Osage Orange Natural Dye
Maclura pomifera
Osage Orange comes from a tree native to Arkansas and Texas. Its wood makes a clear lemon yellow dye.

Time Required:
12 hours

• Use clean, premordanted wool or yarn.
  
• Measure the Osage Orange chips or sawdust (25% – 100% WOG) into a nylon stocking and into small dish.
  
• Add water and allow to sit overnight.
  
• Pour the stocking and the water into dyepot filled with hot water and simmer for 1 hour.
  
• Add premordanted fibre or yarn into the dyepot and simmer for 1 hour.
  
• Allow the dyepot to cool.
  
• Remove the fibre or yarn from the dyepot, rinse and let dry.

Tips:

• Try alum or tin premordants.
  
• Try overdyeing the osage orange with other colours such as indigo or logwood. 

More Organic Dye Recipes
Sandalwood
Osage Orange
Logwood
Mushroom Dyes
Tin Mordant
Alum Mordant

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

The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide
Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes
A Heritage of Colour: Natural Dyes Past and Present by Jenny Dean (2014-06-10)
Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use