The uneven colour was caused by you didn’t take out the remains before you dye and not stirring the solution during the dyeing process especially in a hollow pot. The darker side is the side it face down in the pot. Anyway, stunning colours from onion skins and blackberry.
After searching the internet for two years I've finally found a sustainable, practical, non toxic and super low cost method. Thank you very much!! You are amazing.
all the onions that I ever ate and put the skins in the compost, i am so happy now that I can make my favorite color shirts!! you are doing such a wonderful thing, creating a simple way to be with plants and happy with colors. thank you!!
just add alum when pre soaking or boiling and that takes care of your mordant part. Adding vinegar is just about PH level we want it to be 5. Strain the peels n then just in color water soak cloth you can keep on boil n add the fabric in strained water.
Alum, found in the spice aisle at your local supermarket, is food-grade, safe, and is a metallic salt. I use it as a mordant and it works incredibly well, making the colors richer and more lightfast. I use my lake pigments to make watercolor paint using a food-grade silica called Diatomaceous Earth mulled with Gum Arabic.
Thank you for this info! How much Alum do you need for a pot of dye? A couple tablespoons? A cup? Do we soak it in the alum water before dying or throw it in with the dye bath? If you answer this, Thank you!
@@loridavis7086 I use a tablespoon or two to the pot after straining the organic material (blossoms, fruit, etc). Keep in mind Alum has a pH of 3.2 depending on the concentration and can change the color from a little to a lot. Warm colors become warmer, cool colors can turn to a muddy brown. I keep a notebook of swatches from dyes and pigments with notes. It's all one big science experiment. Beat of luck!!
@@mimi1o8 I dyed a blush pink onesie with kale and spinach and I must have washed it 50 times and it held color. I still have it saved and it looks amazing still.
I experimented with natural dyes maybe 10 years ago. I didn't learn much about mordants either, but with maple bark, I got a red dye, and if I added iron (before or after: I can't remember) it turned blue. Oak does that too, but more black. I worked at the sawmill and when the boards get flipped over, they're blue or black where they were touching the chain. Iron shouldn't be dangerous. Maybe you can experiment with it sometime. I like your video. I think you did a good job on it. Thanks for sharing it.
Loved this video. I loved the colours before and after fading. I don't dye much fabric but I dye paper for journals so the more muted tones are what I like. Black beans are great to dye with because you can use the beans to make hummus and use the water to dye, no waste at all.
I love them all! Especially the blackberry color however it might be too much of a temptation to eat them right off the vine rather than save them to dye.
I am glad you liked it! Yes, I know! But I tried to pick the ugly, old, and strange ones for dyeing so that the good ones can be eaten, but I also used some that you could eat... ☺
I had JUST boiled some black rice and I thought, hmm maybe I can dye with this. Found your video and trying it out now! :D It seems to turn into a really nice " antique rose" kind of colour...
I used the last of the brambles in my garden today to dye some calio cotton for some slow stitching im doing for a junk journal. Beautifuo results from using elastic bands to create patterns
that purple with the blackberries is so beautiful! does it last better if you hand-wash it with lukewarm water instead of throwing it into the machine? now i am off to the forest to see if there are still some blackberries left somewhere!
This was highly informative Lia. A lot of it was new for me. Liked the avocado skins. Normally that goes to compost or worse by some in their rubbish bags. The colours are subtle and gorgeous. Kind of colours I enjoy wearing. Goes well with my white hair. Your videos are becoming more informative by the week. Highly enjoyed this. Bless you. Greetings from Zurich.
Hiii I loved your video!! When I was a child (like 20 years ago) XD I also learnt to dye with plants in a camp. We used salt and vinegar as mordant. Apart from onions and nettles I used to use poppies flowers and the result is kind of lilac or purple :)
A sudden idea has just flashed across my mind. Think you should make an ebook on this dying - make a charge for it as well. Just a suggestion. Thanks Lia.
I love the blackberry colour and the avocado. Blackberries are just coming out and there are absolutely loads, just picked some for a pie, I’m going to dye some vests and may some underwear. Can’t wait to see the results. Thank you.
Thank you! How about if you you strain the onion skins and poured the dye in a container where you could lay it flat like a plastic container or glass casserole?
Love this! I’ve only used food dyes to dye Easter eggs before (red cabbage makes a great blue!) I’ve used in-washing machine dyes before to refresh clothes/cover stains, I love doing this but it’s really not zero waste...I keep waiting for someone to start making washing machine dyes in pouches that dissolve in water (like those laundry liquid capsules iykwim) - right now they come in a plastic cup (I guess it should be recyclable, which is slightly better than before, when it was plastic foil pouches that had to be binned)
Yes, I used this method on Easter eggs as well! It's pretty much the same ☺ oh yes that would be great but I think if it is one small piece of plastic it is not that horrible. Of course, we all know most plastic never gets recycled and it would be nice to be able to avoid it... But in the end, it is much more sustainable if you use this dye and can avoid buying new clothes because the process of manufacturing them would use a lot more water, energy, plastic.... ☺
ecofriend. lia yes, apart from the packaging side of things it’s a great way to update natural fibre clothes/bedding etc, even though it uses lots of water too (2 washes in the machine), but probably not nearly as much water as goes into production of new fabrics. And it’s so much cheaper than buying new clothes as well! I do love the idea of using veg peels, it solves all of the above issues with the bought dyes (packaging, cost!) I practice permaculture in my kitchen garden and one of the staples of permaculture is utilising all the waste and giving everything as many functions as possible. And all the used peels can be composted afterwards too, no such thing as waste in nature 💚
Enjoyed your video very much. I listened right through, many times I just give up but you held my attention very well. I will now endeavour to save onion skin and avocado too. Had hoped I could take a walk and pick foliage or daisies or leaves from bushes or trees and try them but perhaps I will try your items first. Thank you.
This is so cool! I will definitely try! I would like to see the update after 1 year as you suggested =) I've read down that you are not sure about filming the plant tour and I can tell you that I would happily watch it ^_^ So... Yes! Make all videos that are in your head because they are all interesting!
I love that you got such a dark rose with the avo dye. I've so far gotten just a sort of champagne/blush pink! I too left all the skins & such in. I think in the future I will strain them out if I am doing a top as I have concerns about a 'blotch' ending up in a ....less fortunate spot on my chest . :) As to the pots, I did the same the first time I dyed things but then I found an inexpensive set of stainless steel pots. I may be incorrect but I think some of the reason they suggest using a different pot is because many conventional fabrics have a horrifying amount of toxic chemicals put on them and/or in them when they are being made. If your fabric or the clothing that is ready made that you are dyeing was all organic & gots certified then I guess that would not be true but I buy a lot of my fabric & clothing second hand & so I am suspicious of this. They have also found in studies that conventional clothing even after many many washings can still hold chemicals such as formaldehyde.
This is really cool...thanks for sharing. I love the color of the sleeveless shirt with the buttons that you used avocado skin/pits to dye it. I also love the blackberry-dyed washcloth! Even the gray color, after several days and washing it, I think it’s a pretty gray. And yes, I agree this sounds like a FUN HOBBY! Which makes it totally worthwhile, no matter the results! :)
Coffee makes a yellowish brown. Fermented tea makes a red-ish or orangey brown. I have black walnuts in my neighborhood and the owner does nothing with them, so I've gotten to play with them. -They turn everything very dark... black with yellow tones. -And I mean everything including hands and floors and countertops. Be careful with them! -Lol.
Hi! I just watched your video on natural dying with food waste. It is a new subject to me, but some thing that I’ve always wanted to try. I was blown away by the avocado skin colors. They are beautiful and I need to go get some avocado, and try that have you ever used beets to dye Your fabrics?
a relatively waste free solution you can try for a mordant is taking a few rusty tools or handfuls of pieces of metal (like bolts) and leaving it in a jar in the sun for several days to two weeks. soak the fabrics in the dyes first and then transfer to the mordant solution for 10 minutes while the color develops. you can repeat this process for a deeper dye
@@kelliharper6163 Sure! What I've done is just fill a large (I use 64 oz) glass jar with 2 parts water and 1 part vinegar and add about a handful or more of rusty objects and leave in a place exposed to sun for 1-2 weeks
Thank you I don't like using alum so I was looking at soy but I see others don't have success! If it's a protein there are so many proteins why isn't there something else to color fast the color I'm a bit confused by that I would like the color to stay since I done want it to bleed on my clothing at work since I wanted to do tee shirts but have to were a vest and sometimes there is sweat involved since I walk about 9 Miles a day as a grocery store picker for orders on line.
Just found this video but the reason the buttons make the fabric darker is probably because rust is a good mordant! You can actually soak nuts and bolts in water for a few weeks to get a similar rust mordant.
Really nice video as always, thank you! I think the colour would get more intense if one uses dried nettles. I haven't dyed any fabric yet, but have been drinking herbal infusions from dried nettles - four handfuls of crumbled dried nettles into three litres of water - and the infusion gets a really dark lush green. Maybe something to try?
Thanks for doing this! So informative. I like how you skipped some steps (removing bits of onion/avocado when dyeing for example or measuring quantities) - minimalistic process, no unecessary manipulation :)
I am glad you liked it! Yes exactly, I love all kinds of hand crafting but I usually opt for the easiest and laziest option, but sometimes I also regret that ☺
Just checking in to say that I tried dyeing a white cotton t-shirt with avocado pits, and it turned out so lovely! I also used the lazy way and used only two avocados and the shirt turned out a really nice blush pink. Now I need to try the onion skins!
I love the same colours as you! I only do shopping in thrift store so it is hard to find exactly the color I need. These are the colors I need. Thanks for reminding me of the onion peels! :)
They look really nice! I am thinking about doing the stinging nettle dye. But I am not sure it matches my wardrobe and style. I have almost nothing green. I have a few boring white pieces though that I would love to change... The color not being evenly distributed can have a few reasons - didn't stir enough - pot too small (same as with the batik dyeing, the diffusion is just lower in the areas covered by other parts of the fabric) - some sort of residue on the fabric (like oily residue, skin cells, dirt,...) blocking off the dye Mostly it is because the pot is to small. Thus, you have to stir a lot more. I don't leave things over night anymore. I try to do it at daytime, so I remember to do this every once in a while ;-)
Great content❤ Thoroughly enjoying your vids. Anyways the plants in the background are so gorgeous😍 We often see your plants in the background and they are so beautiful❤ Hoping to see a plant tour soon😍 Love from the Philippines❤
You did not mention that you do not use commercial laundry detergent. I think the lack of mordant would be a bigger deal for someone who uses commercial laundry detergent.
@@Nina-cd6uw she uses nuts I believe chestnuts? that she finds on the ground. Without using some kind of a mordant when dying, using a commercial detergent would probably wash most of the dye out. I think her luck with the color holding is due to the very gentle 'detergent' (aka nuts) that she is using. I don't think machine wash vs. Hand wash makes a lot of difference - it doesnt when using a mordant - but I could be wrong.
Before using something for a mordant, I would want to know if the mordant imparts its own color. Also, I've heard of people dying with different colors of dirt.
Thank you for providing such detailed and patient natural dyeing experience and tutorials. I think this will give some new learners a lot of motivation to continue to try and share more experiences！~ ：）I made some tie-dye using discarded coffee and black tea, and shared it with you through ins, hoping to get your reply and suggestions, thank you!
I assume it not only will depend on the temperature you wash things in the machine, but also what kind of washing powder you use - it‘s great if my washing powder will get rid of berry stains but not so great if I‘ve actually dyed something with berries...!! Maybe handwash naturally-dyed items?
Thank you for sharing this! I have some pink cotton pants that I want to dye to get a burgundy or rusty colour. Does anybody have any recommendations for which plants I can use to achieve this? Thanks:)
The reason why you should not use the same pots, is especially if you use alun. It crystalizes inside the pot and is impossible to see, so they are extremely difficult to remove completely, and you can litteraly get braindamage from eating even a tiny amount. I bought a pot from a second hand store for a very symbolic amount of money, and I would recommend that if you use alun.
Since it's been a year: have you got an update for us? I've always treated dyed stuff with vinegar *after* the dye ... Don't know where I got that from... The irregular spots happen occasionally with used clothes, even with synthetic dye, I think it's "invisible dirt" - places where there have been stains some time in the past, which have turned invisible in the wash but left some remains in the fabric. However, I loved the avocado and blackberry dyes especially, I'd love to see what became of them after a year!
Have you ever bleached the fabric before dyeing it? I have blue shorts and like you, I like warmer colours. I was wondering if I should put it in bleach and water to remove the colour before I dye it
I have only once bleached a pair of leggings. They were purple and I didn't really like that and thought that it would look better if they had a bleach pattern... It was better but still not my favorite color. But I think if you want to dye something blue you should definitely bleach it. The question is if it is worth it because you had to buy bleach and it's not that good for the environment. But if you really like the shorts I guess it is worth it ☺️
How do you wash your clothes after dying them? All together in washing machine? I worry the colors will bleed and turn everything the same color or ruin the color
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Yes! I tried it to color eggs once and while they don't turn purple (more so a darker brown shade) I think purple onion skin is just as nice for dyeing as the yellow ones 😊
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Salt work better with cotton, vinegar with silk and wool. It's more related to fabric type than the colour we are going to get.
Hey what about with linen? Salt too?
Looking around my house now and wanting to dye EVERYTHING!
The uneven colour was caused by you didn’t take out the remains before you dye and not stirring the solution during the dyeing process especially in a hollow pot. The darker side is the side it face down in the pot. Anyway, stunning colours from onion skins and blackberry.
After searching the internet for two years I've finally found a sustainable, practical, non toxic and super low cost method. Thank you very much!! You are amazing.
Any tips? I want to do the same
all the onions that I ever ate and put the skins in the compost, i am so happy now that I can make my favorite color shirts!!
you are doing such a wonderful thing, creating a simple way to be with plants and happy with colors. thank you!!
just add alum when pre soaking or boiling and that takes care of your mordant part. Adding vinegar is just about PH level we want it to be 5. Strain the peels n then just in color water soak cloth you can keep on boil n add the fabric in strained water.
Alum, found in the spice aisle at your local supermarket, is food-grade, safe, and is a metallic salt. I use it as a mordant and it works incredibly well, making the colors richer and more lightfast. I use my lake pigments to make watercolor paint using a food-grade silica called Diatomaceous Earth mulled with Gum Arabic.
Thank you for this info! How much Alum do you need for a pot of dye? A couple tablespoons? A cup? Do we soak it in the alum water before dying or throw it in with the dye bath? If you answer this, Thank you!
@@loridavis7086 I use a tablespoon or two to the pot after straining the organic material (blossoms, fruit, etc). Keep in mind Alum has a pH of 3.2 depending on the concentration and can change the color from a little to a lot. Warm colors become warmer, cool colors can turn to a muddy brown. I keep a notebook of swatches from dyes and pigments with notes. It's all one big science experiment. Beat of luck!!
@ thank you!
Apparently the tanin in tea works as a mild mordant, you could try putting some old teabags in with your dye.
When I want green natural dye I use kale and spinach. It works perfect!!!
How long the color lasts?
@@mimi1o8 I dyed a blush pink onesie with kale and spinach and I must have washed it 50 times and it held color. I still have it saved and it looks amazing still.
That's great! Thank you for your response 😊
Did you use both in one pot or separately? One or the other?
I am so glad you replied, as I have been searching for plants to get green!
Love the colors of how the onion and avocado turned out! 👍🏻 Thanx for sharing 🌻
I experimented with natural dyes maybe 10 years ago. I didn't learn much about mordants either, but with maple bark, I got a red dye, and if I added iron (before or after: I can't remember) it turned blue. Oak does that too, but more black. I worked at the sawmill and when the boards get flipped over, they're blue or black where they were touching the chain. Iron shouldn't be dangerous. Maybe you can experiment with it sometime. I like your video. I think you did a good job on it. Thanks for sharing it.
Loved this video. I loved the colours before and after fading. I don't dye much fabric but I dye paper for journals so the more muted tones are what I like. Black beans are great to dye with because you can use the beans to make hummus and use the water to dye, no waste at all.
What a great idea to dye paper. I must try that it sounds interesting, thanks. It would be nice for gift wrapping. I wonder how newspapers would dye.
What color would you get with black beans? A gray?
@@kittenleo28 purple or blue
I love them all! Especially the blackberry color however it might be too much of a temptation to eat them right off the vine rather than save them to dye.
I am glad you liked it! Yes, I know! But I tried to pick the ugly, old, and strange ones for dyeing so that the good ones can be eaten, but I also used some that you could eat... ☺
Iron oxide (rust) is a mordantso you can use an old iron pot and it can be what made the colour stronger around those buttons
That us a great idea! I'll see if I can use this ☺
My daughter and I are dying a shirt with a mix of mulberries and strawberries. She is so excited to see how her shirt turns out.
I'm so excited to see the blackberries being used. I love the colour they give.
I had JUST boiled some black rice and I thought, hmm maybe I can dye with this. Found your video and trying it out now! :D It seems to turn into a really nice " antique rose" kind of colour...
That sounds lovely! ☺️
Try black beans - they make a great dye.
I used the last of the brambles in my garden today to dye some calio cotton for some slow stitching im doing for a junk journal. Beautifuo results from using elastic bands to create patterns
that purple with the blackberries is so beautiful! does it last better if you hand-wash it with lukewarm water instead of throwing it into the machine? now i am off to the forest to see if there are still some blackberries left somewhere!
This was highly informative Lia.
A lot of it was new for me. Liked
the avocado skins. Normally that
goes to compost or worse by some
in their rubbish bags. The colours
are subtle and gorgeous. Kind
of colours I enjoy wearing. Goes
well with my white hair. Your
videos are becoming more
informative by the week. Highly
enjoyed this. Bless you. Greetings
from Zurich.
I am trying the avocado one today! I like the idea of not using toxic stuff so I don't have to worry about using separate pots from those I cook in.
Hiii I loved your video!! When I was a child (like 20 years ago) XD I also learnt to dye with plants in a camp. We used salt and vinegar as mordant. Apart from onions and nettles I used to use poppies flowers and the result is kind of lilac or purple :)
Thank you! That sounds amazing! Unfortunately, I haven't seen many poppies flowers around here during the last years... But the results sound great! ☺
How much salt and vinegar do you use?
@@mimi1o8 if it’s vinegar 1 part of vinegar for 4 of water. If it’s salt, the proportion is 1/10 :)
@@leticiaae you don’t use both salt and vinegar?
@@nafl350 yes both!
A sudden idea has just flashed
across my mind. Think you should
make an ebook on this dying -
make a charge for it as well.
Just a suggestion. Thanks Lia.
Oh I am honored! But I don't think I know enough... Maybe in a few years if I keep dyeing with plants and discovering more methods and tricks ☺
I love the blackberry colour and the avocado. Blackberries are just coming out and there are absolutely loads, just picked some for a pie, I’m going to dye some vests and may some underwear. Can’t wait to see the results. Thank you.
Thank you! How about if you you strain the onion skins and poured the dye in a container where you could lay it flat like a plastic container or glass casserole?
Love this! I’ve only used food dyes to dye Easter eggs before (red cabbage makes a great blue!)
I’ve used in-washing machine dyes before to refresh clothes/cover stains, I love doing this but it’s really not zero waste...I keep waiting for someone to start making washing machine dyes in pouches that dissolve in water (like those laundry liquid capsules iykwim) - right now they come in a plastic cup (I guess it should be recyclable, which is slightly better than before, when it was plastic foil pouches that had to be binned)
Yes, I used this method on Easter eggs as well! It's pretty much the same ☺ oh yes that would be great but I think if it is one small piece of plastic it is not that horrible. Of course, we all know most plastic never gets recycled and it would be nice to be able to avoid it... But in the end, it is much more sustainable if you use this dye and can avoid buying new clothes because the process of manufacturing them would use a lot more water, energy, plastic.... ☺
ecofriend. lia yes, apart from the packaging side of things it’s a great way to update natural fibre clothes/bedding etc, even though it uses lots of water too (2 washes in the machine), but probably not nearly as much water as goes into production of new fabrics. And it’s so much cheaper than buying new clothes as well!
I do love the idea of using veg peels, it solves all of the above issues with the bought dyes (packaging, cost!) I practice permaculture in my kitchen garden and one of the staples of permaculture is utilising all the waste and giving everything as many functions as possible. And all the used peels can be composted afterwards too, no such thing as waste in nature 💚
I love your new hair style in the more recent videos. By the way thank you for showing me how to use natural dye.
Enjoyed your video very much. I listened right through, many times I just give up but you held my attention very well. I will now endeavour to save onion skin and avocado too. Had hoped I could take a walk and pick foliage or daisies or leaves from bushes or trees and try them but perhaps I will try your items first. Thank you.
I really loved how all of the colors turned out. Even if they were a bit uneven..I thought they looked so beautiful! Thank you so much for the info!
Thank you so much! This was so motivating and honest about the process. I’m definitely gonna try it out soon:)
This is so cool! I will definitely try! I would like to see the update after 1 year as you suggested =) I've read down that you are not sure about filming the plant tour and I can tell you that I would happily watch it ^_^ So... Yes! Make all videos that are in your head because they are all interesting!
Really nice video. I were eagerly knowing about natural products makings this video is nice to content of natural dyeing......
I love that you got such a dark rose with the avo dye. I've so far gotten just a sort of champagne/blush pink! I too left all the skins & such in. I think in the future I will strain them out if I am doing a top as I have concerns about a 'blotch' ending up in a ....less fortunate spot on my chest . :) As to the pots, I did the same the first time I dyed things but then I found an inexpensive set of stainless steel pots. I may be incorrect but I think some of the reason they suggest using a different pot is because many conventional fabrics have a horrifying amount of toxic chemicals put on them and/or in them when they are being made. If your fabric or the clothing that is ready made that you are dyeing was all organic & gots certified then I guess that would not be true but I buy a lot of my fabric & clothing second hand & so I am suspicious of this. They have also found in studies that conventional clothing even after many many washings can still hold chemicals such as formaldehyde.
Love this! I'm gonna try to dye with plants for the very first time soon - and I'm really excited! 💛
I have a cast iron pot I presoaked material in before I used black beans for a blue grey color when dried.
Very useful becoz we do batik tiedye using artificial dye, I can start natural dye again
Its good method..unless u wasted the peels of the vegetable...i loved it
Lovely results
thank you great video. Its a lot of fun .
Thank you so so much for your video. It's exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you for all the helpful information.
Thanks for the video Lia! What a well structured video....you covered all aspects of plant dyeing! Superb
Thank you! I really tried to structure it well. With other topics it's sometimes so hard... But I think structure is very important☺
This is really cool...thanks for sharing. I love the color of the sleeveless shirt with the buttons that you used avocado skin/pits to dye it. I also love the blackberry-dyed washcloth! Even the gray color, after several days and washing it, I think it’s a pretty gray. And yes, I agree this sounds like a FUN HOBBY! Which makes it totally worthwhile, no matter the results! :)
Those are my favourites too.
Such beautiful natural colours, love the result after washing! Thank you for another inspiring video :-)
Loved the colours produced.
Thank you! ☺
Coffee makes a yellowish brown. Fermented tea makes a red-ish or orangey brown. I have black walnuts in my neighborhood and the owner does nothing with them, so I've gotten to play with them. -They turn everything very dark... black with yellow tones. -And I mean everything including hands and floors and countertops. Be careful with them! -Lol.
Thanks for sharing 👍
You are super 👌
I really love your minimalist approach! ❤
Hi! I just watched your video on natural dying with food waste. It is a new subject to me, but some thing that I’ve always wanted to try. I was blown away by the avocado skin colors. They are beautiful and I need to go get some avocado, and try that have you ever used beets to dye Your fabrics?
Thank you sooooo much! This was super helpful. Your hair looks amazing by the way. So shiny and healthy 😊
Thank you! I am happy the video was helpful! ☺
Well done Lia! I have had some failures with dyeing things… 💚💚💚
a relatively waste free solution you can try for a mordant is taking a few rusty tools or handfuls of pieces of metal (like bolts) and leaving it in a jar in the sun for several days to two weeks. soak the fabrics in the dyes first and then transfer to the mordant solution for 10 minutes while the color develops. you can repeat this process for a deeper dye
Also if you're looking for a black/dark maroon dye, try acorns!
These are great tips! Thank you ☺️
can you explain how to make the mordant solution using the rusty tools/bolts/etc please :D
@@kelliharper6163 Sure! What I've done is just fill a large (I use 64 oz) glass jar with 2 parts water and 1 part vinegar and add about a handful or more of rusty objects and leave in a place exposed to sun for 1-2 weeks
@@laurenmiller6905 would this only work for certain colours?
Thank you I don't like using alum so I was looking at soy but I see others don't have success! If it's a protein there are so many proteins why isn't there something else to color fast the color I'm a bit confused by that I would like the color to stay since I done want it to bleed on my clothing at work since I wanted to do tee shirts but have to were a vest and sometimes there is sweat involved since I walk about 9 Miles a day as a grocery store picker for orders on line.
I have noticed those white threads on this tank you wear and I thought it was a purposeful detail! Very lovely. Thanks for creating this video
I love it too, wenn the threads stand out. Gives such a nice contrast.
my favorite is the effect of onion skin! :-)
It is also by far the easiest I really like onion skin dye too because I don't have to worry too much about how the color will perform over time ☺
Just found this video but the reason the buttons make the fabric darker is probably because rust is a good mordant! You can actually soak nuts and bolts in water for a few weeks to get a similar rust mordant.
Awesome❤
Really nice video as always, thank you! I think the colour would get more intense if one uses dried nettles. I haven't dyed any fabric yet, but have been drinking herbal infusions from dried nettles - four handfuls of crumbled dried nettles into three litres of water - and the infusion gets a really dark lush green. Maybe something to try?
I have always rinsed in vinegar after dye. It sets it for me..... Try it that way.
Thank you for the tip! ☺️
Very awesome video. You go over so much detail.
Thanks for doing this! So informative.
I like how you skipped some steps (removing bits of onion/avocado when dyeing for example or measuring quantities) - minimalistic process, no unecessary manipulation :)
I am glad you liked it! Yes exactly, I love all kinds of hand crafting but I usually opt for the easiest and laziest option, but sometimes I also regret that ☺
Just checking in to say that I tried dyeing a white cotton t-shirt with avocado pits, and it turned out so lovely! I also used the lazy way and used only two avocados and the shirt turned out a really nice blush pink. Now I need to try the onion skins!
I love the same colours as you! I only do shopping in thrift store so it is hard to find exactly the color I need. These are the colors I need. Thanks for reminding me of the onion peels! :)
Very informative! I know nothing about plant-dyeing before. Gotta try this one 🤗
I wish you a lot of fun and great results ☺️
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Ur dying method is amazing but i just wanna know if their is any method that can give permanent color to my cloth.......
They look really nice!
I am thinking about doing the stinging nettle dye. But I am not sure it matches my wardrobe and style. I have almost nothing green. I have a few boring white pieces though that I would love to change...
The color not being evenly distributed can have a few reasons
- didn't stir enough
- pot too small (same as with the batik dyeing, the diffusion is just lower in the areas covered by other parts of the fabric)
- some sort of residue on the fabric (like oily residue, skin cells, dirt,...) blocking off the dye
Mostly it is because the pot is to small. Thus, you have to stir a lot more. I don't leave things over night anymore. I try to do it at daytime, so I remember to do this every once in a while ;-)
Great content❤ Thoroughly enjoying your vids. Anyways the plants in the background are so gorgeous😍 We often see your plants in the background and they are so beautiful❤ Hoping to see a plant tour soon😍 Love from the Philippines❤
Oh thank you so much! I will think about filming a plant tour, not sure yet😉
So satisfying ❤️
You did not mention that you do not use commercial laundry detergent. I think the lack of mordant would be a bigger deal for someone who uses commercial laundry detergent.
That is true! I haven't thought of that but I am sure it could make a difference ☺
How would you wash these items then? Only ever by hand?
@@Nina-cd6uw she uses nuts I believe chestnuts? that she finds on the ground. Without using some kind of a mordant when dying, using a commercial detergent would probably wash most of the dye out. I think her luck with the color holding is due to the very gentle 'detergent' (aka nuts) that she is using. I don't think machine wash vs. Hand wash makes a lot of difference - it doesnt when using a mordant - but I could be wrong.
Thanks for the video! What kind of onions did you use? I think that if you take the onions out before you dye, it may dye more evenly.
Before using something for a mordant, I would want to know if the mordant imparts its own color. Also, I've heard of people dying with different colors of dirt.
Thank you for providing such detailed and patient natural dyeing experience and tutorials. I think this will give some new learners a lot of motivation to continue to try and share more experiences！~ ：）I made some tie-dye using discarded coffee and black tea, and shared it with you through ins, hoping to get your reply and suggestions, thank you!
Love it!!!!
Fantastic video! Thank you so much. I have two garments I plan on dyeing.
Thank you! I am glad you liked it! ☺
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I assume it not only will depend on the temperature you wash things in the machine, but also what kind of washing powder you use - it‘s great if my washing powder will get rid of berry stains but not so great if I‘ve actually dyed something with berries...!! Maybe handwash naturally-dyed items?
Thank you so much for this video! You are amazing!
So onions, avocados, nettles and blackberries in the pot. Okay.
Thank you for sharing this! I have some pink cotton pants that I want to dye to get a burgundy or rusty colour. Does anybody have any recommendations for which plants I can use to achieve this? Thanks:)
Thanks , i very enjoyed your video and i can learn from you🙏
Thank you pretty lady!
The reason why you should not use the same pots, is especially if you use alun. It crystalizes inside the pot and is impossible to see, so they are extremely difficult to remove completely, and you can litteraly get braindamage from eating even a tiny amount. I bought a pot from a second hand store for a very symbolic amount of money, and I would recommend that if you use alun.
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You cannot get brain damage from alum. It's used in food and is a common addition to pickles to make them snappier.
Since it's been a year: have you got an update for us?
I've always treated dyed stuff with vinegar *after* the dye ... Don't know where I got that from... The irregular spots happen occasionally with used clothes, even with synthetic dye, I think it's "invisible dirt" - places where there have been stains some time in the past, which have turned invisible in the wash but left some remains in the fabric. However, I loved the avocado and blackberry dyes especially, I'd love to see what became of them after a year!
Great gurllll 😀
I working on making my own dyes to create dog accessories like harness or doggy clothes eventually human.
Any tutorial on how to make 100% wool off white undyed sweater turn to black using natural dye?
Have you ever bleached the fabric before dyeing it? I have blue shorts and like you, I like warmer colours. I was wondering if I should put it in bleach and water to remove the colour before I dye it
I have only once bleached a pair of leggings. They were purple and I didn't really like that and thought that it would look better if they had a bleach pattern... It was better but still not my favorite color. But I think if you want to dye something blue you should definitely bleach it. The question is if it is worth it because you had to buy bleach and it's not that good for the environment. But if you really like the shorts I guess it is worth it ☺️
Have you tried pomegranates? I wonder if they need to be crushed? I bet they would make a beautiful color. Loved the blackberry!
I’ve used pomegranate skins they make a lovely mustard, or dirty yellow color It is very earthy holds it’s color
So cute n honest ur ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for your video and updates please
i have dyed old shirts and i noticed that the color was different under the arms where perspiration had affected the fabric
How do you wash your clothes after dying them? All together in washing machine? I worry the colors will bleed and turn everything the same color or ruin the color
Minha cara ,amora é um fruto precioso para mim e meu filho que tem DM1!ela tem o poder incrível de controlar e baixar os níveis de açúcar no sangue! não senhora não irei tingir ceroulas com as minhas amoras!
wow.. thank you!
30 blackberries. Awesome.
“everywhere says to do this but I don’t listen” hahhha hard Fking core
does it work on denim?
Thank you
Can we dye silk fabric natural
Do you know how to dye black without iron then?
hello! do you know great books about plant dyeing? :)
Could you use purple onion skins?
Yes! I tried it to color eggs once and while they don't turn purple (more so a darker brown shade) I think purple onion skin is just as nice for dyeing as the yellow ones 😊