While woad is a beautiful and complex natural dye color, the plant itself has several prejudices against it. It is a vigorous plant, that will self-seed, and its healthy taproot can make it difficult ... Read More about The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Four: The Modern View of Woad
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Top Five Safe and Fun Natural Dyes to use with Kids
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Some of the most enjoyable times I have spent with natural dyes, was when I was teaching adults and families how to successfully use natural dyes. Many families have children of varying ages, and it ... Read More about Top Five Safe and Fun Natural Dyes to use with Kids
Mordants: How to Safely Prepare a Mild Copper Mordant
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Having talked a bit about mordanting in the past, I would like to focus in on a single mordant. Copper is one of the easiest mordants to create oneself, and while copper can be toxic in high ... Read More about Mordants: How to Safely Prepare a Mild Copper Mordant
The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part 3: Advanced Dye Uses of the Woad Plant
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************One of the fun things about natural dyes is being able to use the natural dye plant to its full extent. Which can often include creating an extra dye vat after your initial dye vat is completed, at ... Read More about The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part 3: Advanced Dye Uses of the Woad Plant
Not So Fugitive Natural Dyes: Top Seven Colorfast Natural Dyes
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************There are few things more frustrating than laboring to harvest, extract, and use a natural dye and then finding out that that it is not a colorfast natural dye. This happened to me one year, when I ... Read More about Not So Fugitive Natural Dyes: Top Seven Colorfast Natural Dyes
Using Your Naturally Dyed Fiber: Saori Weaving Background and Techniques
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************While natural dyeing is an amazing and fun experience, it can often be a challenge to figure out the best way to highlight one’s naturally dyed fibers and yarns. Natural dyes have unique colors, ... Read More about Using Your Naturally Dyed Fiber: Saori Weaving Background and Techniques