Natural purple dye

Many of the plants we grow like lavender, nettles, goldenrod, and elderberries can be used as natural dyes for fabrics like cotton, wool, and linen. Use this starter guide to begin creating…

Learn how to natural dye with one of the most generous natural dyes out there -- Cochineal. Rich, moody, vibrant red to magenta to purple, Cochineal is a shifting color that has so much to offer a dyer. Learn about this insect dye on the blog...

I always have so much fun with purple (red) onion skin dye! There’s something so magical about putting fabric into a red liquid and…

I'm supposed to be dyeing with B tomorrow. Knowing that she's going to want to try colors other than the Red, Blue and Yellow I've got, I decided to mix up my dye stocks today and experiment with what percentages will give nice purples. I'm using Greener Shades dyes. I've got a little sample pack that comes with Sunshine Yellow, Ruby Red and River Blue. On the Ravelry Greener Shades forum, there are some excellent examples of Reds and Greens, so I didn't have to reinvent the wheel there. And…

Rebecca Desnos 🌿 Natural Dyeing | 🗣️ Comment the word “GUIDE” and I’ll send you a link to download my free guide on foraged dyes 🍂🌿💌 Rosemary is such a beautiful herbal... | Instagram

thedogwooddyer on Instagram: ✨Indirubin Purple 💜 Dye from Indigo leaves 🌿 Keep your leftover fresh indigo leaves to make colors of purple and rose from another dye…

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Every summer I pick blackberries from the blackberry bush that owns a corner of my backyard. We’ll eat some immediately and then I’ll freeze the rest with the intention of using them fo…

Learn what natural mordants for dyeing are, including step-by-step instructions, and tips for achieving desired results in natural dyeing.

We are so fortunate that Mother Nature creates such amazing things for us to use. Today I want to chat about the ability to dye fabric naturally with seeds from sunflowers. Not all sunflower seeds carry the proper pigment so you'll want to look for ones that have a pink/purple hue to them. This color will only be on the outside of the seed itself .You can see here the seeds aren't your typical gray and white stripped. You are going to want seeds that have a deeper color since this is where…

natural dyed linen

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Natural dyes offer a creative and eco-friendly way to color fabrics using plants and other natural materials. Learn the basics and get started with this beginner’s guide to sustainable dyeing.

I did some natural dyeing on cotton with cochineal. For those of you who don’t know cochineal is a dried insect from South America . It’s been used for getting purple colour around the …

I was asked to dye some alpaca a dark purple. My usual recipe is indigo, mordant, cochineal but there always seems to be some discharge with the cochineal; even when the skein is neutralized …

Naturally dyed linen 🌿🍅🌼 Colours from nature always look beautiful together ✨ I’ve had such a lovely time dyeing these linen table… | Instagram

An inconspicuous little lichen can make the most vivid shade of purple; corriedale wool roving naturally dyed with lichen; a natural paint, lake pigment, made from the same lichens, Punctelias.

madder on Instagram: “Morning purple splatters brought to you by logwood! This purple dye is notoriously sensitive, check out how it was brown in the glasses but…”