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Wisteria Fox: Day 6

 Today is a good day! Went out for sushi and hung out with a friend, then got home and cut out the second sleeve plus lining. And today I planned to dye the fabric. Here's how it went. 

Dye Job

At first I was going to dye all the pieces separately then sew them together. But then I figured, the main body of the kimono might have a more consistent color if I sewed some pieces together. So I did. 
Body is sewn the sleeves unattached. 

Then I prepped my fabric in the bathroom getting things wet. 
Hanging things to make it easier to dip.

Got my pot of dye heated up then put it in the bathtub.
Dunkin' pot. 
I kept the fabric on the hangers and dipped the pieces in the pot. I used some wooden chopsticks to help push and stir things around. Then used the shower with cold water to rinse after the dips. Kept rinsing until the water ran clear again. 

Post dye dunk. 

The body of the kimono got a second dunk dye to make it darker at the bottom. Now they're drying. 
Hanging out to dry. 

I'll see how dry these get overnight, might use a hair dryer to speed things up. Once dry, I'll create a stencil for the flames for spray painting. Once those dry, I'll apply the fox to the sleeves. And then I can start on the lining and finish sewing the kimono. 

After the kimono is constructed I'll work on the hand painting the flowers. 

Fox Tail

The fox tail knitting is making progress. 
1 ball of yarn.

Looks like a rabbit tail.

Eventually, I'll get to the belt. 

And that's what I did today. 

Side-Story: Cape Knitting

After like restarting a few times and trying different patterns, I adapted a few knitting patterns. So...figured it out! 

I added short rows to a pattern. 

First wedge. 

I guess I have to make like 18 more wedges to complete the Rengoku cape. 😭Gotta tweak the color change things a bit but Yeah looking good so far! 

Mini-Update: 

The fabric is nearly dry so I'll definitely be able to paint tomorrow...but I'll also seriously need to iron things out first. 

Ugh...bathroom lighting is terrible, but both the sleeves and kimono body are a tiny bit lighter than when they were wet. This is suppose to happen. I very much love how it looks. 

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