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[Gladius_Lucix]

I've been wondering what the difference is. Does dying thread use more dye? Can you get multicolored cloth if you have differently dyed threads used for it, or does it require three threads of the same color?

[sunshaker]

No difference in game play. In real life you can do either method, but the dying of threads is most common as you can then weave interesting designs (think kilts, not as yet implemented in DF).

This allows you to buy cloth from traders (like elves), dye it (which increases the value and makes it part of your created wealth), and then sell it at a profit.

[Danjen]

I hope more dyes are added. Specifically yellow. Also mixing dyes to make new ones. Red + blue dye makes 2 units of purple. Or adding black to that could make it a dark purple dye.

[sunshaker]

People have modded in different dye plants which give other colors.

[NecroRebel]

Each cloth takes 1 thread. Dyed thread makes dyed cloth which is identical in every way to undyed cloth that is then dyed. So, there's no difference whatsoever.

The only benefit to dyeing thread instead of cloth is if you have a highly-skilled (and thus fast-working) dyer and a lower-skilled (and thus slower-working) weaver. If you set dye cloth to repeat, your dyer might run you all out of cloth if your weaver can't keep making undyed cloth fast enough. Thread, on the other hand, can be made more quickly since planters can make bigger stacks of pig tails/rope reeds which turn into multiple threads, which means that it is easier for a thresher to keep up with a more-skilled dyer than the weaver would be.

[NW_Kohaku]

Ultimately, though, if you leave dwarves with nothing but their one step in the process of clothing sweatshops active so they specialize, you should wind up with thread and cloth levels that are roughly even over time if you are running a smooth operation.

If you set your dwarves to only used dyed cloth, you will want your dyers set to dye cloth because otherwise thread that was woven before your dyers got to it will never get dyed, and never get used.

Because supply can get irregular, however, I just set all my dyers to have alternating repeat orders of dye cloth and dye thread.  That way, if one runs out, the other is still there.

[Gergination]

This allows you to buy cloth from traders (like elves), dye it (which increases the value and makes it part of your created wealth), and then sell it at a profit.

You could also just steal everything the elves have. 

Not like they're gonna do anything about...pansies.

This will also lead to them bringing more animals because they aren't filling up their wagons with rope reed cloth.

[Garrie]

If you set your dwarves to only used dyed cloth, you will want your dyers set to dye cloth because otherwise thread that was woven before your dyers got to it will never get dyed, and never get used.

How do I set my clothier etc to only use dyed cloth? I have looked & looked...

Assistance would be much appreciated!

[SocietalEclipse]

Options -> "W" workshop.

[Holzfaust]

Each cloth takes 1 thread. Dyed thread makes dyed cloth which is identical in every way to undyed cloth that is then dyed. So, there's no difference whatsoever.[...]

Thats right, but even thougth i am may be wrong doesn't sewing an image on clothing use a thread too? This way not only your cloth is dyed but also the image resulting in a higher value piece of clothing. Can anyone confirm this?

[kotekzot]

No, cloth is used to sew images.