Natural Dye: Dyeing Green

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/pr...

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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