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Natural Dyes July 30, 2008

I am in love with this yellow that yellow onion skins gave me.  I have one more bit of wool still in the pot because I’m experimenting with how long the wool gets left in the dye pot and color intensity.  This batch sat for around 40 minutes.  I also dyed a bit with some Darjeeling tea and it gave me a very nice subtle pinkish tan.

Onion Dyed & Tea Dyed wool

I’ve had awesome mail days this week. Monday I received a sweater from Aardvart (who makes really awesome fused glass and resin jewelry) and today I got a box of felted sweater scraps from Kaboogie (who makes adorable little baby shoes).  Thanks so much you two!!

A sweater from AardvArtFelted Sweater Scraps from kaboogie

 

One Response to “Natural Dyes”

  1. katknit Says:

    That IS a nice yellow! You can get a slightly different shade using celadine plants.
    Nice job!


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