Bluivance. Plant indigo, dyed by hand in Porto.
Prices are per 100 g of dry fibre or per metre. No hidden steps.
Per 100 g of dry fibre. Wool, cotton, linen, silk or any natural fibre, and blends with no more than 20% synthetic.
| Shade | Per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Névoa 2 dips | €7 |
| Ribeira 5 dips | €10 |
| Noite 10 to 12 dips | €15 |
Minimum 1 kg per shade. Up to 5 kg takes 3 to 4 weeks. Yarn that arrives oily or sized is scoured first at €2 per 100 g.
Per metre, up to 150 cm wide, in linen, cotton, hemp, silk or wool.
| Shade | Per metre |
|---|---|
| Névoa 2 dips | €14 |
| Ribeira 5 dips | €18 |
| Noite 10 to 12 dips | €24 |
Minimum 5 m per shade. More than 20 m takes 5 to 6 weeks; shorter lengths get a date when we book the slot, and most cloth goes through Rio, the quicker vat.
Clamped, stitched or bound patterns on cloth. Every fold behaves differently in the vat, so we dye a sample of your pattern before we quote.
| Work | Price |
|---|---|
| Resist pattern on cloth any of the three shades | from €35 / m |
Minimum 5 m per shade. Once you have seen the sample, the quote is fixed.
Overdyeing finished pieces for small labels: shirts, scarves, aprons, table linen, in natural fibre with no coating.
| Run | Per piece |
|---|---|
| By weight and shade light Névoa to heavy Noite | €18-€30 |
Minimum 10 pieces of one style. Polyester stitching stays pale while the cloth goes blue. Some labels like that; tell us if you don't.
Five shades on your own fibre, so you choose your blue on your own fibre, not on a screen.
| Card | Price |
|---|---|
| Five shades on 50 g of your yarn | €25 |
| Five shades on 50 × 50 cm of your cloth | €25 |
Ready in about 10 working days. Dyed in Pequena, the small vat kept for samples. The €25 is credited against any order over €200.
Each bar is one dip in the vat. Depth comes from the count, never from a stronger vat.
The blue of a morning over the Douro, before the mist lifts. Pale enough to sit quietly beside other yarns in a weave.
A working blue, the one most people picture when they say indigo. Steady and even, and it softens kindly with washing.
Almost black until the light catches it, then plainly blue. It takes the most patience and adds a week to any job.
The same six terms for every job, from a single kilo of sock yarn to a label's full run.
One kilo of yarn or five metres of cloth, per shade.
Three to four weeks for yarn up to 5 kg, five to six for cloth over 20 m, about 10 working days for a sample card. Noite adds a week. Nothing is turned round in under two weeks. Anything in between, cloth from 5 to 20 m or yarn over 5 kg, gets a date in our first reply once we know the weight.
When your job is booked into the vat calendar. The balance on collection or before dispatch.
By hand on Fridays, across the river to Gaia and out to Matosinhos, Maia and Espinho. Free over €300, otherwise €15. Tracked courier anywhere in Portugal and the EU, charged at cost.
Or about 80 m of cloth, across every job. Larger jobs are booked into a month ahead.
For fibre that arrives oily or sized, so the dye can reach it. It is added to your quote, not your bill afterwards.
Indigo is particular about what it will hold. These we send back.