Tag: sunflower seeds
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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…
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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…
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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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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…