Natural Yarn Dyes

The hunt for sustainable colours



BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Myths about dyeing with plants

Picking and collecting

Environment and safety

About the yarn

Washing fastness

Lightfastness

Equipment

Parameters affecting colour

The dyeing process

Things to bear in mind for successful dyeing

Preparations

Mordanting

Natural mordants



DYE RECIPES

Natural dyes

Mordant dyeing

Vat dyeing



DYEING WITH PLANTS

Madder

Beetroot

Plum

Yellow onion

Birch

Red onion

Tansy

Golden marguerite

Goldenrod

Rhubarb

Heather

Dyer's weed (weld)

Eucalyptus

Common reed

Brazilwood

Logwood

Red cabbage

Walnut

Indigo



DYEING WITH FUNGI

Surprise webcap mushroom

Velvet roll rim mushroom

Scaly tooth fungus

Sulphur tuft



DYEING WITH LICHENS

Rock tripe

Crottle

Next steps

Using the same dyebath more than once and overdyeing

Afterbaths

Care



Glossary

References

Further reading

List of illustrations

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