Buttered JortsJun 3
Sounds like I may get off my ass this year and finally do the #Pride flag fishing shirts I’ve been planning for 2 years now.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 3

I should mention they’d be #tiedye too.

I think I can even pull off progress pride, plan below.

I kinda want to go for broke and attempt intersex inclusive.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 3
Shirt acquired. Need to map out the colors of Rit DyeMore I need to pull this off.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4

Looks like the magic mix is:

Super Pink
Kentucky Sky
Chocolate Brown
Graphite
Racing Red
Apricot Orange
Daffodil Yellow
Peacock Green
Sapphire Blue
Royal Purple

Walmart had everything but Royal Purple, Michael’s had everything but Kentucky Sky. Hobby Lobby was an oh fuck naw

Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
Picking the Michael's order up today, and I'll backfill anything they couldn't get (some were limited stock) at Walmart.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
So for the test shirt, I'm planning a gradient of dots made by placing 2 (or maybe 4) drops from a dropper. In one axis the line would be all colors at the same dilution ratio, and the other axis would be all dilutions of the same color. Just not sure which I want to orient on rows vs. columns.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
(Secretly posting this here so that somebody else will check my math)
Show threadButtered Jorts

Project #Pride Flag Tie-Dye Fishing Shirt status: 9/10 colors obtained!

Poll here, do y’all think this would look better with colors on the horizontal axis and dilutions on the vertical (one color per column, same strength per row) or vise versa (same strength per column, different color each row)? Making it approval voting 😉, this is not a FPTP safe space. Keep it open a week, but I may act before then.

If you’ve voted (or not) see the visualizations below!

Responses and boosts for visibility appreciated.

Edit: results here https://infosec.exchange/@ajn142/114650008867964305

Colors change horizontally, strength vertically
72.7%
Strength changes horizontally, colors vertically
27.3%
Poll ended at .
Buttered Jorts (@ajn142@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 2 images After rinse and 2 washes.

Infosec Exchange
Jun 4 at 8:56pmWeb
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4

I personally think colors horizontally, with 100% at the top and 10% at the bottom would look best on whichever side I start dyeing from, but any bleed through to the other side would be in reverse order, and I think that might hurt legibility on that side.

If I do colors vertically then the order stays the same on the front and back, and it would just vary whether the strongest dot is to the left or right side of the gradient. I feel that’ll be more legible whether somebody sees the shirt from the back or the front.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
Paging the #MakeShitMonday crowd to the poll above, since there’s 1 in 7 odds I’ll do this on a Monday 😉
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Well, only one vote but I’ve secured all supplies. Probably making this happen tonight, strike while the hyper-fixation is hot.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Correction, not tonight. Kiddo dragged out bedtime for an extra hour, and I burned too much energy on the visualizations while that happened. Instead I grabbed a dial grill thermometer, calibrated it, and added it to the lid of my steamer pot. Now I can more accurately maintain chamber temp while steaming/setting the dye in the material.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
So for starters, I went to the store and bought a BBQ grill lid thermometer. I brought it home and noted that it was larger than any drill I had, so I took the nut off the back and used it to make a template on adhesive paper. I stuck this to the lid of my project pot, lining it up with an existing ding in the enamel.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Then I took a 1/16” HSS drill and some 3-in-1 oil, and drilled out the inner perimeter of the template. Then I used my 1/2” bit to drill a hole big enough to fit the tinsnips through, and cut out the rest of the circle.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Finally, I inserted the thermometer through the hole. Not perfectly round, but close enough on size that I had to screw it in. Then I tightened the backing nut, and ta-da, working lid with thermometer.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
@ifixcoinops i feel like this is bodging you could get behind.
Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJun 5
@ajn142 masterful
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
@ifixcoinops I’ve realized this thread is more of a tree, so I guess I’ll have to tighten up the readability with a blog post later 😉
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
So it begins…
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
I dunno, whady’all think?
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
After rinse and 2 washes.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
Since I made one, my kiddo wants one. Hers will be a more ambiguous rainbow spiral, and she did about a third of the dyeing.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
This one is polyester, so it’s getting the same dye strength as the nylon, but steaming between 212 and 200 F for an hour instead.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12

Some time this week I hope to attempt layout of a real progress pride flag design. I’m expecting it to be kinda difficult though, and require multiple dyeing sessions.

Per the style guide from the designer, there’s a lot of mathematical considerations to get this properly spaced on a shirt.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0589/1676/5845/files/HowToUse-ProgressPrideFlag-DanielQuasar.pdf

Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
I believe I’ll want the light blue and brown stripes to meet at the corners of the shoulders, and the thickness of those stripes needs to be 1/12th of the shirt’s overall width.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12

And results!

The more saturated photos are straight outta the steamer, the less saturated ones are after a rinse. Wash still pending, and I expect more color to fall out. Probably could have lost less by holding right at 212 F for the hour and flipping the rolled up shirt to ensure both sides heated evenly.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
And on our model, after washes. Cropped because I’m not putting my kids faces up here, but you can just see the massive smile she has, because she got to help make this.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
Also, enjoy the slightest glimpse of foot ;)
Show threadFritz AdalisJun 8
@ajn142
Nice!
Show threadHTTP 1.1/418 TeapotJun 8
@ajn142 👍🏳️‍🌈👍🏳️‍🌈
Show threadGraham WattJun 8

@ajn142 interesting. Not what I was imagining. I would totally wear this.

Maybe I need to get crafty myself.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
@guamwatt I need to step out and get daylight pics of it. Next go will be trying the pattern to actually pull off a progress pride flag.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5

Options:

Colors change on horizontal axis, dilution on vertical. I like this most from the primary side, but from the backside the spectrum is flipped and I feel it’s less legible.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Colors change on vertical axis, dilution on horizontal. I like this less than the primary side above, but more than the reverse side, and I like both the front and back equally.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Cc @cR0w for the best visualizations 30 minutes with iOS markup can buy.