Thursday, 10 February 2011

hand dyed

I had a go at dyeing cotton yarn, which I spent hours untangling and re-winding, with natural vegetable pigments. The yellow came from turmeric, and the (very) pale pink, beetroot. I'm going to try onion skins (for brown/yellow) spinach, and red cabbage (purple) next. Then I'll have a rainbow.

      
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after.......

I'll show you the results when I've made something.

2 comments:

  1. Thats so cool, why dont you try using tea or coffee for brown too...where did you get all the yarn from & what are you going to make? x

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  2. Leonora gave it to me years ago; she was going to get a friend to crochet a bedspread but never got round to it. There's masses of it - shall I send you some?

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