Hand dyeing

Six years ago I did two post on how to dye wool yarn with black beans. As I have moved into dyeing cotton fabric I thought I would write a little updated post. You can read here the part 1 and part…

tea dyeing

First a disclaimer: no pennies were harmed in the process of dyeing this fabric. Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens by Nova Scotia dye expert Karen Leigh Casselman is my main dye bible. Most of the dye recipes are for plants found in North America, but Casselman offers two offbeat mineral dye recipes with copper pennies and clay as the dyestuff. This summer I'll try the clay recipe which is very messy. Copper penny blue was manageable in my laundry room. Dawn MacNutt adapted…

"I can't remember a year when the blackberries ripened so early. And there are still plenty more to come. Lovely ones, too." My companion barely spared them a glance, having other fruit in mind. I watched her pick her way up a branch of blackthorn, sheer madness, but you have to admire that kind of commitment to sloe gin. "Mind your fleece on those thorns, Elinor." She waved a hoof and chucked a ripe sloe into the basket. "Who dares, wins, Beaut." I suppose I'm just as fanatical about plant…

DIY natural dyeing and fabric crafts. Learn how to best dye silk fabric using natural dyes such as cochineal, onion skins, avocados, marigolds. FREE natural dyes list.😀

Have you tried avocado dyeing but were hoping for brighter pinks? Or maybe you’ve been meaning to try for a while but had a few questions before you started. This blog post is packed with tips that will help you. Before I jump into that, I just wanted to mention something that I think you’ll...

Today, I am going to show you how I hand dye wool fabric using powdered dyes. Hand dyed wools give you depth in wool appliqué and hooked rug pieces. #rughooking #dyewool #woolapplique | DoodleDogPrimitives.com

In this blog post I’ll show you how to dye a scarf with mahonia berries (also known as Oregon grape) with a simple tie dye stripe pattern. These are my local berries – in the early summer, the bushes are laden with hundreds of strands of these little purple jewels. Maybe you have other local...

Have you ever wanted to try natural dyeing? It's as easy as raiding your pantry! Check out this step-by-step tutorial for how to dye yarn using black beans to get a gorgeous smokey blue color!