How to dye yarn with Dandelions.
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- Join me as I show you how to dye yarn with Dandelions. I will also talk about other ways to use the root, leaves, stem and flower.
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weight of the flowers = the weight of the dried fibre
simmer the flowerheads for at least 1 hour
strain flowerheads from dye bath
add wet pre-mordant yarn
let sit for at least 30 mins
remove and rinse
Brilliant, thanks from Mary in Sligo Ireland
As always, a pleasure to watch and listen.
This was such an interesting video with a huge amount of information - than you so much. Loved the resulting colours, and now looking forward to the autumn video using the roots :-)
Great video, thank you for taking time to explain everything!
I found your video really informative and It was presented in such a relaxed manner. I enjoyed watching the whole process and youve inspired me to try dandelions next (Ive only done red cabbage so far which turned out some beautiful colours) Im off to subscribe and check out your other videos. Thanks Chris
Hey! I was sent over to your channel by a lovely person on my Instagram.
I’m dipping my toe into natural dyes using album on my cotton macrame cord, but with varying levels of success.
I think I’ve already identified where I have gone wrong - but wondered if you had advice for dying cotton cord specifically?
Thank you - I’m off to binge watch your videos while I sand this unit now.
Take care, Jaz
AS, congratulations on stepping into the world of Natural yarn dyeing. The macrame cord might have a coating on it which may prevent the colour from binding. The mordant may also be a factor. Are you using alum?
Hi❤️ love your video, im from Chile! Can you tell me how much liters have your pot??
Macari stuffs, welcome to the channel. The bot I was using is 32 Liters. 🤗 Thank you for watching.
Do you do anything to set your dyes before you wash them out?
O. I usually don't do anything other than pre-mordant the skeins or add mordant to the dye-bath. I will let the skeins dry after dyeing, and before my final wash.
I have to ask...
Animals tend to pee on yards. Should i rinse the dandelions before using to dye?
You definitely can, although urine was used in ancient dyeing practices. 😉
Can you dry the heads to use later?
Judith, you can definitely dry the heads and use them for later.
Can you dehydrate dandelion tops and keep them for future dyeing? We just bought a small log home in Alaska and I’m identifying flora now trying to keep my husband from mowing things. 🫣Loving your content❣️Thank you!!
How did you get that gorgeous yellow that's behind you on the wall?
I thought they were not native to North America...
Thank you for making my natural dyeing experience so much easier!
I am 'blessed' with a lot of dandelions in my garden, so are the bees ;-) . And I have used them in a dyebath, it is indeed a greenish yellow, very pretty. You can never have enough yellows to play with. Enjoy the springtime.
Someone tried to tell me you're supposed to harvest the roots for roasting in the Spring... now I'm confused and upset because it's not really Fall anymore. :-(
Stitch lightly, if you harvest the roots in the spring, they are usually bitter. I have harvested at both times of the year and found that I prefer roots that are harvested in the fall.
@@cabinboyknits1816 I see. Thank you for the info! :-)
Another great video 😁 And I too thought "beer!" when you pulled out some of the dye bath to show. Looking forward to seeing your mint chocolate socks 🌿🍫 🧦 😁
Fabulous tutorial, you’re a born teacher and I love that, CabinBoy!! very informative and repeating some information is excellent when teaching because the re-iteration a ts as revision to the viewer. thanks heaps from Australia.
Great video. It made me very nostalgic. My childhood horse used to love dandelions. He would go around a field and just nip off the flower heads.
Wonderful, i have always loved Yellow...makes me feel happy !
This is very interesting Chris...love the colour! That green at the end is amazing (the one mixed with indigo). Your passion for this really comes through...so great to see! Looking forward to more.
loved this tutorial, so good to see you back, looking forward to more videos
Ooh, your enthusiasm makes me want to try dandelion “coffee”
How many acres do you own at the cabin? Beautiful woodlands
It's so good! I keep a cookie jar of roasted root for snacking on too. My ancient chug-wenie loves it too 😃
17 acres
I just learned about you and have watched a lot of your dyeing videos. Your presentation is very enjoyable! I am learning a lot as I have just been dyeing wool yarn and fabric for rug hooking with acid dyes. I have a garden with a lot of the plants that you are using so I look forward to dyeing with them next spring/summer.
What color do the dandelion roots give? I was hoping that you would talk about that too :) Thanks so much!
Pamela, thank you for your question. Dandelion root can produce a range of colours depending on your mordant. Alum will give you a purplish red, and iron will give you a deeper purple.
Enjoy you’re dye videos. You have inspired me. Have you used black walnut?
I have used black walnut and enjoy dyeing with it.
So much fun! Would you mind revealing what those beautiful yellow and green skeins in the background were dyed with? For the blues I assume indigo was involved 😉Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your dyeing adventures!
you are correct, the blue yarn is dyed with Indigo, the yellow is marigold and the green yarn in the middle is marigold/indigo
Cabinboyknits thank you! The colours are absolutely beautiful!