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Natural Dyeing

What you need for this class

Material list, text
Materials list, printable PDF
Safety Precautions, text
Suppliers, text

Yarn Preparation

What you need for making skeins, text
Making skeins for dyeing, video (30:25)

Scouring

What you need for scouring, text
How to scour the wool skeins, video (5:22)

Mordanting

What you need for mordanting, text
Alum calculations, text
Mordanting the wool skeins, video (12:21)
Storing mordanted yarn, text
Other mordants, text

Dyeing with natural dyes

About natural dyes, text
What you need for dyeing, text
Mixing dye extracts, video (1:26)
Gardenia, video (7:39)
Fustic, video (5:32)
Logwood, video (6:29)
Aztec Marigold, video (3:26)
Lac, video (6:55)
Cochineal, video (4:52)
Onion peel powder, video (11:04)
Annatto, video (2:51)
Eucalyptus leaves, video (7:57)

Dyeing with Indigo

Indigo Dyeing Master Sheet, printable PDF
Making an indigo vat, part 1 (18:47)
Making an indigo vat, part 2 (6:54)
Dyeing wool with indigo, video (14:27)
Additional Indigo Notes, text

Overdyeing

Overdyeing, video (9:42)

Post dye yarn care

Wash, rinse and dry the skeins, video (5:02)

Yarn Gallery

How the colours turned out, video (1:25)
Indigo Yarns, photo gallery
Overdyed Yarns, photo gallery

Further Learning

Additional learning resources, text
Natural dye sourcing ideas, text

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