Dye A Flokati Rug
Enter an over priced market of colored flokati s in photography prop land i happened to score a few 3 x5 natural color rugs on sale.
Dye a flokati rug. Fabric dye 1 cup salt rubber gloves or st. Dyeing a flokati rug with rit dye nottinghamshire newborn photographer. We do not dye or treat our rugs with chemicals. A flokati rug is made with long wool shag fibers.
1 x cream flokati rug the size i have is 80cm x 150cm. One of my favorite props to make is colored flokati rugs. By victoria bradley. Free shipping within the continental usa lower 48 states.
Sep 8 2016 sheepskin and flokati rugs are everywhere these days they add texture to a room and instantly add comfort to a hard plastic or wood chair. Today i thought i would share with you how i dye my own flokati rugs. Add a few bottles of rit dye and i couldn t be happier. Stylish premium 2000 gram greek flokati rug soft low profile 2 5 organic wool pile wool backing 100 wool no synthetics.
It is 100 wool pile which means that all the fluffy part is pure wool but the backing that it is woven into is not 100 wool and contains some synthetics which will not take the dye. Please note that all images were taken using a mobile phone so i apologize about the quality of the images. The benefit of this is not only the cost but the fact that you can dye. The texture of it is a little rough so i never put babies on it without a layer of fabric in between but flokati has such an interesting texture and looks very pretty when used in newborn photography.
But if you re looking to make your sheepskin stand out from the run of the mill or just need a little change fabric dye is the ticket. The natural color of a flokati rug is an off white cream sorta color. Don t mind my one handed ipad pics. We only offer the natural off white flokati rug color.
Beware of imposters whose flokati base contains polyurethane to save on the cost of wool. Our flokatis are 100 organic. Stylish flokati rugs in 24 colors with free shipping.