A couple days ago I did more experimenting with ice dyeing. Most ice dyeing instructions tell you to soak the fabric in soda ash solution for 15 to 30 minutes. That's fine if you are doing it yourself, but if you are doing an ice dye class or party, it makes it difficult for everyone to find their piece of fabric in the bucket, if there are 10 more in there. So I introduced the soda ash after sprinkling the dye powder on it.
I used two kinds of fabric, a bright, white Kona cloth and a light weight, linen-like, mystery fabric that I found in a drawer.
Below are pictures of each, with the Kona cloth one on top.
As you can see the two fabrics took the dye completely different.
Wish I knew what the mystery fabric was,
but alas, I don't.
You need all kinds of fabric, so I'm keeping both, but I like the Kona cloth one more.
