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Tracy replied to Kris Nardello's discussion 'dyes from the kitchen'

I tried it this summer and got a very light lavender.

September 10

kimberly baxter packwood replied to Kris Nardello's discussion 'dyes from the kitchen'

I do believe that that is on wool only. Again after several years the color fades, this isn't necessarily a bad thing if you enjoy overdyeing. Kimberly wolmuts said:Rita Buchanan gets greens from purple basil (or also purple perilla frutescens) ...

April 21

wolmuts replied to Kris Nardello's discussion 'dyes from the kitchen'

Rita Buchanan gets greens from purple basil (or also purple perilla frutescens) giving it a ammonia afterdip and purples and mauves using vinegar.

April 16

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April 7

kimberly baxter packwood replied to Kris Nardello's discussion 'madder roots' in the group Ancient Dyes

No we're not talking poweder thankfully!!! Take a pair of garden sheers or snips (the kind you use for pruning a rose bush etc.) and snip your pieces smaller bits. Then you will soak it for 12 hours and drain the first soak water off, you can keep...

April 6

wolmuts replied to Kris Nardello's discussion 'madder roots' in the group Ancient Dyes

Powder would be nice but will take a lot of grinding. Just put some roots in a (small) canvas bag or something alike, take a hammer, find a suitable place to put it on and start pounding/tapping away. The smaller the pieces the better.

April 5

Kris Nardello replied to kimberly baxter packwood's discussion 'Dyeing with Weeds'

I've just uploaded two photos of the results of oxalis ssp.(common name sour grass) that I used yesterday to dye some handspun wool. Wool roving and yarn were first mordanted with alum and cream of tartar, then into the dye pot. The contents of th...

March 13

Kris Nardello added 2 photos