Dyeing with Yerba Mate: A fantastic tea to dye with.
Dyeing with Yerba Mate can not only give you some great results but is also great to drink!
Playing with coffee with some great results
It’s time to play with coffee and a variety of different fibres and textures to see just how great dyeing with coffee can really be.
Dyeing with Frozen Blueberries straight from your freezer.
Dyeing with Frozen Blueberries can give you a variety of colours depending on pH.
Dyeing with Tea using no mordant and iron.
We have previously looked at how using an iron mordant can effect dyeing with coffee. It is now time to try it dyeing with tea.
Natural Dyeing with Pomegranate Juice.
The next juice to try is pomegranate juice. Again Pomegranates can be very expensive at different times of the year so I decided to give the juice ago.
Easy Solar Dyeing with bought Cherry Juice
Its time to look at some juices. Its not always possible to get fruit all year round so why not try fruit juice? Our first experiment will be naturally dyeing with Cherry Juice.
Dyeing Wool with Hibiscus Tea using the Sun.
In this experiment we look at dying wool with Hibiscus Tea. We will also look how time can effect some natural dye material while using the solar dyeing method.
Iron Mordant with Coffee when Natural Dyeing
In these experiments we try coffee with non mordanted wool and iron mordanted wool.
Dyeing with dried Black Beans and getting a great variety of colour.
How to dye wool with black beans. In this experiment we also look at how to adjust the ph to give a variety of colour from the one dye bath.
Natural Dyeing with Coffee and Tea
This is the first experiment with Coffee and tea where we play with 4 different dyes on wool roving.