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Supplies Needed

Gather Your Supplies

Gather Your Supplies

Print the Supplies Checklist This checklist has PROChem’s inventory numbers, making it easier ...
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General Information

OFFICE HOURS PCP

OFFICE HOURS PCP

This is a new course as of July 2026. I will be moving all the Office Hours to this course. The VDC ...
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Download Dyeing by the Numbers Dye book

Download Dyeing by the Numbers Dye book

..or order a hard copy at 40% off. Coupon Code: H49MABMG Tip: Copy the entire coupon code and then p...
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Conversion Chart

Conversion Chart

Use this chart to convert dry <-> pre-mix measurements How to Measure Premix (1) If your recip...
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Getting Started

How to Premix Your Dyes

How to Premix Your Dyes

How to make the Premix Mix 1/2 tsp in 1 cup boiling water. Then use the table below to translate dry...
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How to Dilute Synthrapol

How to Dilute Synthrapol

Synthrapol or Wetter than Wet are wetting agents that allow the wool to soak up water WITHOUT changi...
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How to Prep Wool for Dyeing

How to Prep Wool for Dyeing

VIDEO GOES HERE Measure the wool from the bolt This step is already done for you if you bought just ...
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Documenting Your Recipes

Documenting Your Recipes

VIDEO GOES HERE Initial Documentation Use a scrap “rough” notebook and record your measu...
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Hazards of Dyeing

Hazards of Dyeing

The hazards of dyeing are not always obvious, but most can be avoided. Work cleanly, use common sens...
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Understanding Color

How to Combine Colors

How to Combine Colors

The best way to learn how to combine colors is to practice with paint. Red + Yellow = Orange Blue + ...
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Science of Dyeing Wool

Time, Temperature & Acid

Time, Temperature & Acid

Dyeing wool is a balancing act of the three key components required for setting the color: time temp...
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*Ratios

*Ratios

Listen to a lesson This isn’t pretty, but it should work until I can find a better alternative...
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*What the Water Does

*What the Water Does

Chemicals in the water can affect colors.  Some city water changes from time to time.  Our...
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Changing Quantities

Changing Quantities

Everything in dyeing is all about cutting measurements in 1/2 or doubling them. As a general rule of...
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Modifying Recipes

Modifying Recipes

Mixing Dry & Pre-mix Measurements After mixing up a recipe or two you quickly realize that using...
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How to Test a Recipe

How to Test a Recipe

Dye a small quantity of wool for a test If you are dyeing a color for the first time, you can test t...
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After the Wool is Dyed

After the Wool is Dyed

Here’s a short excerpt from one of my Thursday Live! Lessons about washing the wool.  The...
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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

My water is not clearing Remember the three principles of dyeing? Time, temperature and acid. If the...
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Method

*Basic Pot Dyeing

*Basic Pot Dyeing

These are notes from the live lesson, I will be updating these soon You will want to have everything...
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Spot Dyeing

Spot Dyeing

I use spot dyed wool a lot in landscapes. It creates the variety I need without a lot of work, but y...
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Dip Dyeing

Dip Dyeing

This lesson is incomplete, but the videos below show you one way to dip dye wool.
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Marry & Marbelize

Marry & Marbelize

While this lesson is primarily a dye lesson, I thought it was worthwhile to include it here because ...
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Overdyeing Textures w/Results

Overdyeing Textures w/Results

The video for this lesson was mis-identified. It will get edited this weekend. Overdyeing Lesson The...
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Painting

Painting

00:24. Paint Dyeing wool for sunrises or sunsets. 00:53. How much wool to dye? Fold into fourths...
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Invent Your Own Method

Invent Your Own Method

Start with this idea. The only thing I would add would be a pot simmering on the back burner with wa...
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Bonuses

No Time? Break it Up

No Time? Break it Up

This is how my kitchen counter looks after several days of dyeing. Life often gets in the way s...
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Dye Recipes

Dye Recipes

I use PRO Chemical dyes and these recipes only use the basic 5 colors: Red 338 Orange 233 Yellow 119...
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Questions & What's Next

Questions

Questions

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What’s Next?

What’s Next?

Suggestions for what is next….
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