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Natural Dyeplants and Wildflowers |
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| Plant a dyers garden with this collection of natural and vegetable dyeplants and wildflowers, including pictures and information on planting, growing, dye recipes for wool, cotton, silk and other spinning fibres, fabrics and yarns | |
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Natural Dye Plants |
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Dye Books Our bookstore has some good books on working with natural dyes. | |||||||||||||||
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E-Bay Watch Shop for dyes at E-Bay. | |||||||||||||||
| International Mushroom Dye Symposium Mushroom dye workshops, lichen dyes. |
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| Beets Dyeing with Beets - Beta vulgaris - are fun to experiment with in your kitchen. Although not very colourfast, they will produce shades of rust/red or tan colours. | |||||||||||||||
| Bloodroot Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis, can be used to dye reds, pinks, and orange colours. How to Dye with Bloodroot | |||||||||||||||
| Boletopsis grisea The Boletopsis grisea mushroom can produce lovely green and olive shades of colour. | |||||||||||||||
| Burdock Root Burdock Root - Arctium lappa produces a yellow dye, and also has medicinal properties. | |||||||||||||||
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Clematis The Clematis is not only lovely and fragrant, but its leaves also make a yellow dye for wool yarn. | |||||||||||||||
| Cochineal A how to recipe for dyeing with Cochineal. | |||||||||||||||
| Coreopsis The blossoms of the Coreopsis can be used to make yellow and orange dye. | |||||||||||||||
| Cortinarius Semisanguineus The Cortinarius Semisanguineus mushroom produces oranges, pinks and reds. | |||||||||||||||
| Hapilopilus rutilans The fungi Hapilopilus rutilans gives mauve and purple colours. | |||||||||||||||
| Hemp Dogbane The inner fibre of Hemp Dogbane - Apocynum cannabinum, was used by the First Nations for spinning into twine, and rope. | |||||||||||||||
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Hollyhocks Hollyhock blossoms give various shades of pinks, reds, mauves and tan colours depending on the colour of the blossoms and the mordants used. It's stalks can also be used for making paper. | |||||||||||||||
| Indigo - Saxon Blue Directions for dyeing with Saxon Blue, a pre-mixed Indigo solution. | |||||||||||||||
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Lady's Bedstraw Lady's Bedstraw - Galium Verum, produces reds and yellows. It is also used for cheese rennet and medicines. | |||||||||||||||
| Phaeolus schweinitzii The Phaeolus schweinitzii fungi gives yellow and gold colours. | |||||||||||||||
| Pisolithus arhizus The Pisolithus arhizus puffball mushroom produces rich browns and gold colours. | |||||||||||||||
| Red Cedar Many tree barks will produce a dye, including the Western Red Cedar. | |||||||||||||||
| Rhododendron Rhododendron leaves will produce yellows, oranges and shades of green, depending on the mordants used. | |||||||||||||||
| Rhubarb Root Dye A recipe for dyeing with rhubarb roots to make yellow, orange or red shades. | |||||||||||||||
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Russett Buffalo Berry The fruit of the Russett Buffalo Berry or Soapberry - Shepherdia canadensis produces a red dye. | |||||||||||||||
| Strawberry Blite Strawberry Blite - Chenopodium capitatum, grows as a common weed. Both the fruit and the entire plant can be used for dye to produce pinks and red colours. |
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| Sweet Woodruff Sweet Woodruff - Galium Odoratum gives reds and yellows. It is also used for medicines, teas and wines. | |||||||||||||||
| White Bedstraw The roots of White Bedstraw yield pink and red colours. | |||||||||||||||
| Yarrow Yarrow - Achillea is used for yellow, tan and green dye colours. | |||||||||||||||
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Mordants |
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Alum Mordant How to make an alum mordant for dyeing wool yarns. | |||||||||||||||
| Mordant for Linen How to make a mordant for linen and cotton yarns. | |||||||||||||||
| Tin Mordant How to make a mordant for linen and cotton yarns. | |||||||||||||||
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Dyes and Mordants A table of recipes for natural dyes and mordants. |
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More About Dye Plants |
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American Meadows Plant your own wildflower meadow for use in your dyepots. |
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| Blue Skirts Golden Belts Viking Age textiles in Finland may have used mushroom dyes for vivid colour. | |||||||||||||||
| A Dyer's Walk in the Alpine Meadows A dyer's walk in the alpine meadows of Manning Park, BC. Not all the plants shown are dyeplants, but the colors of the alpine are beautiful. | |||||||||||||||
| Lichens and Dyes Lichens have been used as a food source, medicine and a dyestuff for centuries. | |||||||||||||||
| Mushroom Dyes How to recipes and instructions for dyeing yarn with mushrooms | |||||||||||||||
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Wildflower Farm Do you want to plant your own garden of wildflowers? Wildflower Farm has an abundance of seeds for you. |
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| Using Natural Dyes Dyeing wool with Brazilwood, Indigo and Osage Orange. | |||||||||||||||
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More about Vegetable Dyeing |
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| Natural Dyes - Part 2 | |
Natural Dye Plants
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