dye hiatus

Turns out that while it's important to have a functioning brain in order to dye, and nimble fingers are good too... what you really need is a working back! Yes, I screwed up my back. Nothing major, just your classic muscle spasms, but it's absolutely impossible to dye fabric when you back is unhappy. There's too much leaning over the sink and the workspace.

And of course I have a custom job pending and another about to burst upon me -- uh oh!

slight rant: education

Why is it so difficult to find classes in dye techniques?

I often feel (as many craft/hobby dyers feel, I suspect) that I'm doing a lot of floundering to no purpose. Many techniques in dye work would be 100% more understandable if someone SHOWED you how, rather than having to read about it. But I can't find classes. I've checked the university, the technical school, local fabric shops... nothing. And when you search, it's hard to know where to look -- art department? sewing classes? I found out that the design classes at the UW are under the "School of Human Ecology" -- yeah, I needed to be psychic to figure that one out. Why is it so hard to find instruction on this topic?