Tag: extracts
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Dye Kits Using Plants & Fibre
This video captures this week’s dyeing experiment. Using my dye kit, I naturally dyed bluefaced leicester combed top with sunflower seeds, sweet peas from my garden, and some extracts. Here are the results from this week’s dyeing experiment. Results Get Your Kit The kit includes three mini skeins or combed tops and pouches of dried…
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Madder & Marigolds
I used yarn dyed with madder root extract and eco-dyed yarn with marigolds. What I love about naturally dyed yarns is that all colours go together; some just pop more than others. Here is red yarn and yarn with yellows and green speckles. I have since soaked and blocked the cowl, and I will show…
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Here’s a Pumpkin Patch Colour Way that you’ll love.
Hand dyed by me with flowers and plants from my garden. I used marigolds, St. John’s Wart, Madder, and Japanese indigo. All but the madder root was from my garden as I have some growing, but it takes two to three years to mature. You can find these mini skein sets at my Etsy shop.…
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Don’t Miss July 15th!
My only regret is that I didn’t make more! This Friday, organic sock yarn dyed with flowers from my garden and plant extracts will be available in my Etsy shop. Here is some sneak peeks into my limited colour ways. This yarn is superwash with nylon and is certified organic. Perfect for all your sock…