Thank you! This brings back memories. In 1975-76 the American bicentennial, I was in 5th grade. My teacher, Mrs. Hunrath was big into these sort of skills. She taught our class how to card and spin wool and also how to dye it. We used Marigold heads to make a yellow dye. She also taught us how to crochet and water color paint. She was a very talented person and I credit her for starting my love of history.
As a spinner and weaver I love seeing this kind of content. Although I have done some dying it is great to see a master dyer at work. You are always learning. Thanks for sharing.❤
Denis just gave the best and easiest explanation for color fastness I've ever heard and I'm a dyer/spinner/weaver of a few decades now. Fantastic video, I love seeing the old pots (oh what I wouldn't give to have one or three..LOL).
This is a really great video. And one of the best parts is Denis’ attention to detail and calm manner of doing the work. In the era of “hurry up” we live in I found his slow, methodical mannerisms to be quite refreshing.
I agree with Peter on Denis' finger dexterity, my aching arthritic thumbs are jealous! It's cool that Peter is proudly wearing Denis' wares. It's interesting to learn of the complexity of the dyes and the desired colors of the time.
Dying is a long process. Did it with Rit dye but not natural ingredients. Denis is a talented man. Thanks for another interesting historic video, Peter. You're illustrating a lot of the 18th-century vocations. If there was an award for best TH-cam channel, it be given to you and Cathy Hands down! Thanks again. Look forward to next week.
Loved watching Denis work his magic. I didn't realize you had walnut trees on the property Peter. Upon reaching the end of the episode I was left wondering if the dyed wool needed to be washed/rinsed after it dried in order to rinse out any extra dye residue. Best Regards to you, Cathy, and Denis!
Absolutely fantastic video and history channel. Having a master dyer/weaver like Denny is such a great thing! We have hundreds of black walnut on our property and my wife already makes furniture stain from the hulls but I can see what she’ll be doing now because she knits. Thank you.
ABSOLUTELY F A S C I N A T I N G !!! How WELL DONE this tutorial! Suuuuure makes one appreciate the 'Work' involved in dyeing...Dear Lord = back-breaking stuff! Denis is indeed; 'A man of MANY colors!' He is a very fastidious man and his talents in both dyeing and braiding are evident! GORGEOUS Work! Beautiful life continuing in Fort Kelly...how 'very' faaaaaar removed you are from the world's noise = Blessed! Empress Catherine has captured nature and Denis's dye process wonderfully! I recall a farmer neighbor in the midst of the city, who had a HUGE walnut tree across from us...there were soOOOooo many nuts in that tree...you had to search for branches (bit of a stretch...but not much). Our power lines from the second floor revealed a 'highway of squirrel traffic' that at times was simply amazing. The squirrels buried so many nuts on our property...you could hardly dig for hitting yet another walnut. You surprised me Peter...you never asked Denis, how to come up with the hue of; 'Tickled Pink'! LOL! Thanks so very much dear ones...health an' blessings! "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." (Henry David Thoreau).
I think Denis would agree with you about the hard work involved in dyeing! Thoreau writing sent me down the very path that I journey today. A motivator for me was “ Most men live lives of quiet desperation… I chose not to. As always Marie, I thank you.
1. Ochre, sienna and umber are artist pigments made from soil. 2. at 18:52 "Dye doesn't get into plant fibers" -- This is why you should presoak with a mordant like tannin or alum. The mordant *does* get into the fiber, so that when you dye it later, it bonds with the dye, making it color-fast.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! Denis is an artist! I've only done dyeing using onion skins (both yellow and red) and the colors I attained were nothing like these!!
Man, people can be so amazing and creative. I never really gave dyes and similar products from that era much thought before. I keep thinking everyone only made guns, lol. Extremely interesting and very impressive. Thanks for the video.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Beautiful colors and a very knowledgeable guest as always. Very talented! Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Y’all mentioned dying fabric with earth. In Oklahoma are red Clay has a high iron oxide content and you can use it to dye fabric. I fact, people that grew up in Oklahoma have very fond memories of swimming and ponds and creeks when they were kids and coming home with her clothes, stained orangeish brown.
I have heard of using clay for dyeing fabric and it seems a very practical approach to using available local materials. Ah the good old days when kids swam in ponds and creeks.
Fascinating stuff. Denis does amazing work. Always great to see the old ways of how things were done. You should build a “barracks” in the fort for when you have groups/guests. Thanks for sharing as always.
Fascinating video. It looks like Denis is not using a mordant when dying. One thing I do when making walnut dye is to add rubbing alcohol to the final product. It helps prevent mold when storing the dye long term. I was not aware of the kettle material being important. It makes a lot of sense though.
Thanks for your comment. Nuts and Sumac are acidic so they do not need mordant. Gloden rod would need some alum mordant treated wool to get the dye in.
Thise is fascinating, there's me with my nasty dylon chemicals dying clothing. Can you imagine how wonderful it would be to be doing this back in the day?
I watched my great grandmother make dye from Georgia red clay. She dyed cotton not wool so I have no idea how it would work on wool, but it was a nice muted reddish/rusty color. I remember I was stunned dirt made a "red" shirt!
I tried using walnuts & coffee to dye a pair of hand stitched Civil War pants I did back in the late 80's, to get the Confederate butternut. I used vinegar as a mordant but the stain kept washing out every time I washed the pants. I sewed the pants out of cotton trash my friend & I got from a mill in Pennsylvania, the only place that did that kinda weave. I first had to do a button hole stitch around each edge after cutting out the piece or it would unravel just handling it. Of course I tried to do 12 stitches per inch and sewed all the interior flaps down. Still have those pants hanging in my closet. Doubt I'd ever sell them as I've got a lot of time tied up in that pair of pants. I also still have the matching cotton trash shell jacket I purchased which was my impetus for making the pants. Everything got tea dyed again just before I quit re-enacting. I sold my 3-band musket and got a flintlock as well as all my home made accoutrements (ammo box, cap pouch and haversack). I do mountain man now. Cheers from eastern TN
Fascinating. You mentioned that the same clothing could have been worn for some time. Did the colour of the dyes transfer to the wearer's skin? That would take some time to wear off the skin, even with thorough washes
Great video. However, I noticed early in the video, a large cast iron kettle inverted on the ground under a tripod. Unfortunately, this is one of the most common way kettles are destroyed when left in this position over winter. The weight of the kettle over time will allow the rim to settle into the ground enough that the coming frost will crack it. The common way that this can be prevented is by elevating the inverted kettle off the ground with stones or pieces of wood.
The pot you see in the backdrop is already destroyed. It’s not cracked, but left on the ground for years is so thin it leeks like a calendar . You advice is sound indeed. Finding good usable ones is getting quite hard … too many used as flower pots.
I'm glad you are interested in natural dyes! The book "The Dyer's Companion: A Complete Guide to Natural Dyes" is an excellent resource for learning about the history and practice of natural dyeing.
Awesome info! I have about 4 black walnut trees, lots of nuts but once I tried getting the nuts out and found lots of worms inside? They were on the groung and black when I collected them. should I pick off the tree instead? Also, what did the natives use in the NE for red? Or was it a new color for them through trade? Thanks
The best time, especially if you plan on drying them for food is just when they start to fall and are green. Mostly we harvest from the tree, but pick up the green ones from the ground.
Thank you very much for this most interesting video. Our friends the plants, they give us many things. There is a story i once heard. Man was being wasteful and killing too many animals. They decided to take revenge and declare war on man. But they didnt know howand when Bear tried to shoot the bow his claws cut the string. So it was decided in a big meeting that the animals would give man disease. But the plants, on hearing the loud animals discussing the issue and the resulting decision, they the plants, who were friends to man, got together in a grand meeting of their own. They decided that for every disease the animals came up with that there would be a plant who would either cure or alleviate the suffering that came to man from the animals. It has been so ever since. As an aside i well remember the walnut stain i got on my hands from picking up black walnuts to sell at the local coop each fall for spending money. It took a pickup bed mounded over for me to buy my first single shot 22.
Different plant materials like blood root and golden rod will give very bright colours. Often is is using one plant for a certain colour and then dying in a second colour to get the desired colour. So yellow and blue mixed gives a green … golden rod and indigo .
What did the British use for their tunics in the 18 and 19th centuries? Was it the Madder Root or the Cochineal bug from one of their colonies? And did the source change from 18th to the 19th century?
The tunics provided to the soldiers were dyed with Madder Root. The officers provided their own uniform and preferred the brighter scarlet obtained from the Cochineal female insect.
Cool and interesting. But most peoples now a days are busy with other things...and does not spend time on old school methods that is time consuming. But with this method...it seems the only thing you need is to be able to lit a fire. The water and dye...is at hand for everyone. You need. a bowl though or pan...iron og copper or what about other metals pan ? Thx for sharing.
"dirt being a actual dye". You should have grown up in the southern US were we went barefooted all summer long. It took until Christmas time for the red stain from the clay to wear off our feet!
I'd like to learn these skills. I started taking sheep vet classes. After, assisting in the birth of over three hundred lambs in four days, I was so tired, I slept for a day and a half. I'd still like to do it. I was thirty then. 1989
You would get that same colour as the material went in. Certain plants, soils and nut have the characteristics required to change colour. Some are do with their acidity .
Very interesting. It's sad how much of the old processes we have lost. That said I think we have lost much of the ones from the late 19th century into the first half of the 20th century. One I readily think of if the wool material used for the early Mackinaw coats. Patrick Duluth made them first from wool material made by natve women in Canada before buying a Scandinavian woolen factory in Minnesota. Patrick was known for making blankets as close to indentical to Hudson Bay blankets and sold them in western Canada an northwest United States. Those blankets and coats are much different than the thinner wool of today and I am not sure if they were somewhat felted as well. I believe that is what the women did but it's only a theory and little is known today except basic history. Saddly that and much more were lost.
That’s a fascinating point about the loss of those old manufacturing processes. There is a fellow in the States named Robert Stone that still hand loom weaves blankets. I’m the proud owner of one of his early French trade blankets.
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Thank you! This brings back memories. In 1975-76 the American bicentennial, I was in 5th grade. My teacher, Mrs. Hunrath was big into these sort of skills. She taught our class how to card and spin wool and also how to dye it. We used Marigold heads to make a yellow dye. She also taught us how to crochet and water color paint. She was a very talented person and I credit her for starting my love of history.
Mrs. Hunrath sounds like a wonderful teacher!
Nowadays teachers teach kids how to dye rainbows in their hair and how to misuse pronouns
As a spinner and weaver I love seeing this kind of content. Although I have done some dying it is great to see a master dyer at work. You are always learning. Thanks for sharing.❤
Thanks! I am always learning, and it is rewarding to share what I learn with others.
Denis just gave the best and easiest explanation for color fastness I've ever heard and I'm a dyer/spinner/weaver of a few decades now. Fantastic video, I love seeing the old pots (oh what I wouldn't give to have one or three..LOL).
Glad you found it helpful and thanks for the kind words on the pots!
Thanks for your comment! I guess repeating it many times in reenactings for the public helped me brang it to the most simple way to explain!
This is a really great video. And one of the best parts is Denis’ attention to detail and calm manner of doing the work.
In the era of “hurry up” we live in I found his slow, methodical mannerisms to be quite refreshing.
Couldn't agree more and a good friend to boot!
I agree with Peter on Denis' finger dexterity, my aching arthritic thumbs are jealous!
It's cool that Peter is proudly wearing Denis' wares.
It's interesting to learn of the complexity of the dyes and the desired colors of the time.
Dying is a long process. Did it with Rit dye but not natural ingredients. Denis is a talented man. Thanks for another interesting historic video, Peter. You're illustrating a lot of the 18th-century vocations. If there was an award for best TH-cam channel, it be given to you and Cathy
Hands down! Thanks again. Look forward to next week.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m always looking for more ways to illustrate the past.
A terrific educational video. Denis clearly is a master of dyes and the wools, linen, cotton etc. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Thanks! I enjoy learning these old techniques and sharing them with others.
Loved watching Denis work his magic. I didn't realize you had walnut trees on the property Peter.
Upon reaching the end of the episode I was left wondering if the dyed wool needed to be washed/rinsed after it dried in order to rinse out any extra dye residue.
Best Regards to you, Cathy, and Denis!
We do have walnut trees here, and the dyed wool doesn't need rinsing. I was amazed at how consistent the colour was.
Absolutely fantastic video and history channel. Having a master dyer/weaver like Denny is such a great thing!
We have hundreds of black walnut on our property and my wife already makes furniture stain from the hulls but I can see what she’ll be doing now because she knits. Thank you.
It is amazing the colour you can get from such simple plants and tools.
Thanks for the workshop on the dyeing process. Tell Denis Dennis said hello!
I thank you and I’ll pass that on.
Great video! It is amazing to think of the labour involved in making anything at that time! And how beautiful and functional everything was!
Yes, the amount of labor was incredible!
ABSOLUTELY F A S C I N A T I N G !!! How WELL DONE this tutorial! Suuuuure makes one appreciate the 'Work' involved in dyeing...Dear Lord = back-breaking stuff! Denis is indeed; 'A man of MANY colors!' He is a very fastidious man and his talents in both dyeing and braiding are evident! GORGEOUS Work! Beautiful life continuing in Fort Kelly...how 'very' faaaaaar removed you are from the world's noise = Blessed! Empress Catherine has captured nature and Denis's dye process wonderfully! I recall a farmer neighbor in the midst of the city, who had a HUGE walnut tree across from us...there were soOOOooo many nuts in that tree...you had to search for branches (bit of a stretch...but not much). Our power lines from the second floor revealed a 'highway of squirrel traffic' that at times was simply amazing. The squirrels buried so many nuts on our property...you could hardly dig for hitting yet another walnut. You surprised me Peter...you never asked Denis, how to come up with the hue of; 'Tickled Pink'! LOL! Thanks so very much dear ones...health an' blessings! "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." (Henry David Thoreau).
I think Denis would agree with you about the hard work involved in dyeing! Thoreau writing sent me down the very path that I journey today. A motivator for me was “ Most men live lives of quiet desperation… I chose not to. As always Marie, I thank you.
Very very interesting and fascinating content. Glad you guys keep the old knowledge alive so it never gets lost to time.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Another great video, Peter and Kathy, never realized that there was so much work to make dye. Interesting video. Keep your powder dry
It's a lot of work, but worth it for the beautiful colors! Watch yer top knot!
Just amazing works of art! Beautiful craftsmanship with the dying, such an incredible talent.
Thank you! It's a great way to connect with the past.
Such beautiful colors created. Appreciate how much work it takes to make be yarn with such bright colors.
The process is quite time consuming but the results are worth it.
1. Ochre, sienna and umber are artist pigments made from soil.
2. at 18:52 "Dye doesn't get into plant fibers" -- This is why you should presoak with a mordant like tannin or alum. The mordant *does* get into the fiber, so that when you dye it later, it bonds with the dye, making it color-fast.
I’ve used mordants before in some dying. I’ve found walnut to be quite colour fast. I appreciate your sound feedback.
Has always this is hugely intersecting…thank you!
Glad you liked it! I love learning about these things.
I thought this was a fantastic video and very informative. You guys know your stuff.
Thank you for watching, glad you found it informative!
I think I’m going to go harvest some Sumac today and try this. I like making Wild Berry juice from them too.
I hope it turns out well for you!
Beautiful works of art. Thank for sharing Kelly family. JJ
Thank you for watching, JJ!
Vandyke brown is made from walnut husks. I used to use it to stain oak furniture in the 1970s.
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
COOL ! I remember
Bob Ross used that color pigment. I wonder if it's named after the Dutch painter.
I love natural dyes! I’ve been waiting for you to make a video on this lol.
I hope this video is as good as you’ve been waiting for!
@@TheWoodlandEscape it was!
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You flatter me, sir.
We still use wild sumac here in southern Appalachia where I live. We harvest it for a seasoning.
Yes, sumac is a very versatile plant.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! Denis is an artist!
I've only done dyeing using onion skins (both yellow and red) and the colors I attained were nothing like these!!
They really are beautiful colors!
Great video, i found it very interesting. I've always been fascinated by the types of natural dyes that one can use!
Thanks, the possibilities are truly endless!
Man, people can be so amazing and creative. I never really gave dyes and similar products from that era much thought before. I keep thinking everyone only made guns, lol. Extremely interesting and very impressive. Thanks for the video.
Right, guns were important but so was the ability to create beautiful and useful colors from the natural world.
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Absolutely!!
Wonderful and super educational presentation!
Thanks, it's a great way to connect with the past!
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Beautiful colors and a very knowledgeable guest as always. Very talented! Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Thank you, I appreciate that! Watch yer top knot!
Very educational! The only dye that I’ve used is from black walnut hulls. I’m gonna have to try the sumac next. Man, that guy knows his stuff!
That he does and very willing to share that knowledge!
Very educational! Thanks for sharing!
Y’all mentioned dying fabric with earth. In Oklahoma are red Clay has a high iron oxide content and you can use it to dye fabric. I fact, people that grew up in Oklahoma have very fond memories of swimming and ponds and creeks when they were kids and coming home with her clothes, stained orangeish brown.
I have heard of using clay for dyeing fabric and it seems a very practical approach to using available local materials. Ah the good old days when kids swam in ponds and creeks.
Yes, excellent video a ton of effort goes into the process but well worth it in the end !
It is a rewarding process to say the least!
Excellent video. I've made a drink from sumac. Very similar to lemonade
You’re in good company; sumac was commonly used as a beverage in the past.
That was absolutely fascinating‼️🙏
Always an amazing process to watch, thank you for sharing.
It is a very rewarding and relaxing process!
Interesting video as always
Thanks! I enjoy sharing this type of traditional knowledge.
Wow... fantastic! Another very informative and entertaining episode.
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Fun process. Haven't had to do it for a while now. Thanks for sharing
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is so interesting, make me wanna try it myself. Thank you so much.
I hope you do, it's a rewarding experience!
Fascinating stuff. Denis does amazing work. Always great to see the old ways of how things were done.
You should build a “barracks” in the fort for when you have groups/guests. Thanks for sharing as always.
Denis certainly does know his way around a dye pot! As to more building, I’m running out of space. The blockhouse will sleep 10 when completed.
Wow, fantastic, Thank you all very much for a interesting dying tutorial
Thanks, it’s a great way to connect with the past!
good one
I appreciate you watching!
That was very interesting
Such a beautiful red! Didn't know there was an alternative to the cactus bug at the time for such a bright red.😊
It's a great example of the ingenuity of traditional dye makers!
Fascinating video. It looks like Denis is not using a mordant when dying. One thing I do when making walnut dye is to add rubbing alcohol to the final product. It helps prevent mold when storing the dye long term. I was not aware of the kettle material being important. It makes a lot of sense though.
Yes, Denis has a great feel for the different dye methods!
Thanks for your comment. Nuts and Sumac are acidic so they do not need mordant. Gloden rod would need some alum mordant treated wool to get the dye in.
Thise is fascinating, there's me with my nasty dylon chemicals dying clothing. Can you imagine how wonderful it would be to be doing this back in the day?
It’s even wonderful in our modern times, lol!
Good to see Denny again, I would love to have one of his sashes, very educational, lots of fun.
Your Hat is it made of leather?
My hat is made from wool. Dennis would likely make you one to order.
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@@rogerclyde2720 will do
I watched my great grandmother make dye from Georgia red clay. She dyed cotton not wool so I have no idea how it would work on wool, but it was a nice muted reddish/rusty color. I remember I was stunned dirt made a "red" shirt!
That is fascinating, I wonder if the red clay would make a different color on wool.
@@TheWoodlandEscape After I posted that I tried my level best to remember just HOW she did it so I could try, but I was to young.
Dyes? GOOD. During the introduction I thought you were going to drink it ! Well, the pond water would’ve been boiled, so I guess you could drink it😀
Might make for an interesting beverage, lol.
You can make lemonade from sumac, early harvest.
@@deniscaron1306 I’ve heard that, but I’ve never tried it, maybe next year.
👍great video
Thanks for watching!
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I got a t-shirt in Hawaii that was dyed with the reddish brown dirt there. It reminded me of good tobacco dirt.
I tried using walnuts & coffee to dye a pair of hand stitched Civil War pants I did back in the late 80's, to get the Confederate butternut. I used vinegar as a mordant but the stain kept washing out every time I washed the pants. I sewed the pants out of cotton trash my friend & I got from a mill in Pennsylvania, the only place that did that kinda weave. I first had to do a button hole stitch around each edge after cutting out the piece or it would unravel just handling it. Of course I tried to do 12 stitches per inch and sewed all the interior flaps down. Still have those pants hanging in my closet. Doubt I'd ever sell them as I've got a lot of time tied up in that pair of pants. I also still have the matching cotton trash shell jacket I purchased which was my impetus for making the pants. Everything got tea dyed again just before I quit re-enacting. I sold my 3-band musket and got a flintlock as well as all my home made accoutrements (ammo box, cap pouch and haversack). I do mountain man now. Cheers from eastern TN
That sounds like a lot of work, and certainly a good pair of pants to hold onto. Walnut dye I have found does not need a mordant due its acidity.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else
Thanks, Earl.
@@TheWoodlandEscape you are welcome my friend and yes I shared your video
Fascinating. You mentioned that the same clothing could have been worn for some time. Did the colour of the dyes transfer to the wearer's skin? That would take some time to wear off the skin, even with thorough washes
I’ve a number of natural dyed garments and have not found leaching to my skin an issue.
There is a Flax/Linen festival near Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
Interesting, that would be a neat event.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Stalstown Flax Scutching Festival September 20-21,2025. I was off on the location.
Fascinating
Thanks Peter
How does one tell sumac from poison sumac?
Frank
They look entirely different including the fruiting bodies.
LOVE color. Thanks. I thought I heard natives liked red. True?
Many indigenous groups used red dyes in their clothing and other materials.
And amarath is eatible yum
For purple naroon try amarath
Interesting…ty
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. However, I noticed early in the video, a large cast iron kettle inverted on the ground under a tripod. Unfortunately, this is one of the most common way kettles are destroyed when left in this position over winter. The weight of the kettle over time will allow the rim to settle into the ground enough that the coming frost will crack it. The common way that this can be prevented is by elevating the inverted kettle off the ground with stones or pieces of wood.
The pot you see in the backdrop is already destroyed. It’s not cracked, but left on the ground for years is so thin it leeks like a calendar . You advice is sound indeed. Finding good usable ones is getting quite hard … too many used as flower pots.
Totally love this and would like to know we're to pick up book or books to learn?
I'm glad you are interested in natural dyes! The book "The Dyer's Companion: A Complete Guide to Natural Dyes" is an excellent resource for learning about the history and practice of natural dyeing.
Sumac used to grow every where not so much anymore.. South eastern Michigan
We still have an abundance of it growing in Eastern Ontario.
not here 🤨as a kid it grew every where
Fantastic job and very interesting! Was wool only worn in cold seasons or year around? (would seem to be too hot of a material in the summer)
Good question. It was worn year round, particularly in the military. Wool garments lasted much longer than other materials.
Awesome info! I have about 4 black walnut trees, lots of nuts but once I tried getting the nuts out and found lots of worms inside? They were on the groung and black when I collected them. should I pick off the tree instead? Also, what did the natives use in the NE for red? Or was it a new color for them through trade? Thanks
The best time, especially if you plan on drying them for food is just when they start to fall and are green. Mostly we harvest from the tree, but pick up the green ones from the ground.
Thank you very much for this most interesting video. Our friends the plants, they give us many things. There is a story i once heard. Man was being wasteful and killing too many animals. They decided to take revenge and declare war on man. But they didnt know howand when Bear tried to shoot the bow his claws cut the string. So it was decided in a big meeting that the animals would give man disease. But the plants, on hearing the loud animals discussing the issue and the resulting decision, they the plants, who were friends to man, got together in a grand meeting of their own. They decided that for every disease the animals came up with that there would be a plant who would either cure or alleviate the suffering that came to man from the animals. It has been so ever since. As an aside i well remember the walnut stain i got on my hands from picking up black walnuts to sell at the local coop each fall for spending money. It took a pickup bed mounded over for me to buy my first single shot 22.
It is amazing the symbiotic relationship we have with plants. That first 22, I’m sure the effort was worth it!
Aww, I was hoping they'd go into detail about how to set the colors with urine.
Not required if the product is acidic, such as sumac.
@@TheWoodlandEscape good to know. Thanks.
How in the world were those pots made way back then?!
The cast iron ones were done using sand castings and the copper formed and soldered.
So how do you get those bright colors those look very brownish
Different plant materials like blood root and golden rod will give very bright colours. Often is is using one plant for a certain colour and then dying in a second colour to get the desired colour. So yellow and blue mixed gives a green … golden rod and indigo .
What did the British use for their tunics in the 18 and 19th centuries? Was it the Madder Root or the Cochineal bug from one of their colonies? And did the source change from 18th to the 19th century?
The tunics provided to the soldiers were dyed with Madder Root. The officers provided their own uniform and preferred the brighter scarlet obtained from the Cochineal female insect.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you Sir :)
Cool and interesting. But most peoples now a days are busy with other things...and does not spend time on old school methods that is time consuming. But with this method...it seems the only thing you need is to be able to lit a fire. The water and dye...is at hand for everyone. You need. a bowl though or pan...iron og copper or what about other metals pan ? Thx for sharing.
Keeping these old skills alive is vital in my humble opinion.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Knowledge is power ! :-)
I can get lots of walnuts to make the dye bath, but how do you "set" the stain without it coming off onto your skin???
I’ve not found it a problem with linen. I do wash the new linen in salt water which helps set the colour.
@@TheWoodlandEscape same with wool!
"dirt being a actual dye". You should have grown up in the southern US were we went barefooted all summer long. It took until Christmas time for the red stain from the clay to wear off our feet!
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I'd like to learn these skills. I started taking sheep vet classes. After, assisting in the birth of over three hundred lambs in four days, I was so tired, I slept for a day and a half. I'd still like to do it. I was thirty then. 1989
Oh my,that is a lot of work in four days … I could have used you during the fort construction, lol.
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Can you get a dye from tree leaves we have a maple tree with bright red leaves now? Is this possible if not why not?
You would get that same colour as the material went in. Certain plants, soils and nut have the characteristics required to change colour. Some are do with their acidity .
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Very interesting. It's sad how much of the old processes we have lost. That said I think we have lost much of the ones from the late 19th century into the first half of the 20th century. One I readily think of if the wool material used for the early Mackinaw coats. Patrick Duluth made them first from wool material made by natve women in Canada before buying a Scandinavian woolen factory in Minnesota. Patrick was known for making blankets as close to indentical to Hudson Bay blankets and sold them in western Canada an northwest United States. Those blankets and coats are much different than the thinner wool of today and I am not sure if they were somewhat felted as well. I believe that is what the women did but it's only a theory and little is known today except basic history. Saddly that and much more were lost.
That’s a fascinating point about the loss of those old manufacturing processes. There is a fellow in the States named Robert Stone that still hand loom weaves blankets. I’m the proud owner of one of his early French trade blankets.
Oh the French 😊
Every time I go to harvest my walnuts, some industrious fat squirrel has beat me to it.
It is all in the timing, lol. I have trouble keeping them from stealing my harvest while I’m drying them.
That's shumack and you can use that for medical purposes
It also makes a lemonade like drink
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If poeple stayed this busy maybe there would be less discontent and less depression. Everyone should learn a craft from the past.
You raise a good point!
Amarath and beef hide hobo soup, think its a joke, they got so hungry during deppression they boild boots
Hard to fathom,but I’d eat it if hungry enough.
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