To see how I have transformed our kitchen into a small-batch dye factory, click here. Right now there's one pot of Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan) leaves and one of florets steeping on the floor of our 90 degree kitchen. And it just figures that I would decide it would be a great idea to boil many large vats of water on one of the most hot and humid days of the summer so far. (Despite the humidity, it really was fun).
Tuesday night will be Yarn Mordanting and Boil The Plants Again for a Couple of Hours night. And then the pots get to sit again for a while until I have time to strain them and then boil mordanted yarn in them. So stay tuned for more exciting action photos of watching pots of plant parts boil (YAY!!) and yarn turn colors that may or may not be expected.
2 comments:
What are you using for mordants, oh Witchy One?
ha -- I used copper and you can believe that there were almost tears trying to calculate the weight of mordant based on the weight of fiber. I may need to invest in beakers and glass stirring rods soon...(All this dyeing from botanicals is such a bizarre mix of folk knowledge and science)
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