my brown has fuschia

[rainbow delight]

Well I washed the shirts and the bleeding into other colors wasn't as big a deal as I thought, however I noticed the dark brown #35  I used left lots of purple/fuchsia in it. Not exactly what I wanted, even tho it looks ok.
Do I need to strain the brown or does someone know of a different brown from Dharma that doesn't do that?
other than that I'm pretty happy with my first batch of real tie dye!
P.s.
thanks for all the suggestions for the alginate!

[tiedyejudy]

I got into the habit several years ago of straining all my dyes.  It started because I was getting 'freckles' when I used fuchsia or hot pink dyes, but I also noticed that some other dyes weren't dissolving completely, so straining got rid of undissolved particles.  Almost all the dye colors are made up of multiple dye colors, so there is always a chance you will get odd bleeds such as you describe.  Ever notice when you rinse out your dye tools all the different streaks of color that end up in the bottom of the sink?  That's why!

[colorfulsteve]

whats straining?

[mustdye]

whats straining?

I use a coffee strainer. I like it because it filters out any chunks that are going to clog the orifice on my squirt bottles.

[tiedyejudy]

I use the 'foot' part of a nylon stocking I cut out several years ago.  I just stretch it over the opening of my dye jar, pour the mixed dyes through, rinse, and it's ready to go for the next batch!  No freckles, no unmixed chunks...

[Animal]

I use a blender.  Undissolved dye is wa$teful, and can result in batch-to-batch shade variability.  Sometimes a little Calsolene oil is necessary to fully dissolve deep shades.