Indigo Happy Hour!  With Jackie Ottino Graf.  Sunday, June 30, 2024.  10 AM- 2 PM.  $80.00.  $25.00 deposit holds your space.  Call 203-245-5921 to register. 

Indigo is a plant based blue dye originating in India and prized for centuries for its ability to produce fast deep blues on all fibers. Indigo has been traditionally used in many cultures as a dye, from Japanese to African, each culture lending its own patterns and techniques. 

In this informal workshop we will build a simple Indigo vat and get into all the blue we can handle. I will provide unlimited indigo, some materials for creating patterns on fabric and yarn and show you everything I know. We will go over lots of details about the care and feeding of indigo but mostly this is just party time. 

You should bring: approximately 2 pounds of anything you want to be blue. Indigo will dye all fibers: cotton/linen/hemp and wool/silk/alpaca. Consider yarn (undyed or previously dyed) raw (clean) fibers, smaller pieces of clothing like t shirts, dresses, leggings, linens like napkins or fabric yardage. 

Please also bring at least one shallow basin such as an aluminum roasting pan or dish pan for catching blue items and for transport home.