From Fleece to Finish: A Complete Homestead Wool Dyeing Handbook

Bring beautiful, harmonious color to wool, mohair, Angora, alpaca, yarn, locks, and other protein fibers with this practical 65-page dyeing handbook. Learn how to use acid dyes successfully, combine colors without creating mud, overdye naturally dark fibers, plan homestead-inspired palettes, and keep useful records of every dye bath.

Created by Ali Reynolds of Ali’s Organic Homestead, this printable guide combines clear instructions, extensive color-combination charts, worksheets, troubleshooting help, and creative project ideas in one beautiful resource.

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Turn raw fiber and plain yarn into beautifully dyed colors inspired by the farm, garden, orchard, woodland, and changing seasons.

From Fleece to Finish is a practical, encouraging guide for fiber artists who want to better understand acid dyeing—not simply follow a recipe without knowing why it works. Whether you are dyeing wool from your own animals, handspun yarn, mohair locks, Angora, alpaca, or purchased protein fiber, this booklet will help you approach color with greater confidence.

Inside this 65-page printable handbook, you will find:

• Essential wool and fiber preparation
• Dye-studio equipment and safety guidance
• Microwave, stovetop, immersion, hand-painting, and tray-dyeing methods
• An easy-to-understand color wheel
• Color theory specifically explained for wool dyeing
• How neighboring colors blend—and why some combinations become muddy
• Ways to control liquid, overlap, heat, and dye movement
• An extensive WashFast Acid Dye color-combination chart
• A special dark-wool and Angora overdye chart
• Guidance for working with black, charcoal, gray, brown, and naturally colored fibers
• Farm, garden, orchard, woodland, cottage, harvest, and homestead colorways
• Practical dye calculations and conversions
• Planning and record-keeping worksheets
• Troubleshooting help for common dyeing problems
• Ideas for gradients, speckles, layered color, locks, yarn, batts, and finished projects
• Inspiration for future workshops, classes, Reels, and YouTube videos
• A permanent dye-library system for recording successful results

The booklet is designed to be printed and kept in your wool room or dye studio. Use it as a learning guide, color-planning reference, project workbook, and place to record the combinations you want to create again.

Every animal and fiber behaves a little differently, which is part of the beauty of hand dyeing. The charts give you a thoughtful starting point while still leaving room for experimentation and your own creative style.

Format: Digital PDF
Length: 65 pages
Delivery: Instant digital download
Please note: This is a digital product; no physical booklet will be mailed. Dye results may vary depending on fiber type, natural fiber color, dye strength, water chemistry, temperature, and application method.