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Färghäxan: juni 2014
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Om garnfärgning i allmänhet och växtfärgning i synnerhet. Söndag 29 juni 2014. Idag har Färghäxan haft "öppen trädgård". Vid grinden hängde en vimpel och en garnhärva. I pannmuren puttrade växter från trädgården: blodoxalis, johannesört, körsbärsbark, höstöga och rödlök. Många fina färger, tyvärr inte så många besökare. Söndag 15 juni 2014. Lördagen bjöd på sol och nordanvind. Till Färghäxan kom fem nyfikna "lärlingar". Några hade garnhärvor, några hade stickat "korvar". Prenumerera på: Inlägg (Atom).
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Dye Lot: mars 2012
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Dimanche 4 mars 2012. I've been wanting to try dyeing with black beans for some time now, but haven't been able to find them. The other day I found a bag at a local shop. The brand name is Tersol, but I couldn't find anything on the package indicating where they were grown. Cover beans with about two inches of water. This skein has just been pulled from the bath. Heat will destroy the blue color, so all you have to do is put your pre-wetted fiber into the bowl and wait. Black bean dye is very sensiti...
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Dye Lot: février 2011
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Mardi 15 février 2011. Sunny Day Dye Hunt. I recently bought a copy of "The Rainbow Beneath My Feet" after seeing the lovely mitten kits on this site. I've always loved mushroom hunting. I'm thrilled with the idea that I can hunt for both edible and dye mushrooms. Today I had my first chance to go out on a hunt. It's been very cold and I wasn't sure that I would be able to find anything, but I took my mushroom knife and paper bags anyway. I turned over a fallen branch and, surprise, more mushrooms! This ...
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Dye Lot: mars 2011
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Jeudi 24 mars 2011. I've just found out, the hard way, that light fastness is a serious issue. This morning I took a rose pink lichen dyed skein out of the bath and hung it on the line to dry. I hung it in the shade, but over the course of a couple of hours the sun moved, and my skein changed colors radically. Jeudi 17 mars 2011. Left to Right: Madder tops and roots, Cornelian cherry branches, Cornelian cherry flowers. Sample from cornelian cherry flowers. Today I had one alum mordanted skein sitting in ...
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Dye Lot: Woad Prints
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Mardi 31 janvier 2012. My tests with the Trametes Versicolor and the Auricularia Mesenterica were a bit of a bust. The test on the left is the trametes versicolor. It's a smidge green.I think. Maybe I've been looking at it for too long. I'll have to test again with a lot more mushrooms. It think it needs at least 2:1 mushrooms to fiber. Left: Trametes versicolor Right: Auricularia Mesenterica. I love using old dish towels for printing. You don't need to mordant them. They've been mordanted by the...Riihi...
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Dye Lot: septembre 2011
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Vendredi 9 septembre 2011. I've been doing some dyeing this week, and I've had a lot of surprises.some of them better than others. One of the nice things about natural dyeing is that most natural colors are attractive regardless of whether or not they were the intended result. This week I cut down a few of my Hopi black dye sunflowers and prepared a dye bath from the seed heads. I was expecting a lovely violet color. I got a deep spruce green. Hopi black dye sunflowers in my garden. I think Ph is playing...
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Dye Lot: octobre 2011
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Mercredi 5 octobre 2011. The Fruits of Fall. I'm always on the lookout for new plants and I often find myself stopping on the side of the road to investigate trees. I've noticed a few "wild" fruit trees in the area and managed to bring a branch home from one of them. The fruits are about the size of a crab apple and have a soft red blush on one side. Most fruit trees give good dye color. I've noticed that leaves that retain a lot of color after they've been dried are often a good source of dye. I'll leav...
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Dye Lot: A Copper Pot
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Lundi 5 septembre 2011. A while back I bought an old hand hammered copper pot. It was very dirty and, because of that, I managed to get it a good price. It's been sitting in my fireplace holding dried herbs and waiting for a scrub. An old pot on a very modern stove top. 1/2 cup salt or more. And a little water if you want to use less vinegar. Do your cleaning in a well ventilated area and wear gloves. My hands turned blue and the house smelled like a penny jar. A sunflower from my garden. OK, I have to f...
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Dye Lot: Corsica
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Samedi 5 novembre 2011. I've just returned from a family vacation to Corsica. It was our first trip to the granite isle, and I was dumbstruck by the wild beauty of the island. A wild olive tree. I'm only sorry that I didn't bring some skeins of wool along for dyeing. There were dye plants everywhere. It's a dyers paradise. I saw mushrooms, lichens, eucalyptus trees, olive leaves, wild fennel, pomegranate trees, Holm oaks, and so many others. Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom).
