A quick tip for anyone who wants to grow indigo; there is also a different type of indigo called Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) that is more cold hardy than true indigo and dyes the same color! It's actually a plant in the buckwheat family, and even though it does like it hot, it's not a tropical plant. It's been used as a dye in Japan for centuries.
I need a grey dye and someone suggested black beans. When I first pulled the material out, it was a pretty blue. As it dried, it turned grey. I presoaked my maternal in a rusted cast iron pot full of water for a day or two before dying.
@@melaniebedoya6042 We live in the Netherlands and have ivy growing on our fence. Nothing fancy, run of the mill ivy with big leaves. I trimmed it, took the leaves without stems and cut them up. I used about 3 times the weight of the dry wool in ivy leaves. Simmered them in water and after 1 hour simmering, let cool overnight. I then added mordanted wool (alum and cream of tartar) and simmered wool+leaves. The colour was boring, so I added iron (up to max 2% ferrous sulfate per 100 g) until I was satisfied with the colour. The wool is a bit coarse, but that may also be due to the long simmering and some times bowling (no thermostat, just a big pot on a hot plate)
Please do more dyeing and more weaving. Your videos are very well produced and very relaxing considering what you are doing has some rather complex aspects to it.
Thank you! I don't currently have active plans for more dyeing, but I'm keeping it in mind when I look at what projects I want to work on next. I have no doubt there will be more weaving in the future.
You are so precise and do so well at this I really hope you have a small business for naturally dying materials for people. Great talent😊 Just also have to add..that blue color was beautiful ❤
I’ve done some natural dying over the years. I find it exciting! That indigo vat dyed an enormous amount of fiber. It is beyond beautiful! I’d love to see more dying videos. Thank you for sharing your work.
Thank you, thank you so much for your dedication to your craft. Your dried marigolds look wonderful. Thank you for the math. Thank you for the wonderful colors you have achieved.
I've read that traditionally, in Europe, Lincoln green was produced by dyeing with weld (yellow) then woad (blue). I've also seen a lovely apple green produced with privet berries. I haven't yet tried that myself but have gathered berries and frozen them for later use. I've done a little indigo dyeing before, and avocado and onion skins. Different mordants will give different shades of colour, though I think indigo doesn't need mordanting.
Thanks for watching! You are correct, indigo doesn't need mordanting. Indigo and woad actually function the same way as a dye, which is different from most other natural dyes. I can't remember which book I was reading that talked about the science of it (years ago, lol), but it's pretty neat stuff!
I tried dying with black bean juice a long time ago. I was really excited about the purple color. Then we washed the shirt and it became brown. I’m not sure what I did wrong (30 years ago) but if I were to try again I’d watch lots of UA-cam videos, first!
Hi, nice to see your channel. The Tube's spy algorithms picked you for my suggestions after I commented on another video on dyeing green (funnily enough, that was in a completely different language). I'm also into various crafts. Mostly historical, and additionally more everyday use than fantasy. We have enough overlap, so I hit Subscribe.
I e done only natural dying more on paper than fabric but have also started messing with fabrics. I do mixed media and junk journaling. There is another blue flower called pea flowers. It is a bit bright of a blue for me. I love that indigo much more. I did do either wild blackberries or 🍇 grapes I forget which one and left one pot alone and added I think it was a tablespoon of baking soda and it instantly turned green, more like an olive or moss green. It was a lovely green, now not that one with the baking soda but the purplish one even later on had an ever so slightly tackiness from the sugar content in fruit I assume. Have you used any fruits?
thank you so much ..very informative as j.m just started this natural dye journey ...i did block printing with alum and tree gum n then dye the fabric in madder .ketachu .annoto seed ...n and soo facinated ..indigo is my dream and am so happy i came across your video
That sounds very cool! And it's pretty wild what you can use for dye. There were a couple of years where I was trying all sorts of food scraps (onion skins, avocado pits) and plants picked up from my yard or on walks and got some pretty interesting results!
It's just so different than other dyes! It's like I can understand it when I'm reading about the process, but it just flies right out of my head once I'm not looking at the information.
Purple onion skins give me a sort of mustardy-olivey-yellow color unless I use an additive, but I wanted a more true green and blue-green. Yellow + indigo are my preferred greens.
I haven't used iron for much, but what I have used a solution made from water, vinegar, and some old nails that has been left to sit for months. I wasn't thrilled with my results, but it was worth giving a try.
A quick tip for anyone who wants to grow indigo; there is also a different type of indigo called Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) that is more cold hardy than true indigo and dyes the same color! It's actually a plant in the buckwheat family, and even though it does like it hot, it's not a tropical plant. It's been used as a dye in Japan for centuries.
Thanks for the info!
Thank you!
I need a grey dye and someone suggested black beans. When I first pulled the material out, it was a pretty blue. As it dried, it turned grey. I presoaked my maternal in a rusted cast iron pot full of water for a day or two before dying.
Thanks for the video. I suggest ivy leaves for dying, combined with iron. Makes a saturated army green.
What type of ivy?
@@melaniebedoya6042 We live in the Netherlands and have ivy growing on our fence. Nothing fancy, run of the mill ivy with big leaves. I trimmed it, took the leaves without stems and cut them up. I used about 3 times the weight of the dry wool in ivy leaves. Simmered them in water and after 1 hour simmering, let cool overnight. I then added mordanted wool (alum and cream of tartar) and simmered wool+leaves. The colour was boring, so I added iron (up to max 2% ferrous sulfate per 100 g) until I was satisfied with the colour. The wool is a bit coarse, but that may also be due to the long simmering and some times bowling (no thermostat, just a big pot on a hot plate)
Recipe based on the book 'wild color' by Jenny Dean. A fantastic book on plant dyeing!
Please do more dyeing and more weaving. Your videos are very well produced and very relaxing considering what you are doing has some rather complex aspects to it.
Thank you! I don't currently have active plans for more dyeing, but I'm keeping it in mind when I look at what projects I want to work on next. I have no doubt there will be more weaving in the future.
You are so precise and do so well at this I really hope you have a small business for naturally dying materials for people. Great talent😊
Just also have to add..that blue color was beautiful ❤
I do not have a small business, but thank you for the compliment!
I’ve done some natural dying over the years. I find it exciting! That indigo vat dyed an enormous amount of fiber. It is beyond beautiful! I’d love to see more dying videos. Thank you for sharing your work.
Thanks for watching! If I had more things that I needed to dye, I could have kept going with that dye vat. Indigo is a pretty incredible dye
Thank you, thank you so much for your dedication to your craft. Your dried marigolds look wonderful. Thank you for the math. Thank you for the wonderful colors you have achieved.
I have dyed wool with walnutshells and got medium brown color😊
This was a very interesting video! 👌
Thanks!
I've read that traditionally, in Europe, Lincoln green was produced by dyeing with weld (yellow) then woad (blue). I've also seen a lovely apple green produced with privet berries. I haven't yet tried that myself but have gathered berries and frozen them for later use. I've done a little indigo dyeing before, and avocado and onion skins. Different mordants will give different shades of colour, though I think indigo doesn't need mordanting.
I meant to add, thanks for the lovely video!
Thanks for watching! You are correct, indigo doesn't need mordanting. Indigo and woad actually function the same way as a dye, which is different from most other natural dyes. I can't remember which book I was reading that talked about the science of it (years ago, lol), but it's pretty neat stuff!
All the colors are so pretty!☺️
Thanks!
I'd love to see more dyeing.
There is also a dyers not weed that dye blue. I believe that in Japan they used this plant for their blue dye.
I tried dying with black bean juice a long time ago. I was really excited about the purple color. Then we washed the shirt and it became brown. I’m not sure what I did wrong (30 years ago) but if I were to try again I’d watch lots of UA-cam videos, first!
Hi, nice to see your channel. The Tube's spy algorithms picked you for my suggestions after I commented on another video on dyeing green (funnily enough, that was in a completely different language). I'm also into various crafts. Mostly historical, and additionally more everyday use than fantasy. We have enough overlap, so I hit Subscribe.
Such a good video really helpful thanks 😊 so very much. Sending good thoughts your way from Katy from NZ 😊
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I e done only natural dying more on paper than fabric but have also started messing with fabrics. I do mixed media and junk journaling. There is another blue flower called pea flowers. It is a bit bright of a blue for me. I love that indigo much more. I did do either wild blackberries or 🍇 grapes I forget which one and left one pot alone and added I think it was a tablespoon of baking soda and it instantly turned green, more like an olive or moss green. It was a lovely green, now not that one with the baking soda but the purplish one even later on had an ever so slightly tackiness from the sugar content in fruit I assume. Have you used any fruits?
Thank you 👍🙏
Nicely done.
Thanks!
thank you so much ..very informative as j.m just started this natural dye journey ...i did block printing with alum and tree gum n then dye the fabric in madder .ketachu .annoto seed ...n and soo facinated ..indigo is my dream and am so happy i came across your video
That sounds very cool! And it's pretty wild what you can use for dye. There were a couple of years where I was trying all sorts of food scraps (onion skins, avocado pits) and plants picked up from my yard or on walks and got some pretty interesting results!
I’m glad I’m not the only one 13:44 who doesn’t understand the chemical process of indigo. 13:26
It's just so different than other dyes! It's like I can understand it when I'm reading about the process, but it just flies right out of my head once I'm not looking at the information.
I like your font!
Beautiful 💐🦋
Thanks!
Purple onion dyeing gives a oliveisch green in one step
Purple onion skins give me a sort of mustardy-olivey-yellow color unless I use an additive, but I wanted a more true green and blue-green. Yellow + indigo are my preferred greens.
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Thanks for the video. I suggest ivy leaves for dying, combined with iron. Makes a saturated army green.
What form of iron do you use, thanks for the info too.
I haven't used iron for much, but what I have used a solution made from water, vinegar, and some old nails that has been left to sit for months. I wasn't thrilled with my results, but it was worth giving a try.