Natural Dyes

CONEFLOWER: Yields colour from medium yellows to pale greens Source: The garden Coneflowers are easily grown in the garden, self-seed and propagate over time. They also repeat-bloom, are readily available and plentiful for dying wool all Summer and into the...
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Cutch: Yields browns, yellowish-browns, gray-browns & olive-browns Source: Dried/ground powder from Acacia tree Originally used for centuries in India in alternative medicine as an astringent. Later discovered as a good tanning method in the early 19th Century. Used in tanning...
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DELPHINIUM: Yields deep yellows to pale greens Source: The garden Easily grown in our backyard garden, the flowers produce a beautiful visual and are plentiful & readily available for a good wool dye-bath. Native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and parts...
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Goldenrod: Produces deep to pale yellows, yellow/olive green Source: Backyard meadows, roadside, along forest paths Goldenrod picked and used fresh in a dye-bath gives wool the brightest and deepest of yellows, rich and golden. And because of this richness, it is  great...
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Indigo: Produces distinctive blue in shades from pale azure to dark navy, almost black Source: Powder form or chips - Can grow the plant in your backyard or potted indoors The organic compound for Indigo is extracted from the plant...
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