I am glad I heeded the advice to simmer the leaves outside. Stinky! 😜 #Dyeing

So, 30 minutes or so of simmering the #mulberry leaves and then I'm just going to turn the stove off and let it sit there.

Now I'm #scouring raw #wool in small batches of 2 to 3 ounces at a time, for a total of approximately 8 ounces.

After the scoured #wool has been rinsed and squeezed out, I mixed a #mordant bath of about 20% alum (aluminum sulfate) to the weight of fiber, submerged my wet fiber in the mordant bath, and I'm keeping it all heated to around 180°F for 45 minutes.

My luck it will come out some shade of puce green. 🤢

I think it's safe to say it's freaking yellow! 🤣🤯

It's hot today, so the #wool will dry fast. I rinsed it 5 or 6 times, dye was still coming out. Not sure what color yellow I would call this? 🤔

Okay, all combed and dizzed into #roving. #wool