Well, I'm gonna try this. Hope it turns out for the best. Here are the details. About a month ago, I bought about 5 1/2 ft. of strung hackle from Hobby Lobby. They have it packaged as "Feather Trim", bu I have checked it, and it is the exact same stuff from here, only in a 5 1/2 foot strip. It is the natural brown color of the first one. It even has the same texture and size of some hackle my friend has. So I think I'm good to go there. I will be cutting it into about 4 inch strips to do my dyeing. I do plan on cleaning it with soap and water beforehand to remove anything they might have put on it. I will be using the kool-aid dyeing method and expierimenting with different colors. If they go well, I might try to bleach some and see if I can lighten it to have some softer colors. We'll see how my time runs. I'll be trying to keep up with this thread, and supply pictures as needed to show you guys my progress. If anyone has any suggestions, now would be the time to make them, I plan on starting on it this weekend.

Edit: Oh yeah, if this works, I'll be doing this with all of my hackle as it is only $10 for 5 1/2 feet, and I got it on sale for $5.

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