Natural dye wool yarn

Congratulations to imwalton, our winner for this month's blog giveaway! We will be in touch with you shortly to arrange for the delivery of your prize. If cabin fever is starting to set in this winter, why not try dyeing your own yarn to add some color to your next project? It's easier than you think - in fact, you might have everything you need already in your kitchen! Here, we've used sugar-free Kool-Aid to dye a multi-colored skein of yarn and will show you how to do your own at-home…

Marigolds are one of the easiest flowers to experiment with due to accessibility and a simple dye process, yet here I am, 15 years into dyeing, using them for the first time. One of my 2018 g…

This article will be your ultimate guide to yarn dyeing techniques. Even if you don’t dye yarns yourself, knowing the terminology of certain color effects in yarns will help you choose the right yarn for your next knitting project. When it comes to hand dyed yarns, there are two factors to consider. The first factor you think about is the basic color of the yarn. The second factor you have to take into consideration in a yarn is the distribution of the color(s) throughout the yarn.

Nature has such amazing colors and so many gorgeous layers and color combinations. Have you ever wondered if you could dye yarn with a particular herb or other plants nearby you? Growing up I loved to read and in several of my book adventures were people that had created dyes out of the everyday nat

Natural dyes offer a creative and eco-friendly way to color fabrics using plants and other natural materials. Learn the basics and get started with this beginner’s guide to sustainable dyeing.

This blog post contains a step-by-step approach of how to dye yarn with dandelions. Although they are often considered weeds, dandelions have many interesting properties and thus can be used in various ways. I have listed some different applications below. But we will first and foremost focus on the natural dyeing properties of dandelions.

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During our Wild Living week of summer camp, we dyed merino wool with a variety of natural materials grown or gathered right here. They are (mostly) solar dyed, meaning we used the hot summer sun to heat up our dye material and it worked out great! Read on to see what we used to create these beautifu

I have had this thought stuck in my head for awhile, and I finally decided to try it. My thought was a new way to dye yarn. I ...

I’m so excited to share with you my 2nd natural dyeing tutorial. This is definitely one of my favorites because there is no heat required for setting the dye. It’s basically a set it an…

Viking Palette for clothing

Learn what to use to naturally dye fibers, fabrics and yarns with this list of natural dye yielding plants. Flowers, leaves, barks, roots, bugs and kitchen scraps that make beautiful colors. Dye material options, tutorials and information to get started with your natural dyeing adventures.

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The surface of wool is mainly a series of overlapping scales of protein. The outer surface of wool repels water, so wool remains warm even in damp weather. On the other hand, the inner layer absorbs water, and interestingly it can absorb so much that wool remains reasonably dry even if it absorbs almost double its weight. Learning how to dye wool will also enable you to dye other protein fibers as well since the process is pretty much the same. Lets know some details on this topic.

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Beginner's Guide to Hand Dyeing Yarn: 5 Steps

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In my previous natural dyeing post I talked about using a new to me method of low intensity dyeing that used the heat generated by our woodburning stove and time. Today I thought I'd share a quick guide to this approach so you can easily see how you could adapt it to suit your circumstances,