In this video, I go over the steps I use to dye things green with natural plant dyes.
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Notes:
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General Dye Equipment:
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**NEVER MIX DYE EQUIPMENT WITH COOKING EQUIPMENT**
Many of the plants and chemicals used in dyeing are TOXIC. If you use a utensil, pot, or other equipment for dyeing, DO NOT USE THAT ITEM TO MAKE FOOD.
- Dedicated pot for dyeing
- Source of heat. I use an induction burner.
- Digital scale
- Spoon
- Tongs
- Strainer
- Measuring cup or some other vessel to measure and dissolve dye/chemicals
Dyeing Yellow:
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- Soak materials in room temperature water before dyeing.
- Heat water over med/low heat 175 F/79.4 C. Dissolve in 8% dry materials' weight of Alum for mordanting.
- Add materials to mordant bath and cook for about an hour.
- Remove yarn from mordant bath.
- Cook dried marigolds in clear water for about an hour at med/low heat (175 F/79.4 C).
- Strain out marigolds, leaving dye water in the pot.
- Add materials to dye and cook for about an hour at med/low heat (175 F/79.4 C)
- Let materials cool. I usually let things sit overnight.
Dyeing Blue:
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I use the following recipe from Dharma Trading Co for indigo dye using pre-reduced indigo crystals:
https://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/pre-reduced-indigo-crystals.html
Soda ash and Thiourea Dioxide used in this recipe were also purchased from Dharma Trading Co.
Additional equipment I recommend for indigo dyeing specifically:
- a plastic 5 gallon bucket
- a big stick for stirring
- a space outside for dyeing
- a thermometer to measure the temperature of the water
Yarn/Materials Dyed:
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5 100g bare Targhee wool skeins from Green Mountain Spinnery
5 100g previously dyed blue Targehee wool skeins from Green Mountain Spinnery
https://www.spinnery.com/
Approximately 4 yards of a thin yellow cotton fabric I bought on ebay
Approximately 25 g of white cotton yarn
One 100 g BFL skein of yarn to use up the last of the yellow dye
One scrap of cotton fabric to use up the last of some pink dye from a previous dye project
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Attributions:
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Title Card:
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Photo by Anton Atanasov
https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photo-of-forest-1655901/
Logo designed and drawn by A.R. Gergler
Video:
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Farming a Field of Yellow Flowers by Kresimir Divic
https://www.pexels.com/video/farming-a-field-of-yellow-flowers-4284994/
Video by Katy Landers: https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-view-of-marigold-flowers-5568706/
Video by Teona Swift: https://www.pexels.com/video/thick-foamy-surface-6842623/
Images:
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Shisha-Tom, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indigo-Historische_Farbstoffsammlung.jpg
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indigofera_tinctoria1.jpg
Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isatis_tinctoria_(s._str.)_sl5.jpg
Frédéric Neupont au Muséum du Pastel de Toulouse-Labège, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pastel_pigment_cocagnes_et_feuilles_-_Mus%C3%A9um_du_pastel.jpg
Background Music:
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Music: Celtic Ambiance by Alexander Nakarada
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9030-celtic-ambiance
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/
End Screen:
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Photo by Anton Atanasov
https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photo-of-forest-1655901/