Thanks for this!❤ I am sitting here in Central Washington state...99°... just thinking about some sun dyeing experiments! Hibiscus, Aloe Vera, and Yarrow are on my list. Just mordanting my wool now with alum, but curious what hibiscus and walnut mordanted wool might do....a dark wine or muddy blue? Always fun to experiment! ( meanwhile hoping that the tropical storm pineapple expresses this way to cool us off!!😂). Now I am going to enjoy more of your videos! Glad you popped up on my feed!
Thank you for watching and for your comment! Even though my experience is only with cellulose fibers, my understanding is that the colors would be so much truer and last longer on protein fibers such a wool. So, the initial colors that I show is this video (that tend to fade away with rinsing and washing cotton) would probably be maintained on wool. The dark purple I got came from adding aluminum acetate to my jar. So many possibilities with these plants and mordants!
This was so informative. We have an abundance of red hibiscus. 🌺 Without mordant it looks like it would be a fugitive dye but WOW… with mordant and a tannin the results look stable even after washing. I will use a tannin blanket and the steaming method with my aluminum pot outside fire style here in Fiji. Please more tropical plants and colors? How about leaves like avocado, mango and pawpaw?
Fiji--nice! It's certainly a place I hope to visit sometime. Thank you for your comment and the interest you show in more videos on tropical plants. I've been wanting to try mango for 2 years but haven't put a lot of effort into getting some leaves. I'll do that! Never tried the leaves of the avocado tree or pawpaw, but all of these surround me. I'm hoping to upload a video soon where I use kukui (candlenut) leaves to make dye. The husk of the fruit can also be used, so that's something I'll have to try. And yes, with hibiscus, the preparation seems to make all the difference. It will still eventually fade (in my experience), however, I've had it last much longer with the more involved methods I've used.
Very cool! I am new to natural dyeing and have a jar of dried hibiscus. Your video is very informative. Thank you for posting it!
Your'e very welcome, and thanks for watching! Definitely give it a try.
Thanks for this!❤
I am sitting here in Central Washington state...99°... just thinking about some sun dyeing experiments! Hibiscus, Aloe Vera, and Yarrow are on my list. Just mordanting my wool now with alum, but curious what hibiscus and walnut mordanted wool might do....a dark wine or muddy blue? Always fun to experiment! ( meanwhile hoping that the tropical storm pineapple expresses this way to cool us off!!😂). Now I am going to enjoy more of your videos! Glad you popped up on my feed!
Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Even though my experience is only with cellulose fibers, my understanding is that the colors would be so much truer and last longer on protein fibers such a wool. So, the initial colors that I show is this video (that tend to fade away with rinsing and washing cotton) would probably be maintained on wool. The dark purple I got came from adding aluminum acetate to my jar. So many possibilities with these plants and mordants!
This was so informative. We have an abundance of red hibiscus. 🌺 Without mordant it looks like it would be a fugitive dye but WOW… with mordant and a tannin the results look stable even after washing. I will use a tannin blanket and the steaming method with my aluminum pot outside fire style here in Fiji. Please more tropical plants and colors? How about leaves like avocado, mango and pawpaw?
Fiji--nice! It's certainly a place I hope to visit sometime. Thank you for your comment and the interest you show in more videos on tropical plants. I've been wanting to try mango for 2 years but haven't put a lot of effort into getting some leaves. I'll do that! Never tried the leaves of the avocado tree or pawpaw, but all of these surround me. I'm hoping to upload a video soon where I use kukui (candlenut) leaves to make dye. The husk of the fruit can also be used, so that's something I'll have to try. And yes, with hibiscus, the preparation seems to make all the difference. It will still eventually fade (in my experience), however, I've had it last much longer with the more involved methods I've used.
Would be interested to see how a soy milk mordant would work
This is something I've avoided but will give it a try!