Zinnia

Zinnia using the flowers.

Pre-mordants L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on Shetland white wool.

No assists were used.

 

Tansy

Tansy using the flowers.

Pre-mordants used L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, None

Dyed on Shetland white wool.

No assists were used.

 

Staghorn Sumac

Staghorn Sumac using berries.

Pre-mordant L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on Rambouillet white wool

No assists were used.

 

St. John’s Wort

St. John’s Wort flowers were used.

Pre-mordant used L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on Shetland white wool

No assists were used.

 

Logwood

Logwood using bark extract - purple.

Pre-mordants used L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on Shetland white wool

No assists were used.

Two left samples were both Alum, one in dyebath 15 minutes and the right for 30 minutes.

 

Madder

Madder using roots.

Pre-mordants used L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on Shetland white wool

No assists were used.

 

Marigold

Marigold using flowers.

Pre-mordants L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on white rambouillet wool

No assists were used.

 

Mullein

Mullein dyed using the leaves and stems.

Pre-mordants used from L-R: Alum, Tin, Copper, Iron

Dyed on white rambouillet wool

No assists were used

 

County Fair

This is the Spirit of the Woods Garden Club exhibit at the Manistee County Fair 2007. We won a first place blue ribbon and a Best in Show!

 

Natural Dyeing Intro

Well it’s my first attempt at blogging…never thought I’d start a blog. Lately I’ve been doing some natural dyeing with the wool from my sheep on my farm and I thought I’d post pictures of some of the results. I chaired the project for the county fair for the garden club, “Plants to Dye For” and we got a blue ribbon and Best in Show. I’ve discovered that a lot of others that are into natural dyeing want to see the color results, so a blog seemed like the way to go. I hope you like what I have to share. I’ll be getting into some acid dyes soon and I’ll post those adventures too.