Ever wanted to be able to dye your own custom sashiko threads easily, without fuss and mess? Now you can!
Olympus have come up with this great dyeing system, which uses a 'dye pen' to literally colour in your sashiko threads. It could not be easier. This 50mg dye fix sachet is essential to fix the beautiful colours you dye with 'So-me Marche'. Without it, your dyed thread will run!
I've dyed sashiko threads with Procion dye (can be messy), Dylon machine dyes (in the microwave - also a bit messy, and with the potential to stain everything too), and indigo (incredibly messy and complicated). This new dye system is very easy - load up the dye pen, lay out your thread on some clingfilm, and off you go.
Please watch this video I've loaded up onto YouTube to see EXACTLY how it is done! Thanks to Takeshi san and the great team at Olympus for creating a version with English subtitles for me! The video is your free dyeing tutorial, so please refer to it whenever you want. 3ml of dye fix is needed to fix one skein of thread.
100% cotton. Made in Japan.
The fourth and fifth photos show what I dyed using the basic starter kit. There was so much dye, after I had dyed the three 20m skeins supplied in the kit, I used three more 20m skein bundles to dye a set of 12 different skeins!
I have a starter kit and a 15-colour mega are already here Japan plus 20m 6-ply medium and 20m 3-ply fine sashiko threads for dyeing, and the starter kit plus will be arriving shortly. I will also be selling dyes separately soon.
It is recommended that you don't mix up the colours that you use in each dye pen, because darker colours will stain the applicator, and could discolour subsequent lighter dyes. So don't use your yellow dye pen for blue, or blue for red etc. For the purest colour, keep one pen per dye. Once these dyes arrive, I will experiment with them and let you know what happens!
Dyes and dye fix are non toxic, but please be sensible and keep them away from pets. Older children would be able to use these dyes with supervision. Please use your common sense!
'So-me Marche' sashiko thread dye fix 50ml
染 = so-me = dye
染 or そめ, in hiragana - some - has been split into the two syllables, otherwise it would look like the English word 'some'. The word often mutates to zome, as in katazome (stencil dyeing) or aizome (indigo dyeing).
marche = marché (French) = marketMarche is one of those foreign language words that has become popular and is in common usage in Japan in recent years, sometimes used as part of a shop name, and also used for markets, farmers' markets, and pop up events.
You can have fun with this 'dye market'!
