I am currently chronicling the beauty of summer color in the garden, with the naturally dyed yarns emerging from my dye vats. What an incredible thrill as I pulled out these skeins from the logwood dye bath! This rich purple, much deeper than a lavender really, was obtained through one day of soaking and heating the logwood bark chips. I highly recommend Cheryl Kolander’s logwood source check out Aurora Silk. She works with the people of the Dominican Republic to source her logwood. Her project is focused on creating sustainable and thriving incomes for the indigenous Indios peoples. A population of people recently thought to be extinct. I absolutely love the project, and the logwood is like no other. Do give the dye a try!

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wolmuts Comment by wolmuts on July 11, 2009 at 12:36pm
That's beautiful! Much more purple than the batch I did.
kimberly baxter packwood Comment by kimberly baxter packwood on July 12, 2009 at 11:58am
The color is gorgeous!
Dorie van Dijk Comment by Dorie van Dijk on July 29, 2009 at 10:39am
such a lively colour!

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