"I think I know why the dog howls at the moon"

There's no getting around that awkward first blog post. So, I'm going to embrace in and revel in the cliche-ity!

A bit about me:
For the purposes of this blog, I will answer to the name Corncob...a nickname given to me by my younger brother. I am 24 years old and I live in Brooklyn.
I have been dyeing fabric for about 5 years now. I started dyeing when I was in college majoring in theater. I was the resident prop master and after having to dye muslin panels for a large show, I found that I really loved the art of color match and dye mixing. Anytime I could throw a prop into a dye pot, I did.

After college, I was hired by one of the top NYC fabric studios to work as a hand dyer. During my time there, I honed my color match skill and I am proud to say that there is virtually no color that I can't match. I also got to dye a variety of fabrics and use tons of dye. Silk, nylon, cotton, acids, acetate/nylon, mx, direct, union, basic...I got to try it all! But, the best part of my job there was the clientel...I got to dye Emril's aprons! Whoa. We also did dresses for J-Lo, Sienna Miller and Helen Mirren. I dyed for the world renown Broadway costume designers Willa Kim and Santo Loquasto. Other big clients included Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Vera Wang. I dyed shirts for A Chorus Line and fabric to be used for the giraffe in a touring production of The Lion King.
The downside was having to deal with the disgusting greed and self importance festering in the fashion world. While I loved the skills I was learning, I had trouble justifying working for an industry that sells jeans for more money than I spent on a months tuition.


Right before Valentines Day last year, I went through a messy breakup (really, it was a divorce) and the stress of that compounded with my growing hatred for fashion. I quit my job and now I find myelf trying to make it as a self employed dyer.

Currently, I live with my fiancee (we met a 366 days ago) and our 4 cats. My fiancee (I'll call her the Wife) is, in my opinion, the best yarn dyer this side of the equator. She owns Brooklyn Handspun and currently has about 600 pounds of yarn padding our craft room. There is always a dye project happening in our apt. We thankfully have a separate shower, as our bathtub is now a rainbow of colors from our ever ending dye experiments. It never even stood a chance. I have started two business. Digger and Dweezil is my hand dyed clothing line. Perhaps She'll Dye is the name if my hand dyed quilting fabric.

A bit about the blog:
I'm starting this blog because if there's anything I love more than dyeing, it's talking about dyeing. And also, I wanted a place to record the antics that take place when two hardcore crafters merge their art supplies, plumbing and cats.


-Corncob

Dye of the day: jaquard MX Carmine Red