These dyes are easier to use than dyeing Easter eggs. They are fast and accurate. They are designed for protein fibers - meaning animal fibers and silk, not cellulose fibers. They are permanent and once fixed (heated) and rinsed, they don't run.

• Soak your fiber or yarn in warm water in the kitchen sink.
• Put the dye in a large pot (that you will never again use for
  cooking), more water than will cover the fiber and 1 tablespoon of vinegar on the stove and bring to "tea temperature" or a little over
  170 degrees.
• Add the fiber to the pot and you have beautiful dyed fiber. It is the
  color that you see in the pot, not a different shade once it is done "reacting."
• Rinse out the fiber in warm soapy water until the water runs clear
  and you are finished.  

A bottle of Gaywool Dye, dyes about 2 pounds of fiber and is $15.50 for 100 grams or about 3.5 oz.

Bush Blends are pretty but they are pastels. These bottles are $10.50 for 80 grams.

The dye crystals keep a long time.

Choosing color:

The Gaywool and Bushblend colors are pictured
 below.These shades are pretty accurate but
 people do have different pc color monitors. 

I have color cards from Louet which you may purchase for $3.

Be careful about guessing a color as these are Australian names and they have different ideas about color than North Americans.

Gaywool Colors

Originals High quality dyes with a vibrant color range, which can be strengthened or diluted to suit you. We include every- thing needed for easy dyeing, no messy mixing or weighing. Color fast results in just 30 minutes. Wonderful for natural fibers, such as wool, silk, mohair and also nylon.		Bush Blends! Bush Blends Dye Colors from Gaywool Dyes! Soft, beautiful colors in the Gaywool tradition! Easy to use, safe and color- fast. Use for wool, mohair, angora, silk and nylon. Same reliable color results as our Original Gaywool dyes at left.
Myrtle  Gaywool Dye   Azalea  Avacado Bluegum     Cedar  Crabapple   Daisy  Lily   Mulberry   Musk   Orchid  Plum  Raspberry   Tomato Watermelon	Indigo   Avocado   Olive    Lucerne     Coal  Silverbirch	Citrus     Cypress	Mustard   Nutmeg     Stringybark   Peppercorn   Salmon