Category: sunflower seeds

• The Results Are In!

  

  I finished spinning up one of the braids I dyed with Hopi Sunflower seeds. Braid This braid is blue-faced Leicester and is combed top, not roving. What is the difference between roving and combed tops, you ask? Combed top the fibres are all combed, so they are parallel. Roving the fibres are not combed and…

  Keli

  March 18, 2023

  Dyeing With Plants, Spinning Projects, sunflower seeds, Uncategorized

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• A Look At My Natural Dyeing Experiment With Sunflower Seeds & Iron

  

  Hopi Sunflower Seeds Creating Dye Stock Hopi sunflower seeds have been used for centuries by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona as a natural dye to colour their textiles. The seeds produced a rich and vibrant purple colour that could be easily extracted and used to dye wool. To create a dye stock with this…

  Keli

  March 6, 2023

  sunflower seeds, Uncategorized

  botanical, botanical dyed yarn, dye, dyed, modifier, natural dyed yarn, plant, seeds, sunflower seeds