Natural Dyeing was alive and well in Errington this summer.
by Elaine on Aug.30, 2012, under Blog Posts
The addition of indigo dyeing provides a rainbow of colours
Due to high student requests we were able to provide two opportunities for natural dyeing this past summer. The first group was in July and then we had another group in August. We dye with the yellow dyes on the first day in the morning: fustic, osage orange, cutch, tansy or marigold, depending on what is ready to harvest. The afternoon of the first day is dyeing with the reds: cochineal, madder, logwood.
Lustrous loop mohair
It is fun to see how the dyes take up and penetrate on the different fibres. Each participant supplies their own yarns to be dyed. Mostly we get wool yarns, but the breed of sheep and spinning preparation can make a huge difference between the yarns.
A group photo at the end of the day
