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Post by MTRuth on Nov 9, 2016 22:36:35 GMT
Ha!
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Post by Pandagirl on Nov 10, 2016 1:34:56 GMT
Great prints Elizabeth!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Nov 10, 2016 14:22:01 GMT
Nice work, Elizabeth! You would be surprised what a lovely greeting card the eco-prints make. Even better if you use a higher quality paper. I have used some of my eco-printed Strathmore tiles as gift enclosures.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Nov 10, 2016 15:28:11 GMT
I like the gingko en peacan leafs ! Quite different on paper.
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Post by elizabeth on Nov 10, 2016 18:53:54 GMT
Thanks all. I have some very nice Arches watercolor paper that I'll use when I do a few more test runs. In a few places this paper separated, so I see why better quality is a good thing. Viltmaraan, my favorite is also the ginkgo leaves - it's my favorite tree. I just need to find an easier 'legal' source other than walking 2 blocks down the street in the dark with pruners :-) I just found a great source for cotinus, so that's a happy thing. I need to go and harvest some of the chinese fringe flower that Cathy did so well with.
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Post by Pandagirl on Nov 10, 2016 23:55:06 GMT
I love ginkgo too. My only source is in a nearby mall. :-(
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Post by viltmaaraan on Nov 11, 2016 7:10:40 GMT
Some people sends cards, maybe some people sends ginkgo too....
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Nov 17, 2016 11:32:14 GMT
I am a complete newbie to natural dyeing, just haven't managed to get my head around it, reading through this post you guys are completely inspirational and I can't get the image of Elizabeth stalking in the dark with pruning shears to steal leaves and such like :-)
This weekend I'm away with a group of spinners and dyers and we are going to be dyeing with mushrooms that they collected on a recent foray, fo I have a little piece of alpaca I spun and white shetland to experiment with, I'll report back after the weekend.
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Post by Pandagirl on Nov 17, 2016 15:39:12 GMT
Have fun Carole!
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Post by koffipot on Nov 17, 2016 19:50:17 GMT
I am a complete newbie to natural dyeing, just haven't managed to get my head around it, reading through this post you guys are completely inspirational and I can't get the image of Elizabeth stalking in the dark with pruning shears to steal leaves and such like :-) This weekend I'm away with a group of spinners and dyers and we are going to be dyeing with mushrooms that they collected on a recent foray, fo I have a little piece of alpaca I spun and white shetland to experiment with, I'll report back after the weekend. Hope your mushroom dyes smell better than mine! Phew!!!!!!!
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Nov 21, 2016 10:49:02 GMT
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Post by triciaf on Nov 21, 2016 14:06:23 GMT
Looks like a neat calendar and I love her writing style on her blog.
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Post by monarch2u on May 14, 2018 13:11:40 GMT
I am asking a question here about dyes from roving and batt bleeding together when wet felting - has anyone found a way for this not to occur - a chemical they can use during the wetting out process that stops the dyes from transferring to one another or fading out?
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Post by Shepherdess on May 14, 2018 15:30:50 GMT
Is the fiber natural dye or chemical dye? Either way I would be rinsing them until the water ran clear if the dye was transferring. I often have fiber release a little dye ( acid dyes) during felting but it doesn't usually transfer. the exception is usually a red.
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Post by orlaosborne on Aug 28, 2020 17:09:58 GMT
Hi there everyone. I have a question that goes out to anyone who has experience using natural dyestuffs to dye wool.
Currently, I am using avocado (skins and pits) and black beans to dye wool, cotton, silk and linen (in separate batches of course). I am having success with it mostly, but I have noticed that wool yarn takes up the dye so much better than the merino roving and core wool that I'm using. It is a tad disappointing because I prefer felting to knitting so I'd prefer to get the same deep shades of colours with the roving and batting as I do with the yarn. The yarn isn't super washed.
Has anyone experience this? and if so is there any way around it? Perhaps washing with roving with soap first or heating it more or soaking it for a longer temperature? Or perhaps there is a really great variety of wool out there that takes up natural dye better than others.
I will say that I pre-mordant all my fibers with alum (1-15% WOF), and pre-treat the cotton and linen with soya milk too.
I'm currently experimenting with repeated heating and cooling and longer soak times to see if that helps at all.
Thank you for your thoughts,
Orla
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