Indigo: Cultivate, Dye, Create

From cowboys’ denim to the jeans in your wardrobe, indigo’s enduring popularity survives to this day. In this stunning and practical handbook, learn how to use this powerful pigment to breathe life into your clothes and craft projects. 

Explore the gorgeous possibilities of dyeing with indigo! This handbook takes you through it all: growing the plant; mastering warm or cold dyeing with indigo, fructose, hydrosulfite, and fermented vats; making multicolored projects; and troubleshooting potential problems. Create intricate moyo-sashi and hitome-sashi embroidery, patchwork quilts, resist-dyed patterns, and more. Both beginners and experienced dyers will feel inspired to work with this wide range of innovative recipes and unique projects.

Details:

• Hardcover
• 144 pages
• 7.31 x 0.79 x 10.06 inches

Douglas Luhanko and Kerstin Neumüller run Second Sunrise, a raw denim menswear boutique in Stockholm. He also manufactures jeans at his own company, Blue Highway.