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Re: Dyeing wool roving

Dear Rebecca,

This is Tom Klaas from Testfabrics, Inc.

Several hair dye manufacturers (like Clairol/P&G) use our wool fabrics and dye skeins to develop shades so it does work-obviously wool substrates are cheaper than actual human hair (which we also sell).
You also might want to try using acid dyes, the common dye used for most wool dyeings-reactives will also work.  You can get both from:

Aljo Manufacturing Co Inc

www.aljodye.com

81 Franklin St # 1
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-2878

they sell small amounts for craft purposes and may be able to provide some 'how to' advice as well.

Testfabrics, Inc. sells dyeable wool yarn-fairly fine, 2/26's-it is tricky to dye skeins without tangling but once you get the hang of it, you might want to think about that approach. If you'd like a sample of some 5 gram worsted wool skeins, let me know:

info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you have any questions, let us know.

Good luck!

Tom Klaas
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Tinkham <r_tinkham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 4:53 pm
Subject: Dyeing wool roving

Has anyone ever tried to dye wool roving or yarns with commerical, over-the-counter, human hair dye? 
 
I'm trying to come up with an inexpensive way to do wigs.  With Halloween wigs running around $30 and roving at $0.90/oz. I thought this might be a good thing to try.  The roving only comes in white, black, gray and a whole host of colors that are only appropriate for Goth or something at the height of London Punk.
 
I know that there may be felting issues if I'm not careful, but can anyone think of a reason it won't work?
 
Rebecca Tinkham

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