#ferns dyes

[ferncrafts]

Various yarns spun and dyed by me. Left to right:

1. Undyed, 2. mordanted and dyed with dandelions, 3. mordanted and dyed with dandelions, then over-dyed with red onions skins, 4-6. Dyed with red onion skins, no mordant.

[ferncrafts]

Dyers greenweed! Top one is mordanted with alum, bottom one is unmordanted. Both spun on a drop spindle by yours truly. It’s so yellow. Unbelievably yellow.

Boiled the plant (around 25g fresh, leaves and stalk, chopped up into smaller pieces) for a couple of hours, let it cool for a bit before popping the yarn in. After letting it simmer for a little, I transferred everything to a jar. Left the yarn in there overnight before taking it out and rinsing it.