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Post by MTRuth on Apr 24, 2016 19:02:45 GMT
Had to look up cleavers/sticky weed. We don't have that here in Montana although it says on the site I looked at that it has spread to the US.
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 25, 2016 0:23:21 GMT
Great idea to use the side burner Ann. I have a camping stove that I use on the deck. My kitchen has a glass hob so no big boilers in there I have heard some horror stories about them cracking with big boilers. I only use iron horseshoes,aluminium boilers and pieces of copper to change things rather than chemicals if I am natural dyeing but as I said in an earlier post - not always successful. Here's an eco dyed scarf I made. yes Judith Cleavers can be a pest so their roots are a nice treat. You can also eat the tips in salads as an extra bonus. LOL. The lower leaves are too hairy but the tips are find in a leafy salad.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 25, 2016 18:30:24 GMT
I guess we don't have them here in the Midwest. The scarf has really nice imprints.
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 25, 2016 20:30:13 GMT
I save the roots of Cleavers as I pull them ( Sticky weed is another name) .It is related to Madder and gives a good red dye. The darn stuff grows prolifically in Spring here but I did read that second year roots are best.I just wash and dry the roots and save them until I have enough...they are quite fine hairy roots. Oh my goodness!! We have those here in TX (or something similar). I spent Saturday pulling them up at a local botanical garden. It was impossible to find the roots because the stems would break off with the slightest tug. I also broke out in a rash where it touched me. I'll have to look for it in my yard.
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Post by koffipot on Apr 25, 2016 20:53:00 GMT
We knew cleavers by many names when I was very young. Goose grass, Soldiers Buttons and Sticky Willy. I haven't a clue where those names came from
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 26, 2016 1:46:35 GMT
I'm not familiar with any of those names. Do you have a pic?
Elizabeth, I'm in Texas now, but don't think I want to go searching if you get a rash!
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 26, 2016 2:36:18 GMT
here is a pic from mr Google.The hairy stems can stick to your socks etc ,it can grow right up through bushes as long as there is a little damp for it.Easily pulled so not a disaster unless it is let go right out of control but a good red red dye.I never had any rash in four years of harvesting it. Chickens like it too when it is young.The stems are square and rosettes of leaves spray off it. It's correct name is Galium Aparine.
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Post by zed on Apr 26, 2016 10:10:46 GMT
I got some carding done this week, some of the botany lap waste from world of Wool, blended with some of my own merino. I used one of those 3 hole picture hooks as a diz and got a whole battful of roving of in one go.
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Post by koffipot on Apr 26, 2016 12:43:20 GMT
Resourceful zed. What a good idea, a diz with a handle.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 26, 2016 16:35:07 GMT
Cool Zed! Let see the roving.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 26, 2016 16:37:38 GMT
Sue thanks for the pic. It doesn't look familiar to me.
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Post by Shepherdess on Apr 26, 2016 17:21:14 GMT
Great idea for a diz Zed.
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 26, 2016 20:53:56 GMT
Marilyn, I'm pretty allergic to poison ivy. The rash I got was gone the next day. It didn't itch at all. It just felt a tiny bit scratched.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 26, 2016 21:18:38 GMT
Elizabeth, I'm glad it wasn't like poison ivy. I still haven't seen any so I'm not worried about it. :-)
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 26, 2016 23:18:40 GMT
Interesting alternative use there Zed - very inventive. I have some fleece on the line from an exhaust dye after I dyed those slippers I knitted- they are now bright red Santa slippers.LOL
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