Dried Weld Flowers

Description

We are happy to carry beautiful dried weld flowers from Two Looms Textiles based in Washington State. They are sweet-smelling and very potent. The 100g bag contains a mix of weld flowers, stems and leaves. Use all of the plant in the dye pot. For detailed instructions, please see our how to page.

Weld (Reseda luteola) is the most lightfast of the yellow dyes, used by ancient tapestry weavers in Central Asia, Turkey and Europe. Weld is the brightest and clearest yellow flower dye. In combination with iron, weld creates a rich chartreuse, or when underdyed with light indigo, yields a clear lime green.

Do you want to grow your own weld? All those tiny brown specks in the bottom of the bag are weld seeds! Save a few and start your own plants.

Weld is a large, rangy plant and grows about 2-5 feet (60-150cm) tall with a tall central stalk and small yellow flowers. It’s a member of the mignonette family and the tiny flowers have a sweet scent. Additionally, the flowers, leaves and small stalks contain the most dye color. Carrie Sundra of Alpenglow Yarn has a great blog post about growing weld. She details the difference in the colors she gets from dyeing with the leaves, stalks and flowers. It’s a great read!

Please note: We regret that we cannot ship flowers internationally.