You're very welcome! I absolutely love encouraging and inspiring others to give natural dyeing a try! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll make sure to answer them.
For plant-based fibers like cotton I would recommend aluminium triformate. It is very easy to use. In this video I explain in detail how to mordant with alumium triformate: ruclips.net/video/RWew5l3dnzQ/видео.html Another mordant you can use for plant-based fibers is aluminium acetate.
@@AnnikaScheer thanks for the response annika. what about the regular printed cotton shirt that says in the tag 57% cotton and 43% polyester.. can i still use alum as mordant in that before it dye it? or what is really the first step, mordant then dying or dying then mordant. i plan to dye a printed shirt to renew its color. what is really the procedure in dying a printed branded shirt with 57% cotton and 43% polyester? i hope you can help on this. thanks.
You could use alum but I would personally rather choose either aluminium triformate or aluminium acetate. Since the purpose of the mordant is to enhance the uptake of the dye, I recommend mordanting before dyeing. But there are cases where you can mordant and dye at the same time (I usually do this when solar dyeing, for example). If you are looking for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to dye yarn/fabric with natural dyes, you can download my free guide. It is written for yarn but can also be used for dyeing fabric. You can find it here: adept-artisan-8032.ck.page/674865e4e0 I haven't tried dyeing synthetic fibers like polyester with natural dyes, so I don't know how your results are going to look.
There are different possibilites. You can either produce green by dyeing yellow first and then overdyeing it with blue (or vice versa). Or you can use a dyestuff that can be modified with ferrous sulfate to shift the colorway towards green. I share different natural dyes that create green colorways in this blog post: www.rosemaryandpinesfiberarts.de/natural-green-dyes-for-yarn-and-fabric/
This was a great intro. Thank you!
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Thank you for sharing this information 😊
You're very welcome! I absolutely love encouraging and inspiring others to give natural dyeing a try! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll make sure to answer them.
@@AnnikaScheer that's so kind of you!
Thank you, very informative
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what mordant that you mentioned that is recommedable for cotton fiber like the shirts?
For plant-based fibers like cotton I would recommend aluminium triformate.
It is very easy to use. In this video I explain in detail how to mordant with alumium triformate: ruclips.net/video/RWew5l3dnzQ/видео.html
Another mordant you can use for plant-based fibers is aluminium acetate.
@@AnnikaScheer thanks for the response annika.
what about the regular printed cotton shirt that says in the tag 57% cotton and 43% polyester.. can i still use alum as mordant in that before it dye it?
or what is really the first step, mordant then dying or dying then mordant.
i plan to dye a printed shirt to renew its color. what is really the procedure in dying a printed branded shirt with 57% cotton and 43% polyester?
i hope you can help on this. thanks.
You could use alum but I would personally rather choose either aluminium triformate or aluminium acetate.
Since the purpose of the mordant is to enhance the uptake of the dye, I recommend mordanting before dyeing. But there are cases where you can mordant and dye at the same time (I usually do this when solar dyeing, for example).
If you are looking for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to dye yarn/fabric with natural dyes, you can download my free guide.
It is written for yarn but can also be used for dyeing fabric. You can find it here: adept-artisan-8032.ck.page/674865e4e0
I haven't tried dyeing synthetic fibers like polyester with natural dyes, so I don't know how your results are going to look.
Can we prepare green dye from grass
Unfortunately, grass (from a lawn) cannot be used for natural dyeing.
@@AnnikaScheer from what can we get green natural dye?
There are different possibilites. You can either produce green by dyeing yellow first and then overdyeing it with blue (or vice versa). Or you can use a dyestuff that can be modified with ferrous sulfate to shift the colorway towards green.
I share different natural dyes that create green colorways in this blog post: www.rosemaryandpinesfiberarts.de/natural-green-dyes-for-yarn-and-fabric/
You can take plants leaf for green colour and extract the colour.@@kulabkarrashmi9740
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