scouring

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring scouring and mordanting. This week Botanical Colors’ Founder Kathy Hattori and our Lead Production Dyer Carrie Gunnersen gave us the 101 on how to get color on our favorite fibers. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. Kathy and Carrie took us through the […]

In a recent Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Mordanting & Scouring 101, Botanical Colors Founder Kathy Hattori took on all your questions. Here’s what you asked, and Kathy’s answers: Scouring Questions If I use untreated and unbleached fabric, is it a must to scour the fabric or is washing it enough? If you mean by “untreated” […]

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

There are so many terms and techniques in the natural dye space and unless you work in a natural dye house full-time or have been doing dyeing since time immemorial, you’re not apt to know everything. We created this glossary of terms so that you can look like a plant dye master and a natural […]

This week: scouring, reducing, hydrating and are fresh flowers better than dry flowers for natural dyeing?

This week: Water-saving tips when mordanting and scouring

This week: Brittle fabrics from mordanting and scouring and a how-to on thickening dye extracts to print

This week: How to tell if you should scour your garments and do Aquarelle dyes work on cellulose fibers?

This week: How do you know when to scour and when dyeing fleece, how can you get a deep green?

This week: Basically everything you need to know for dyeing silk with cochineal