Elderberry Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Elderberry yields two gorgeous colors for home dyers, green and soft pink. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing wool or silk based yarns, fibre or fabric with Elderberry Dye.
NOTE: Ph sensitive, not wash and light fast
Ready to pluck these berries into your dye pot?
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Hibiscus Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Hibiscus, though best known as tea, is a surprisingly fun dye. It is great to do at home and with children. It will give you a multitude of colours, from beautiful earthy cool purples to warm pinks and dark greens. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing wool or silk based yarns or fabric with Hibiscus Dye.
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Hibiscus is not colourfast and PH sensitive
Indigo Hydros Dye Instructions for All Natural Fibres (PDF)
Enjoy the stunning range of Indigo Blues, or over-dye Reds and Yellows to create rich purples and lively greens. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing up to 1kg of natural Fabric or fibres with organic Indigo. The given recipe will create a light to medium light blue on 1kg of Fabric or fibre. For deeper blues on 1kg double the recipe and even triple for very deep blues.
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Logwood Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Immerse your undyed yarn or fabric in Logwood to reveal beautiful blues and dark purples! Logwood colours range from greys, greens to purples. Logwood was a popular dye plant from the 16th-19th centuries. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing with Logwood Dye.
NOTE: Ph sensitive, not very wash and light fast
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Madder Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Madder will give you a multitude of colours, from beautiful earthy reds to rich browns. It can also be mixed with other colours like Cochineal for beautiful reds. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing with Madder Dye.
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Reseda Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
RESEDA OR WELD DYE INSTRUCTIONS PDF
Known also as Weld, Reseda is one of the earliest Dye plants in history and was used for the famous Robin Hood Green by overdyeing Weld with Woad Blue. Reseda will give you a multitude of colours, from bright yellows and greens to muddy green when iron is used as an after mordant.
This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing with Reseda Dye.
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Rhubarb Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Rhubarb will give you three colours, earthy green, pink/red & straw yellow. Yellow is the original colour, Pink/red can be achieved by bringing the PH up and green by including an iron mordant.
This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing with Rhubarb Dye on wool and silk.
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Sage Dye Instructions for Wool + Silk (PDF)
Sage will give you two colours as shown on the cover page. A beautiful warm yellow and earthy green when Iron is used as an after mordant. This recipe, PDF, walks you through the steps of home dyeing with Sage Dye on wool and silk.
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