Indigo: Cultivate, Dye, Create [Hardcover]

Discover indigo, one of the world’s most popular plant-based dyes—and use it to enliven your own garments and crafts!
 
Explore the gorgeous possibilities of dyeing with indigo! This stunning and practical 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.

Explore the gorgeous possibilities of dyeing with indigo! This stunning and practical handbook takes you through it all: growing the plant; mastering warm or cold dyeing; 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 these innovative recipes and unique projects.

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.

Kerstin Neumüller is a men’s tailor. She and Douglas Luhanko run the shop Second Sunrise in Stockholm.