In this week's gardening blog post I ordered soapwort, and a bunch of other natural dye plants, from Kahikatea Farm. I plan to do a lot of natural dyeing this summer...
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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=177&title=kahikatea-farm-soapwort-plant-order
Come & join me & River (organizer/facilitator) for another fun creative workshop in August! At #WellandCommunityOrchard in #Saanich #VictoriaBC.
1st #NaturalDyeing in the Orchard workshop!
Learn how to use locally grown #flowers to #create beautiful patterns on fabric, and create your own flower pounded tote bag to take home.
Welland Legacy Park & Community Orchard
1215 Stancil Lane
Sunday, August 24 · 10am - 12pm.
Free for seniors. By donation for marginalized folks. Regular pricing for all others. All supplies are included.
#LifecyclesProject #CommunityEvent #DIY #Art #Crafts #MakeSomething #ComeAndCreate #CommunityBuilding #HandsOnLearning #NatureArt #OrganicArt #NaturalDye #CreativeWorkshop #Educational #workshop
The wool has been sitting in the colouring broth the whole day. I finally took it out, rinsed it and hung it out to dry. I am pretty pleased with the colour. Most probably it will lighten a bit when dry, but it is an even and luscius yellow.
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I am sieving the onion skins into an old laundry net, put the broth back in the pot and in goes the wool. To keep the wool covered I put the laundry net with the skins in top. Now it has to heat up slowly to about 70 degree Celsius and kept there for about an hour or two.
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