dark color (could redip more times next time) and is easy, and will dye as much fabric as advertised. Great fun for the money and I will use it again. Instructions are clear, even for me, and I'm not very experienced at dyeing.
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Reviewed: Thu Aug 6 04:06:55 2009
I dyed capris four adult tops, and two children's tops using this kit. They all turned out great. Easy to use.
Was this review helpful to you? 4 of 4 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Fri Jul 31 09:46:46 2009
Fun quick and easy kit to get started and give Indigo a try.
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Reviewed: Thu Jul 16 05:41:36 2009
Easy and fun way to play with indigo without having to mess with lye. I've been having so much fun with this.
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Reviewed: Thu Aug 20 05:12:13 2009
I used this kit and dyed 4 shirts. My favorite shirt? A 65/35 polyester/cotton white dress shirt of my husband's that had a light stain on the pocket and could no longer be worn. It came out like a Hawaiian shirt - it is beautiful!!
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Reviewed: Mon Jun 29 12:26:22 2009
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Reviewed: Sun Sep 27 12:13:10 2009
This is a great kit. It's super easy to set up the vat and it dyes lots and lots of fabric. I've gotten great results from shibori techniques on rayon, silk and linen.
Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 1 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Wed Sep 9 22:19:36 2009
The booklet was great. The kit had everything I needed to dye accept a 5gl bucket. The process was fast and eazy. I had allways wanted to try Indigo but was affraid of it. This kit and process took the fear out. Thank you so much for suppling this kit
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Reviewed: Wed Sep 2 05:23:36 2009
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Reviewed: Wed Oct 21 20:30:45 2009
Loved this kit - instructions were clear, everything was included, my tie dye and yarn dyes turned out beautiful!
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Reviewed: Fri Oct 2 07:46:49 2009
Very fun and nice package
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Reviewed: Fri Aug 14 13:29:01 2009
The dye kit was here in plenty of time for my sister's birthday. She was so excited to get it since she had been looking for the exact same kit in the fabric and craft stores in our area.
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Reviewed: Tue Aug 4 20:25:54 2009
Though I havn't had a chance to use it yet I am very excited about trying something new.
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Reviewed: Mon Jul 6 22:17:27 2009
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