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Dip into indigo this summer with:

The Natural Indigo Fructose Kit

A great way to get started.  This kit is used for the 'Fruit Vat' the 'Banana Vat' and 'Fructose Vat'.  This kit contains 100g natural indigo, 250g fructose, 250g calx, and instructions.

See our Natural Indigo Fructose Kit Here

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Below: our video tutorial demonstrating our favourite indigo vat — the banana vat.

See the Tutorial Here


We believe in all forms of making,
  Now is always the best time to start — let's begin.


Shown: Our shaped resist kit is for simple shibori and itajime techniques. Comes with 40 wooden tongue depressors and 60 small elastic bands.

See the Shaped Resist Kit here



An indigo field in southern India


The Natural Indigo Fructose Kit joins our other popular indigo kits shown below...



The Ultimate Natural Indigo Kit
 
This kit includes two types of natural indigo - both are indigofera tinctoria.  225g of our fine ground natural indigo from India & 125g indigo chips from the Living Blue project in Bangladesh. Also includes 500g Calx, 250g Fructose, 250g Ferrous Sulfate, 100g Thioux & 20 pH strips.

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The Natural Indigo Ferrous Sulfate Kit
 
 
A great way to get started.  This vat is reduced with ferrous sulfate and is sometimes known as the 'ferrous vat'.  This kit contains 100g natural indigo, 100g ferrous sulfate (iron), 250g calx & instructions.

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The Natural Indigo Thiox Kit
 
A great way to get started.  This is our 'Workhorse Vat' and a good option if you want to do a lot of dyeing and not keep your indigo vat for long periods of time.  Thiourea Dioxide is the reducing agent used to reduce the indigo. 

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How to Dye With Indigo – Instructions

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Shown: Indigo-Cultivate/Dye/Create
 
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.

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To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount. 

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Cloth as it was meant to be.

Our artisan cloth is out in the world
flowing through the seasons. 
This dress. This shirt.
These skirts and pants. 

Designed with Maiwa's impeccable style
and famous attention to detail.

Woven by hand for unmatched
drape and character. 

Thread-dyed by hand with natural dyes.
The way cloth was meant to be.


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NATURAL COLOUR

Once you begin to look for yellows — you find them everywhere. They can be warm and rich like marigold, or bright and strong like weld. Some of our favourite tannins (pomegranate and myrobalan) give yellows. They combine beautifully with other dyes - especially with a light dip in indigo.

We've found a host of golds, creams, and bright as a daisy shades to share with you. Come celebrate a summer of yellows.

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Learn all about using natural dyes in the in-depth workshop taught by Charllotte and Sophena Kwon in their workshop The Natural Dye Workshop for the Maiwa School of Textiles.

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For a thorough introduction to natural dyes including procedures, mordants, and recipes, see our "Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes" at naturaldyes.ca.


MORE OF OUR FAVOURITE YELLOWS







The process of making ink with natural dyes awaits you in The Ink Making Workshop with Tim McLaughlin for the Maiwa School of Textiles.


Sophena Kwon and Danielle Bush working with natural dyes in their workshop Print & Paint with Natural Dyes  for the Maiwa School of Textiles.


Journeywoman Calico Dress Handwoven with Mulberry Silk printed with cosmos flowers by @thedogwooddyer.



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Solar dyeing with tansy (tanacetum vulgare). 


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Kahani means "Story"

This is a well-named dress. We brought it to the shore and matched its colour to the sky and the distant mountains. 

The threads were hand-dyed with Indigo before the weaving began. That was the work of artisan dyers in Bengal. Where they work, everything is green, warm and tropical. The weavers work with the music of the looms sounding on a porch or in a weaving shed. Under cover as protection for when the monsoons arrive.

We thought a lot about the threads, and the weaving, and the colours, and then we thought - soft drape, wide neckline, gentle gathers. A dress that brings everything together.


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WITH MAIWA YARDAGE

The same fabric we use in our clothing is now available as yardage. Hand yarn-dyed with natural indigo and also hand woven. This is cloth that sings. What will you make with it?

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