These Easter eggs and wool were all dyed using foods and spices that I found in my kitchen.

Red Cabbage
 

• Cut the red cabbage into thin slices and place into a pot filled with water
• Cook the cabbage until tender and there is lots of colour in the water
• Pour the liquid into a jar
• Add the cooked egg into the jar and let it sit overnight

Red Cabbage -Dark blue

• Add a teaspoon of vinegar into the dyebath and stir, before adding the egg

Purple

• After dyeing the Dark Blue egg, I put some fleece into the dye jar (Tin mordant)
• Since it looked like there was lots of dye left in the jar, I also added another egg into the dye, placing it under the wool to keep the egg covered in the dye

Pickled Beets
 

• Pour the liquid from a jar of pickled beets into the dye jar
• Heat for 2 – 3 minutes in the microwave
• Add the hard boiled egg into the beet juice and let it sit overnight
• Remove the dyed egg from the dye bath and let it dry on a piece of paper.
• The lighter coloured egg was dyed in the second dyebath with some wool mordanted in Tin

Rosehip Tea
 

• Fill a clean dye jar with water.
• Add 2 Rosehip tea bags to the jar
• Heat in the microwave 2-3 minutes
• Place the hardboiled egg into the jar and let it sit overnight.
• Remove the dyed egg and place on a piece of paper to dry.

Blackcurrant Tea
 

• Fill a clean dye jar with water
• Add 2 Black Currant tea bags to the jar
• Heat in the microwave 2-3 minutes
• Place the hardboiled egg into the jar and let it sit overnight
• Remove the dyed egg and place on a piece of paper to dry

Turmeric
 

• Fill a dye jar with water
• Add 1/2 tsp. ground Turmeric and stir
• Heat the jar in the microwave 2 – 3 minutes
• Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let it sit overnight
• Remove the egg from the dye jar and place on a piece of paper to dry

Cumin
 

• Fill a dye jar with water
• Add 2 tsp. ground Turmeric and stir
• Heat the jar in the microwave 2 – 3 minutes
• Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let it sit overnight
• Remove the egg from the dye jar and place on a piece of paper to dry

Spinach
 

• Cook spinach greens and drain the liquid into a clean dye jar
• Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let it sit overnight
• Remove the egg from the dye jar and place on a piece of paper to dry

Coffee
 

• Pour some strong coffee into a dye jar
• Place the hard-boiled egg into the jar
• Let it sit overnight or for a few days to get a darker colour

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Natural Dye Books
Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
Botanical Colour at your Fingertips
The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home
A Weaver’s Garden: Growing Plants for Natural Dyes and Fibers