Natural Dyes

Join us this week, March 27th, 9am Pacific,  for a live FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Let’s social distance ourselves from the realities of what’s outside our homes and talk all things natural dyes. What could be better? If you are not familiar with FEEDBACK FRIDAY, every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community. […]

This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: When overdyeing indigo with weld, mordanting before or after?

This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: How to channel the color of champagne on silk with a natural dye like cutch

This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Too much dye on yarn and which natural dye extracts can be used without mordanting?

This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Maximizing color with assists and are liquid dyes prepared like extracts?

This week: Is it possible to use too much natural dye in a vat, foaming kamala and getting green with myrobalan

This week: Lac and our BioHue inks get lots of questions online. We get a little feedback help from Judi Pettite, founder of BioHue inks!

This week: Quebracho rojo gets the spotlight and microwaving wool?

This week: How to make a “Christmas Green” and info on making your own printing dyes from extracts and liquids

This week: What kind of dye pots should you use, do liquid dyes need a mordant and how to shift color with iron