Tag: hollyhocks
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2022 Natural Dyer’s Harvest
Can you believe it; last night after dinner on October 10th I was in the greenhouse packaging up all my dried flowers. I have learned so much this year. This year was my first time gardening to produce dried flowers to dye yarn and fibre with. I learned so much. Here are the highlights: I…
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Results Are In!
When I first saw results from black hollyhocks, I was disappointed because I thought the results resembled my lupin experiment. Boy, was I wrong! Look at the difference! Lipin results cast more of a yellow, and hollyhocks cast more of a peach colour. I have to say my two favourites so far are butter yellow…
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My New Addition
For my birthday I received three amazing books on natural dyeing. The Wild Dyer by Abigail Booth and Botanical Colour at your Fingertips. I love the items the authors have chosen to dye with, but both authors dye with cellulose fibres in these books. I thought, why don’t I step up to the plate and…
