ORGANIC HAWTHORN BERRIES ~ Dye Colour original beige/yellow - with iron: silver grey, grey green
Origin: Hungary
Hawthorn berries are rich in tannin and can be used to dye wool and silk (careful with iron, if pure silk) silver grey, grey and grey green. The colour palette is soft and earthy as you can see in the yarn pictures attached. Both yarns have been dyed with hawthorn.
Colourfastness: Poor - medium
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Basic recipe:
10% Alum
100% Hawthorn
1 -3% iron
Mordant yarn with 10% Alum either hot at 85 degrees celcius (185F) for one hour, or cold for 12h-24hrs.
Extract Hawthorn for 1-2 hours at 85 degrees celcius (185F). Strain dye.
Add mordanted yarn to dye liquor and leave for 1h at 85degrees/185F.
Add Iron to modify the colour, if you wish. The more iron you add the greener the colour. Aerate, between dips. Don't leave the yarn/fibre/fabric in the iron bath for long, about 5-10min is enough.
Rinse and hang to dry.
